On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 06:02:34PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > I'm getting tired of disposable batteries for flash. Even the Energizer > Lithium batteries don't do that good a job, and they worked great for > powering my *ist-D (better than NiMH). > > Anyone have experience to share using NiMH rechargeables in flash, > particularly AF-500FTZ, AF-360FGZ or AF-540FGZ? > > I use the former with my PZ-1P, and the latter two with the *ist-D & K10D.
I use rechargeables in my 500 and 540 (and in the *ist-D). I used to use Ray-O-Vacs (which were fine). When I needed some more it was hard to find Ray-O-Vacs, so I tried the Duracells (especially as they had 2500 mAh cells). I wasn't impressed - they didn't seem to last as long as the Ray-O-Vacs 1800s, and self-discharged far too quickly. Now I've switched to Sanyo Eneloops, which stay charged for ever (or at least for months) - a good thing for the flash, and for a backup body. The one negative is that the *ist-D isn't thrilled with the Eneloops if you hook it up with the USB cable - it shows a 'flat battery' icon. I keep a set of low self discharge Ray-O-Vacs (and some Lithium cells) around in case I want to do that - it's a pain reading CF cards on my notebook, so for just a few images I often use the USB cable instead. As long as your charger can handle Eneloops (not all of them can) I'd suggest getting those. Thomas Distributing sells them at a good price. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
