On Jul 25, 2007, at 5:39 PM, David Mann wrote: > John Francis wrote: > >> All you need is an adapter to enable you to plug a US plug into >> an Australian socket. The K10D charger is quite happy to work >> with 240V 50Hz. In fact most electronics (notebook computers, >> cell phones, etc.) come with universal chargers nowadays. > > On a loosely related note, why don't they make the charger double > as a power supply for the camera instead of having to buy a > separate power supply as an accessory?
Manufacturers are all over the map on this. The Panasonic LC1, L1 (and FZ10-FZ50 models too) come with a battery charger that includes a power port. A dummy battery that goes into the camera to supply power plugs into that power port. I always thought that quite thoughtful of them. With my Sony cameras, the charger plugged into the camera and charges the battery in place and/or powers the camera ... You have to buy an accessory charger to charge a battery outside of the camera. With the Konica Minolta A2 and Olympus C8080WZ, it was again the Pentax/Canon model: the charger only charges the battery. AC power to the camera required an accessory power supply. I like the Panasonic concept best. ;-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
