Thanks to all who replied - looks like I should fire up the charger!
I still have the original batteries that camera with the *ist-D, which I suppose are lithium. there are just 2 batteries, each on filling two AA slots. Those are my backups - though I should probably use them before they get too old and put some lithiums in the bag as a backup.
- MCC
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Mark Cassino Photography
Kalamazoo, MI
www.markcassino.com
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan P. Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: Battery Management
I usually just charge whatever I can and not worry about the fine points. Don't use a flash. switch to lithiums. Lately, I've been having batteries quit on me that I thought were charged, which is a nuisance even if you tend to carry a lot of batteries. I made one interesting discovery due to this recently though. All of my rechargeables had pooped out on me so I went looking for some disposables so I could keep shooting. I generally get the lithium AAs which really last pretty well. this time all I could find were alkalines so I got the fanciest ones they had (why not?) and was pleasantly surprised when I got around 150 shots out of them. I'm wondering if the istD has the low voltage cutout situation you here about with some other cameras.
