>From Steve's digital camera site: "Pentax recommends against the use of rechargeable CR-V3 (aka RCR-V3) type batteries because some manufacturer's batteries put out too much voltage, i.e. 3.7v versus the 3v delivered by one-use CR-V3 lithium cells."
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Leon Altoff < > If the manual recommends against it don't use them. There were a number > of people on the list a few years ago who had the auto focus motor in > their MZ-5n's die and all of them had used the type of battery > specifically mentioned in the manual that they shouldn't use. Someone > said that it gives them better autofocus speed on their DS, I'd be wary > of that as it means the motor is being fed more current than it is meant > to have and may die at some point as a result. > > David Oswald wrote: > > I'll be leaving on my trip to Hong Kong ... would be nice if I could > > just bring some long lasting CR-V3's with me. I may still have to > > lug a little charger around but at > > least I can get (hopefully) a few days use out of one charge. > > > > Are the rechargeable CR-V3 batteries lithium? Are they as long lasting > > (or nearly so) as the non-rechargeable type? I noticed that they're > > specifically not recommended in the manual for the *ist-DS. Has anyone > > out there tried them, and to what level of success?
