I bought the one by Zekos which is labeled to have much higher capacity (2800 mAh) than the OEM from Pentax: http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=ZELI90 http://www.amazon.com/Zeikos-ZE-LI90-Lithium-Battery-Replaces/dp/B002ZRPWPY/
It had been sold only by Buydig and Amazon, and doesn't seem to be available anymore. All other 3rd-party batteries that I've seen do not have this high capacity. To be fair, - I haven't yet tried to measure/compare its true capacity. I haven't had any problem over 1 year period since I bought it. (I paid ~$17 for it.) The battery that Buydig sells now is rated at 2100 mAh, and costs $14.50: http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=VDPDLI90 The original Pentax battery is rated at 1860 mAh and costs $40-45. Igor On 6/2/2012 01:58, Brian Walters wrote: > I'm sure this has been discussed before but my memory isn't what it > used > to be.... > > Is anyone using third party batteries in their K-7/K-5? The prices are > "considerably* lower than the Pentax branded ones but I don't want to > blow up my new camera. > -- 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.
