Sat Nov 7 09:48:58 CST 2009 William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Sharpe" > Subject: Re: K-x body, anyone have any experiences to pass on? > > > >My only concern is the trouble that some people is having with rechargeable > >batteries (see dpreview forum threads). Having owned a Ds and owning now a > >K20D, I can say that, despite I much prefer the universality of AA > >batteries, the proprietary lithium ones seem more reliable. > > > >I am interested in experiences with this (camera) body too... > > I've given up on NiMH AA rechargeables in my *istD and gone back to > lithiums. I was getting as few as 20 shots on 8 batteries (4 in the > body and 4 in the grip) before the camera would shut down, and I was > getting reluctant to take the camera out to use because of that. I > started carrying around a set of lithiums as a back-up but when I > realised that the back-ups were spending more time in the camera than > the NiMH's I knew it was time to change. > > I suspect that the K-x is going to have the same problem with NiMH batteries > as the *istD had. WHile the batteries have gotten more pwerful, the needs of > the camera have also grown. > In NA, the camera comes shipped with lithiums. Perhaps this is a hint. > > William Robb
The question of NiMH AA batteries in DSLRs was recently discussed here in response to my question. I've had my DS for ~4.5 years, and I've been having the original lithiums in my bag since the day one. - I've never had to use them. For "big" events", I usually have the second set of 4 NiMH in the bag - just in case, but at all other times, - I have just one in the camera. Over this period, 3 sets of batteries died (2 just recently), - and until this year, I've been using a more-or-less regular "X1 charge pro" 500mA charger. Now I have the La Crosse one. Without using the built-in flash, I easily get at least 200-300 shots on one fully-charged set of 2300-2600 mAh AA batteries. The last "documented" shoot had ~450 shots within one evening, while using two sets of batteries, and not completely exhausting the second one. With the built-in flash, (which I use rather seldom), - once I took over 20-30 shots within an hour or so, and I don't think I've exhausted the batteries. Igor -- 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.
