A lot of people use this 3.5 or 3.7v cells because it speeds te camera quite a lot (speaking AF mostly) but Pentax officially doesn't recommend not to use them for obvious reasons. Still some do use them and are happy like that.
2007/4/22, eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > mike wilson wrote: > > J wrote: > > > > > >> Ok Thanks, Like I said before the icon said that the batteries were > >> fully charged. Anyway I took the rechargeable 3 volt batteries out > >> and charged them, but in the meantime I put in four AA duracell > >> batteries and the camera seems to be working..This is the first time > >> the mirror have ever stuck. So I will see when I put the 3 volt bats > >> back in...... > >> > > > > ??? Most rechargeable AAs are in the order of 1.2V. If you really have > > 3V ones, that's your problem. Your charger can't fill them up. 8-) > > > > > > > I would assume that he's talking about the rechargeable CR-V3 or CR-5 > style of batteries. It's possible to get AA sized rechargeable lithium > cells that are ~3V, but you have to really look for them (i.e. - it > would be difficult to end up with them "by accident"). Assuming that he > did have the 3V AA cells, they wouldn't even begin to charge on a NiMH > charger, as the cell voltage of a drained cell would be considerably > higher than the full charge voltage of a NiMH cell. The difference > between full and empty is typically only a few tenths of a volt. > > For anyone else that may be considering the rechargeable CR-V3 or CR-5 > route, keep in mind that some of these batteries are capable of > outputting closer to 3.7V vs. the 3.0V of the typical non-rechargeable > battery. I found that my old Toshiba P&S was tolerant of a rather wide > range of battery voltage, but I haven't yet had the cahones to try it on > my Pentax. > > eric > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
