Turning the camera off and back on is a trick that I use on my K100DS. Often times, it is enough to change the indicator from empty to half full.
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Bipin, > > I've got some 3rd party batteries in use with my K-5. > I just bought 2 spares and still have an older one (K-7 spare?). > > Battery power seems to be the first place to check for problems on the K-5. > This is tricky because the battery can look OK - but not really... > Turning the camera off and then back seems to give the battery a little boost. > But then the problems return. > > I've encountered this even while using the battery grip with 6 NiCa's. > The K-5 is picky about having enough power! > > This often catches me unaware, because the K-5 has long battery life. > Compared to previous Pentax digitals, the K-5 is a poweer miser. > So running out of juice is always a surprise. > > Regards, Bob S. > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello Folks, I have been using high quality 3rd Party Batteries from >> Amazon com and Sandisk Extreme cards with my K-5 and have not had any >> of the problems reported here. In fact the 3rd Party Batteries work >> just as well as the original Pentax at 1/4 to 1/3rd of the price. >> I do clean the battery contacts from time to time, as these batteries >> do not have gold plated contacts. I have noticed that (2) of the 3rd >> Party batteries do give some (60 to 70) shots lesser than the >> original. Other wise they are just as good. >> On my K20D I exclusively use 3rd Party batteries for some (2&1/2) years now. >> Bipin. >> >> -- >> 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. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
