On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 06:51:56PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > Matt Kelch wrote: > > >Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Charles Robinson wrote: > >> > >>> I detest lame NiMh batteries that self-discharge at such an alarming > >>> rate that I always have to reach for the charger to "top off" > >>> batteries before heading out to something I'm going to shoot. > >> > >> Try the Maha Powerex 2700's. I was absolutely amazed by them. > >> > >I'm using the same ones. I've been equally amazed. They seem to las > >forever, in fact I haven't managed to actually run them down in the > >camera despite taking 700+ pictures at one point. I have not seen any > >issues with discharge while my camera sat for a few about a week. > > I've had my camera sit for over a *month* with these batteries and > still show a full change (and go through a full day of shooting) > afterward.
That's good to know - thanks. I got much the same behaviour with my old Ray-O-Vac 1600 & 1800 mAh cells. But I've been disappointed with the Energiser 2500s I bought more recently - they really need to have been charged in the last couple of weeks. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
