On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Steve Sharpe <[email protected]> wrote: > At 8:53 AM -0400 7/6/13, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Well I did Dave Brook's trick of taking out batteries and letting camera >>> alone for a while - wiped the lid part with a soft lint free cloth... >>> didnt >>> try to reach inside contacts. >>> >>> Leaving the camera without batteries for a while did it finally >>> but this happening when I really needed the camera ... well.. very scary >>> >>> ann >> >> >> IIRC my IstD did that at the most inopportune times.:-) > > > Mine always shows discharged batteries when I turn it on, regardless. Turn > it off and then on again, and it's fine.
Curiously, my K100Ds has always done that too, _except_ when I use Eneloops in it. My guess is that the battery life detect circuit is over-sensitive to a slight voltage droop like what you get with common rechargeables (that actually have lots of charge left), but the Eneloops have a higher voltage until they are almost exhausted. So I always reserved the Eneloops for the camera and saved the Duracells and Energizers for the flash. -- -bmw -- 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.
