I tried using NIMH with the battery grip on both the K-5 and K-7, but found it pointless. The lithium ions are far superior and provide far more exposures.
Paul On Mar 24, 2012, at 7:07 AM, SV Hovland wrote: > Hi. > > I am lucky enough to have both K-7, K-5 and one battery grip. I have noticed > that when K-5 says the battery (six NiMH AA batteries) is empty and won't > even power on, my K-7 can still use these batteries for a long time before > needing charging. > > After a fresh re-charge, I am probably able to get 50 images out of them on > my K-5. I have tried old Eneloops, new Eneloops and new Vartas and it's the > same. > > What is your experience with NiMH batteries on K-5? Should it really be a lot > worse than K-7? > > Stig Vidar Hovland > > -- > 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.
