On 15/09/06, Lawrence Kwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There have been complaints about lack of AA battery power, and many felt > abandoned by Pentax engineers. But in fact, I don't think they have a > choice. K10D requires much higher voltage to run. The DC-in is 8.3V > instead of previous 6.5V. So in order to run AA batteries, especially > NiMH ones, you need at least 6xAA. This is simply not possible for the > size of K10D. > > Even with 6xNiMH AA, it may be stretching it; as the batteries run down, > you may only get about 6.6V. And with the current size of the battery > grip, I am not sure if there is enough room for 6 AAs, unless they make > the grip much larger with a bulge for batteries.
Speaking from an engineers perspective that's just garbage. There are all sorts of efficient methods to raise, lower and regulate voltages which are available to any competent electrical engineer. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
