>> > What information I have been able to find seems to be from people who are > not just fastidious with their batteries, but outright obsessive about them. > On the one hand, they seem to know a lot about batteries. On the other hand, > they seem like lunatics.
This is only tangentially related, but I'll mention it anyway, since it relates to battery hygiene, and might save you a headache someday... about a month ago, my K-5 had a little freak-out (google: mirror flop) after I inserted an "over-charged" battery. We're talking about the Pentax Li-ion battery, in the Pentax charger... there was a mix-up, and I had placed it back on the charger, even though it had already been fully charged. From the research I've done, it seems the K-5 doesn't cope well with an over-charged batt... my K-7 doesn't seem to have the same issue, and I haven't heard of the issue with any other Pentax camera. Since then, I've been more careful about what's fully charged & what isn't, and haven't had a recurrence of the flops. Like I said, only tangentially related to your issue, but after that episode, I guess I can understand how a perfectly nice person could get a little lunatic-y about their batteries... lol. :) -c -- 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.
