Christine, I think the power/battery management system has been wonky since grips were 1st sold. For that matter, even before grips were sold, power was a camera problem. (The *ist D went from 3/3 on the battery to fully dead in nanoseconds.) It's always the first place I look when I encounter a problem. Set the camera for internal battery first and don't worry. It's only a problem if there is now way to work around it. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:37 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > e sure > > >> >> Did you have the grip attached when you first turned it on & then remove the >> grip to mount it on the tripod? That's the only way I can think of that it >> would think the grip is attached when it isn't. If you turned it on with the >> grip attached & then removed the grip it might glitch & still be looking for >> that battery ... or not., > > No, the grip hasn't been attached for weeks. I usually leave the > tripod mounting plate attached to the camera though. >> >> I couldn't make the K20D do it, but that doesn't mean it couldn't happen. >> >> (Extrapolating from the K20D + grip) I believe that when "Select Battery" is >> set to "auto", it uses whichever battery it thinks has the most charge when >> it's first turned on. > > That's what I figured, too... >> >> When it's set to "grip first" or "body first", it will use that battery >> until it's almost depleted, then you have to manually switch to the other >> battery by turning the camera off & back on. >> >> Looking at the K20D "Select Battery" menu, icons for both batteries are >> shown even when the grip is not attached. > > OK, good to know... When I saw both icons shown, even without grip, I > thought that was odd... but maybe that's how it is. Either way, it > seemed as if the camera was trying to access the other battery... > which wasn't there. I'll have to play with it some more today & see > if I can replicate the problem... > > Thanks, > -c > > -- > 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.
