Again, sorry for the Nikon reference here, but the D2H and D200 have very good battery info in the submenus. I have two batteries in the grip for the D200, and it counts down in % of usage and number of frames per battery.
Good ffeature, i just wish they would not make a new bateery for each new design. Dave Quoting Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Shel Belinkoff wrote: >> Today was a bad battery day. The Energizer AA Lithiums done got depleted >> after just a few shots while I was doing some photography for some friends. >> The problem was i didn't have any spares with me, and the problem was >> compounded by the remaining charge indicator on the DS indicating the bats >> were fine. So, before the I get too much flack about being careless, which >> I don't need, here's my question: When using the Sony with their great >> Info Lithium batteries, I always know the condition of the battery by the >> various gauges on the camera, so I can always top off the bats overnight or >> before leaving for the day. The gauges used by Sony seem very accurate. >> >> Does the K10D have such indicators which provide a reasonably accurate >> gauge as to the condition of the batteries? The Sony also provides info on >> how full the bats are when charging. Does the K10D do something like that >> as well? >> >> >> Shel >> > > This is currently unnknown. There is what looks like a detailed battery > readout option (including battery depletion shown independantly for the > grip and body) but that could be just the old-fashioned voltage state > readout. > > Rumour does have it that the battery is nothing more than a rebranded > Info-Lithium. We won't know for sure until the camera starts showing up > in the hands of curious folks. > > -Adam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine and pet photography, York and Durham Region. www.caughtinmotion.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
