My ist*Ds was always decent in terms of battery life. One spare set of lithiums is all I ever carried. How about when you turn the camera off? Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:47 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes I know the Ds is hopelessly outdated, but I've been using it as my > backup/carry anywhere camera, and until recently it was serving admirably. > Now however it's acquired a new annoying behavior, to wit, after loading a > new set of lithium batteries it will totally drain them, in less than a > week, even when turned off. Now my *ist D has always been a battery hog, > but the Ds now even seems to beat that. I have now idea what might be wrong > but I was wondering if anyone else had a clue. Needless to say it's not > worth getting it repaired, a good used one from KEH is going for less than > the repair bill would be. > > -- > Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid > a lengthily search. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
