I had the istD for a number of years, and if i was lucky, would get around 400 or so from a good set of lith's, less with rechargeable batteries. I did have the dreaded dead battery icon. I noticed that once it showed 1/2 full, it would die very shortly there after.
I always had 2-3 sets of batteries with me. Dave On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@mac.com> wrote: > I never used an *ist D, but in the *ist DS I would regularly obtain > 1100-1300 exposures on a single set of Eveready AA Lithium E2 batteries. > > G > > On Dec 21, 2008, at 1:52 AM, willdo-1 wrote: > >> Last summer I put four Energizer AA lithium cells into the *ist D. I used >> it all summer, carried it to Munich in August where I took 832 pictures >> (RAW). Why so few? Because it was raining all the time. I've been using the >> camera on and off since then. Both with lenses (some autofcous) and on the >> microscope. The battery indicator still reads full. I don't actually know >> how many pictures I've taken, but I'm sure it's more than 1000. I used the >> flash on several occasions as well. Now we're going to Helsinki for Xmas and >> I'm charging up a few sets up NiMH just in case. It would seem the figures >> in the Pentax manual are conservative? >> >> I'm going to buy a couple of packs of those Lithiums for an Xmas present >> to me. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
