I've mentioned before that the Nikon D1 has/had this problem with batteries showing half or quarter charge and getting blanks pictures. I have not used it in a while, and i now have third party batteries for the D1 and D1H, but also for my K10d and never noticed this on the K10D.
Dave On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't believe I've ever encountered this problem with my K-5, which > operates only on Pentax batteries -- two at a time, because I always use the > grip, and I charge the batteries more often than needed. I did experience > occasional shutdowns with my K20D, in which I used a variety of third party > batteries. As with your experience, the K20D shutdowns were resolved by > turning the camera off and back on. One or two of my third party batteries > eventually failed in full. > Paul > On Nov 18, 2011, at 5:47 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote: > >> Hi Bob, I am with you on the K-5 idiosyncrasies and read about this >> particular silly battery problem. I also read on the net not to wait >> for a complete discharge of the battery, but to recharge them when the >> camera shows half to quarter charge. Li-ion cells do not have the >> dreaded "memory" effect. Never the less I am an "old school" chap, and >> do discharge them fully now and then. >> I do not have the grip for the K-5, so cannot say about "AA" >> rechargeables. I have known electronic stuff to just "hang" silly for >> nothing. The only answer is the "remove and re-install" battery >> routine. >> Can we get an opinion from Pentax / Ricoh Japan on this silly problem? >> Especially since the K20D does not show this problem - thanks God my >> new K-5 is OK till now. How about the Canikons? >> Regards. 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
