Looks like the winder might be a bargain then if you take off the cost of the back up battery you would otherwise need
Peter On 9/30/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Fairweather" > Subject: questionable claim on K10D frame rate > > > > Pentax claim that the new camera will work at 3 FPS until the SD card > > (size unspecified) is full. However the new rechargeable battery only > > does 500 shots. > > > > With the new camera my battery will give out long before the 2GB card > > fills up. > > > > In the good old days my CRV3 batteries did three times that number of > > exposures in the DS. Sooner have that than 3 FPS and a dead battery. > > I expect you will find the 500 shot/charge estimate is both fairly > conservative, and is based on not only a certain number of pictures > taken, but also on a presumed % of flash use, and a presumed amount of > chimping. > I'd be surprised if the camera got less than 1000 or so shots/charge > with no flash and little chimping. > There is also an external battery grip which should double the number of > pictures which can be taken > > William Robb > > > > -- > 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
