RE: Noisy *istD shutter

[Andre Langevin]

Don, I've had the same experience than yours a few days ago.  I had 
put pre-used alkaline cells and got into problems not long 
afterwards.  I tested the voltage of the batteries and they were just 
over 1.4.  I then remembered that Ni-Mh was working better (longer) 
and won't use alkalines again.

What I don't get is why the D works so well with Ni-Mh that are lower 
in voltage.

Andre
This is a section from my previous post on
'battery glitches' on the D:
"These D's seem to get real squirrely when the
batteries are nearing death!
The old cells were down to 1.42 volts, apparently
that's the magic number for 'squirrely-ness' on
my particular D! ;-)"
1.4 is getting pretty near the end of an Alkalines useful
life in a camera or a flash.
FWIW I had VERY bad luck with Alkalines and now use only
Lithium cells which seem to last a very long time without
problems. (In the D)
Don
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Andre Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:53 PM
 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
 Subject: Re: Noisy *istD shutter
 >...the batteries were in reasonably good condition...
 >
 >Nick
 Reasonably good may be too low for the D.  I am new to it, but I've
 had problems with alkalines that were still at 1.4 volts.  Have you
 tried fresh batteries (or fully charged Ni-Mh) to see if the problem
 is still there?
 Andre