Yep, Alkaline AA's were a last resort but they saved me a couple of times when that's all I had or could get.
My perception is that the Lithium CRV3's and Lithium AA's were roughly equal in longevity. Tom C. >From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Lack of AA Battery Power - they don't have a choice >Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:12:29 -0400 > >Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > > --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I'm holding out hope that they come out with an > >>adapter to put AA's in > >>the battery grip. That would give us the best of > >>both worlds :) > > > > > > Not going to happen. As someone mentioned earlier, the > > camera simply uses too much power for AA's. In the > > K100D review this month's Pop Photo mentioned how the > > camera provides 70 shots on alkaline AA's...terrible > > performance. Certainly it does better with other bats > > but the SR system and other things seem to really chew > > up power in the new cameras so AA's are going the way > > of the Dodo for sure. > > > > -Brendan > > > >Brendan, > >70 shots off Alkaline AA's would be an improvement. 50 or less was >typical of the D and DS. Lithium and NiMH's are far superior and give 10 >times or more as much life as Alkaline. > >-Adam > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
