TBH what I would like to see is the cheap chinese Pentax K-r battery shaped as the 4 AAs but with a capacity about 2x the normal K-r battery :) I am sure we will get that 'monster' soon :)
.t On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 20:01 -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: > The short answer is that Pentax digital bodies seems to be especially > sensitive to cell voltage and will indicate "low-bat" way before the > cells are actually depleted. Power-cycling the camera will get you more > time, I've found. It could just be that the battery-level detection > circuit design is fubar. > > But you can get batteries that exhibit less voltage droop before losing > most of their charge. Try the newer 2450 mAH Energizers. Also try the > ... and here I will reduce my voice to an almost inaudible whisper ... > Sanyo Eneloops. Many here, including me, swear by them, though never > out loud. > > I have no experience of the lithium rechargeables, but I'd love to hear > reports. > > -bmw > -- 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.
