On Mar 13, 2011, at 10:27 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: > On 3/14/2011 5:49 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> I ordered a couple of cheap spare batteries. I was looking for a >> spare charger to keep in the car, that'll run off of 12V. I found >> one for under $5 with shipping, but it only has two battery contacts, >> so it probably doesn't make optimal use of the charging circuitry. >> >> Recommendations for K-5/7 battery chargers that'll run off of 12V? > > Larry, it seems to me that K-5 is more energy hungry than K-7. In fact it > seems to me it is the most energy hungry Pentax camera to date. My experience > shows that cheap 3rd party batteries may not be sufficiently reliable... > > Offered as a mere opinion.
Someone posted that they've been having good luck with them. If they don't work out, then I'm out $15 for two, versus $40 for one. I did have a 3rd party battery for my K20 recently die and it won't take a charge. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
