I have a few third party batteries. One that I had didn't last as long as the pentax battery and would die in live view with the battery less than half full. I'm pretty sure they used a lesser battery and over reported the capacity. I can't remember what brand it was since I washed it in my pants and it was completely unchargeable after that. I also have a few Synergy branded batteries and they work just about as well as the pentax batteries. Here's a tip: keep your batteries charged. I have a bad habit of leaving batteries drained for long periods of time and it definitely reduces their life. My old K-7 battery probably has less capacity than my newer K5 battery due to this.
On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruce, > I've got a bunch of 3rd party batteries from the K-5, K-5IIs, and K-01 > that I'm using. > I can't tell which is Pentax and which isn't. YMMV, but they work fine. > All thru B&H. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:46 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 23/11/2013 7:20 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>> >>>> Non-Pentax batteries? Pentax officials ain't cheap. :-) >>>> >>>> >>> I made the switch. I bought three aftermarket batteries for the price of >>> one Pentax battery. >>> >>> Sorry Pentax, I won't spend that much extra. >>> >>> http://www.batterycanada.com/d-li90.asp >>> >>> I am in no way associated with this vendor, but I have had several happy >>> and trouble free transactions, and I am very satisfied with the quality of >>> the product each time. >>> >>> bill >> >> Thanks, Bill. >> >> So I ordered one from Amazon last evening (before I saw your vendor, >> Bill) for $20, including shipping, that's supposed to be delivered Dec >> 4 (or so). Hopefully that'll work out. If it's okay I'll order >> another. >> >> Thanks folks! >> >> -- >> -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. > > -- > 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.
