I downloaded photos to my computer from the SD cards this AM. Strange things happened with my K10D. I put the card(s) back into the camera to delete the images. The light went on briefly, then all was dark...no battery juice. I went upstairs and got battery #2 (Pentax) with the same result, no battery juice. I went up and found the 3rd battery and had the same result! Now I think maybe I've got a charger problem.
I take all the stuff back upstairs, find the charger, and try charging. #2 battery lights the red charging light for a fraction of a second, then goes out. #3 spare does the same thing... :-( I try cleaning the contacts on the battery. (nothing fancy, just vigourous rubbing on my pants) Still no improvement... So I try charging the original battery that quit. It charges for about 10 seconds then quits, the red light goes out. Puzzled, I try cleaning the contacts and re-inserting the battery. This time I push the battery down into the battery well a couple of times. Now everything works just fine! When you tell me I've got 310 minutes of playback on a battery charge, I think something has been going wrong and my battery is dropping out early. This could explain my shorter life. I've got to send the K10D in anyway for the SD card door (I broke it, dumb!), so I'll have Pentax check it our for me. It is a bit unsettlilng as I want to take photos of the Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC this weekend. I'll have to bring the Ds as a back-up. Regards, Bob S. On 3/29/07, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to the manual the battery is capable of 310 minutes in playback > mode (page 46). > > After reading this I have worried a lot less about using the LCD. > > My rough estimate is that about 20% of my battery consumption is chimping, > when I chimp. I can live with that. > > > Tim Typo, proud chimper > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > David J Brooks > Sent: 28. mars 2007 23:54 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D > > I do a lot of chimping and histo. Pretty much every shot, so that > could account for 1/3 at least. > > Dave > > On 3/28/07, Jan van Wijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:50:15 -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > > >I ran out of battery and had to install another last weekend at a > wedding. > > >I suppose that I did too much chimping, but under 400 shots. > > >And when it was dead, it was DEAD. > > > > Can confirm that :-) > > > > I ran out of the first battery (in the body) somewhere arround 850, > > then replaced it by the one that was in the grip, and that ran out > > about 100 images later. > > > > So that gives me roughly 450 shots per battery. > > > > That said, this was the first charge for both, and and i do a lot > > of chimping and checking histograms. And of course I also > > played with the menus a bit when I just got the camera ... > > > > So I expect more images from the next charge :-) > > > > Regards, JvW > > > > PS: > > On battery is the Pentax, the other a no-name 1500 mAh I think ... > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > Ontario Canada > > -- > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
