David J Brooks wrote: >On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: >> John Sessoms wrote: >> >>>There are no Lithium Ion AA batteries, but the *ist-D can also use CR-V3 >>>batteries and those ARE available as Litium Ion rechargeables. Plus, >>>they're 3V(+) rather than the 2.5V(-) you get with a pair of NiMH AAs. >>> >>>Has anyone used these? The only drawback I foresee is there doesn't seem >>>to be a charger that can do 2 of these at once. >> >> Pentax officially advised against them due to their higher voltage, >> though with the DC-DC switching regulators in modern electronics I >> seriously doubt there would be any issues. Probably just a legal CYA >> tactic, IMO. >> >> I only knew one person who used them and he did so without ever having >> any problems. And he was a Pentax rep. :) > >Was.??
He was at the time. Now retired. -- 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.
