I bought a battery through Amazon that claims 2800 mAH and the box
("High Voltage Technologies") says 2900 mAH. I haven't managed to run
it down yet, but I've only had a couple of 4-5 hours shoots so far.Cost under $20 Canadian, free shipping. The OEM battery is easily four times that price here. http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B004F0EX5O On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:51 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > For the D-Li50s that powered the K10D/K20D I have 5 batteries & 3 > chargers. I have the two Pentax chargers that came with the cameras and > an after-market charger I bought that has the folding prongs for 110VAC > and plug-in adapter for the 12VDC in the car. > > The only non-Pentax battery I have is a Konica Minolta NP-400 1500mAh. > I've never noticed it being any different than the Pentax branded > batteries. The Pentax batteries came with the K10D, the K20D, the K20D > battery grip and Wolf Camera when it was going out of business. > > I like being able to keep the "spare" battery on the charger even in the > car. That way the length of time it takes to charge becomes moot. > > I'd like to be able to do the same for the D-Li90s. The cost of the > Pentax branded batteries doesn't bother me that much, given that I've > not yet seen any of the aftermarket batteries with a higher rated capacity. > > > On 3/27/2014 7:14 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >> >> I have a Pearstone charger for D-Li90’s. The same basic charger is >> sold with various slide-in clip-in battery cradles for various >> battery styles. The unit plugs directly into the wall with fold-out >> prongs - no messy cords to cope with. I’ve used this for a least a >> couple of years with no issues. Charging speed compared to OEM? I >> have no idea. I put the battery in, eventually it is ready, I take it >> out and repeat as needed with additional batteries.But I don’t think >> it is appreciably slower than the Pentax charger. Do the D-Li90’s >> get as completely charged? Over-charged? Do they hold the charge as >> long? Again, I have no idea. That is why I carry spare batteries so I >> needn’t worry about such details. My spares are mostly OEM with 1-2 >> 3rd party purchased via B&H IIRC. Never any issues. The only >> non-Pentax that I can lay my hands on at the moment is labeled >> Watson, 7.4v, 1800mAh. >> >> stan >> >> On Mar 27, 2014, at 6:16 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 3/27/2014 1:27 AM, Brian Walters wrote: >>>> >>>> Quoting "P.J. Alling" <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> I though the K20D battery took a long time to fully charge. >>>>> >>>>> Started to do some research and then decided ask the people who >>>>> know. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I bought some third party batteries for my K-5 on eBay (they're >>>> branded 'DSTE'). I haven't noticed any difference in performance >>>> or charging time in comparison with the OEM Pentax battery - not >>>> that I've done any specific tests. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> What about a charger for the D-LI90 battery? Is there a good >>> aftermarket charger available? >>> >>> I looked on the Pentax site and it seems like the Pentax chargers >>> are out of stock. >>> >>> Also, what about a charger that would work off the 12V socket in >>> the car? (Assuming there's a time when it's not in use powering a >>> cell phone, gps, etc.) >>> > > -- > 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. -- -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.
