On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 11:18:33PM +0100, Dario Bonazza wrote: > Margus M?nnik wrote: > >>> The Sanyo Eneloops fix problems with AA-size batteries. >> >> Nope, they don't. I'm testing the K-x right now and Eneloops are not >> better than Duracell NiMH's. First I tried Duracell 2300mAh's and >> wasn't impressed at all. After some 50 or 60 shots camera blacked out. >> Took Eneloops from my AF-360FGZ, charged 'em properly yesterday >> evening, made some 4 or 5 test shots... and got depleted battery >> warning today morning. Shortly after that camera simply switched off. >> Set of Panasonic Evoia alkalines helped me out. I put the same Eneloops >> (and Duracells) back to flashguns and those work fine. >> Now I'm trying my third set of rechargeables - Energizer 2500mAh. I >> didn't even charged em but just placed to camera as they came from >> drawer. Surprisingly they work quite OK, at least camera turns on every >> time. It may show red "empty battery" sign, but works fine and even >> charges the pop-up flash. > > I'm speechless. All past problems I was aware of - related to Ni-Mh > rechargeables - 'were' fixed by Eneloops, so I'm very surprised and > puzzled by such findings... That looks like another 'Pentax almost did it > well'. Almost...
The K-x also looks as though it might be susceptible to the small changes in battery dimensions, and sometimes not make very good electrical contact with a battery. Eneloops are very slightly smaller than Energisers; if you happen to have a camera with problems maybe cleaning the contacts (and, if possible, bending the spring slightly to make stronger contact) could help. -- 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.
