--- Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > Wow, 50 on Alkalines? Whew, that's dismal. Still, I haven't used alkalines in a long time. I use Lithiums but I don't have a digi body yet with all the power needs they have. -Brendan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
