> From: "Kevin Thornsberry" <[email protected]> > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: K-5/BG-4 Grip Repair > Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:09:35 -0500 >
That's the combo I finally hit on ... I like having the extra SD card (and actually have two, the second a microSD adapter and card, taped on top ... and plans to glue a second SD socket, scavanged from a multi-socket SD card holder, piggybacking under the one in holder. I may add a third on top if room.) With AAs, I have not had good results either ... I think it is a voltage droop issue ... alkalines don't work well for long, NiMH work better, but a short life. I carry the AA holder with 6 lithiums to use as a emergency backup (rides in a compact camera case on my Galen Rowell chest/belt pouch). I suspect the AA holder would work well with lihium AAs, but with the extra 7.2 volt rechargables, I've never needed it. In use, I tend to keep my eye on the grip state of charge, and change the grip 7.2v battery when it gets low, it is so easy to carry a spare or two. This way, the body battery acts as my first line backup (and hopefully if I amy persistant I don't have to take the grip off the camera to charge/change the body battery) and the lithium AAs are the final backup for a long time away from charging (The lithiums can backup the flash AAs as well) > Serendipity Rocks!!! > > This is funny. I already have an extra 7.2v battery. For some reason, I > thought the BG-4 needed 2 x 7.2v batteries so I always used it with AAs. > > I got the BG-4 several years ago to use with my K-7. At that time I used it > with AAs and didn't have a problem. A few yrs later, I bought a K-5 with > intent of selling the K-7 but never could bring myself to part with it even > though I never use it. I've been charging both batteries and carrying one > in my pocket while still using AAs in the grip. Why the grip stopped > working so suddenly with AAs I don't understand but I just tested it and it > seems to work just fine with the extra 7.2v Li-ion in the grip. > Fortunately, I had kept the box for the grip and the 7.2v carrier was still > in the plastic. Also, when I pulled out the 7.2 carrier I was pleasantly > reminded that it has a place for an extra sd card. > > If I hadn't read all the bad reviews of Precision Camera, the K-5 and grip > would already be en route to their repair facility. > > Thanks. > > -- > Kevin > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Francis > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 12:06 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: K-5/BG-4 Grip Repair > > My advice - don't mix-and-match AAs with the regular in-camera battery. > If you're going to use AAs in the grip, then take the other battery out of > the camera. If you want to be able to switch between the camera and grip > battery, then get another 7.2V lithium battery to use in the grip. > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 09:50:44PM -0500, Kevin Thornsberry wrote: > > (Repost in plain text. Sorry if this generates a duplicate) > > > > I?m having problems with my K-5/BG-4 combo.? Even with a fully charged > > battery in the camera and brand new AAs in the grip, the camera > > reports near or full depletion, however it appears to remain usable if > > I select ?Body First.??? I reports depleted and dies rapidly if I set > > the camera to ?Grip First.? > > > > I have tested the grip on my K-7 with no problems so I assume it is > > the camera. > > > > The problem started suddenly on a recent trip where I had used the > > camera/grip combo for several days with no issues. > > > > Sadly Eric Hendrickson doesn?t do digital bodies and CRIS no longer > > services Pentax.? Having read recent reports of extended repair delays > > and mixed results at Precision Camera, I am hesitant to go that route > > as long as my camera is usable. > > > > Any advice on my K-5/BG-4 issues, other repair options or additional > > experience with Precision Camera would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Kevin > > > > > > -- > > 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. > -- 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.
