mAh is a measure of capacity, the more you have, the longer the battery will last in a given application.
2500mAh is likely not possible in that form factor, to make a 7.4v 2500mAh battery would require a physically larger battery. -Adam Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Godfrey, > > Does it matter much if one uses a 1500, 1700, or 1750 mah battery? What do > those numbers actually mean? Could one use a 2500 mah battery (assuming > one was available)? > > What I'm getting at, if I'm not clear, is that I heard that batteries for > the Pentax need to be within some certain range of volts or amps - some > power range, I guess - in order to properly work in the camera. Are the > figures you gave capacity, which, I suppose, means how long the battery > might last, as opposed to the actual power of the batteries. > > I, for one, could certainly benefit from a better understanding of > batteries. Perhaps others could as well. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > >> It has been confirmed by three separate, reliable sources that the >> Pentax K10D uses a 1700 mah version of the NP-400 Li-Ion battery used >> in the Konica Minolta A2 and other cameras. This is a good battery, >> and is easily available in 1500, 1700 and 1750 mah versions from >> known good suppliers. B&H Photo carries the Impact brand 1750mah for >> $20. I've had good experiences with Impact brand batteries for other >> cameras. >> >> This was discussed with pictures on DPReview.com' forum recently: >> >> <http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=20723942> >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/y4k8gv > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
