On 10/11/2009, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 03:20:03PM -0500, John Sessoms wrote: > > > > I was not impressed with the Eneloops. Other than not having to > > pre-charge them - a one time bonus, they didn't offer any additional > > practical performance advantage over the Duracell or Energizer > > rechargeables and that at the cost of having to carry an additional > > special charger that I couldn't use for my other rechargeable batteries. > > Odd. I use the same charger for my Eneloops as I use for all my other > rechargeable NiMHs (Energiser, Rayovac, ARs, etc. - both AA & AAAs); > a Maha charger I bought from Thomas Distributing. I'm sure the other > good chargers (Lacie, etc.) can handle tmem all too.
Ha, so do I, plus I use Eneloops in my *ist D and nothing else with absolutely nil probs and I regularly shoot all day on one set of batteries. The bonus being that I know I probably won't have to recharge them if the camera has been sitting idle for a few weeks. Different experiences for some, I wonder if Pentax QA was to blame in many cases, badly aligned cameras? -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
