Try another set of batteries first, the internal resistance of he lithiums may be out of spec so they die under load?
On 10 October 2014 14:30, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I was going to take a few night photos in a location where I didn't want to > risk the K-5II or even the K20D, so I put a set new of Litniam disposables > into the old *ist-Ds. Well the damned camera won't turn on. Tested the > batteries and all were with specification for the camera to turn on. > Cleaned the battery contacts, (using a rubber eraser), still no joy. > Dragged out the external power supply, plugged it in and into the camera, it > comes right on. Last time I used it it worked fine with disposable > lithiums. This is quite annoying. The only reason that I kept the camera > was for just this occasion, it's not economically repairable, and hell I > could buy a K-7 or another K20D for 200-300 dollars. End of Rant. You can > now return to your regularly scheduled conversations. > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
