Odd, as it's noted the camera comes with the battery on the Pentax site as well as elsewhere .... oh well, one less thing to be concerned about. Thanks!
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Adam Maas > I suspect that's confusion on the part of the websites. The D comes with > a CR-2016, the DS does not, according to their respective manuals. The > DS uses a capacitor to power the settings storage, which lasts ~48 hours > while the D uses the lithium battery. > > -Adam

