On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Amen to that. The Pentax designers could care less about accomodating > owners of the *ist D, like myself, who have several CF cards. Lack of CF > card slot, and the change to non-AA battery power is the big turn-off for > me on the "top-of-the line" K10.
There have been complaints about lack of AA battery power, and many felt abandoned by Pentax engineers. But in fact, I don't think they have a choice. K10D requires much higher voltage to run. The DC-in is 8.3V instead of previous 6.5V. So in order to run AA batteries, especially NiMH ones, you need at least 6xAA. This is simply not possible for the size of K10D. Even with 6xNiMH AA, it may be stretching it; as the batteries run down, you may only get about 6.6V. And with the current size of the battery grip, I am not sure if there is enough room for 6 AAs, unless they make the grip much larger with a bulge for batteries. Interestingly, some reviews were negative about the use of AA in previous cameras, as they were unhappy about the lack of rechargeable solution in the included camera package. So you can't keep everyone happy. -- --Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vex.net/~lawrence -- --Tungsten T3 Enhanced DIA Keyboard----Nokia Ringtone Convertor-- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
