I switched the battery grip to use the standard camera battery. Six AA's just don't seem to do the job, while the body battery lasts forever. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
