On 13 Dec 2004 at 6:56, Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > > I am yet to try Lithiums. I got about 300 shots from the set of > batteries that came with the camera. Then I decide to put them in the > fridge for backup. Then I bought 2000 MAh and 2300 MAh NiMH > rechargeables. However, after about 50 shots without flash the > indicator showed half full. Then I turned camera off and on and it > became full again... > > I'll report in later what comes out of this.
Unfortunately your experiences aren't unique, the battery indicator on the *ist D is next to useless when used to report the state of rechargable cells. Shoot until the batteries are exhausted, it will let you know in no uncertain terms when that is :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
