Flash is the biggest power hog....the LCD is second place in that category.. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:49 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D On Mar 27, 2007, at 6:30 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: > Hi Godfrey > Maybe the 2 Pentax battereries I have are still too new ? but I got > under > 500 exposures and never saw the battery gauge on the K10D changing > from full > to another state before the batteries shut down. I use review and the > histogram, that must be the power hungry functions. I wonder how much > battery AF uses, andy ideas? No idea about that. Anything that keeps the LCD illuminated or status display illuminated will consume battery power to a greater degree than nearly anything else, however. Perhaps you are not charging the batteries all the way? or have a less than perfect charger? I use a third party charger, from Impact again, rather than the Pentax charger because it plugs directly into the wall and also takes a power connection from the accessory jack in the car. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
