On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 04:23:07PM -0700, steve harley wrote: > On 2009-11-07 08:13 , Steve Sharpe wrote: >> I've given up on NiMH AA rechargeables in my *istD and gone back to >> lithiums. > > i've had great results with good quality (~2500mAh) NiMH batteries in my > K200d, though i never shoot with flash; i keep a set of Sanyo eneloops
Short version: Use a good charger, and the right rechargeable batteries. I've always used rechargeables in my *ist-D. About 400-450 shots on a set of 1600mAH Ray-o-Vacs was a typical number before I had to switch to the other set (I had the battery grip, set up to use batteries in the grip first). With a good charger (a Maha C401FS, in my case) these gave me no problems for around four years of use. When it came time to replace them, though, I had nothing but problems with the Energiser 2500mAH batteries. Nowadays I use Eneloops, which are fine under almost all circumstances. The one time there is a problem is if I'm trying to donload a few images over the USB cable, rather than hunting around for my CF card reader; If I've got the grip mounted the camera always shows "no battery charge left" if the USB cable is connected, and often only shows half charge with no grip. I keep a set of Ray-o-Vac hybrids near the computer for use while downoading. -- 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.
