Yes, the charger is a dumb charger. They can still be purchased new from B&H and other places... I believe they go for $60 or so, but it has been a while since I bought one. You can also use "Power Pack M," which is the device designed to let you use A/C current for the motor.
The biggest issue with the NiCd packs is not overcharging (a full charge is 16 hours) but with having to wait until they are dead to recharge them, or rigging a device to discharge them before you charge them. My best advice would be to buy the NiCd pack, use it w/o worrying about the NiCd battery life, and they when they die, replace the NiCd cells with NiMH cells. Almost any battery shop can build or order the cell packs...I can give you specs if you need them. Personally, thought I like the notion of using AA cells, I find the vertical grips much harder to use...they always seem to be in the way, and make the camera much more bulky. At 04:58 PM 04/27/2002 +0200, you wrote: >Hi, > I might get an LX drive soon, but alas, it lacks the charger. I > have few questions wrt it, please: > > 1) how hard the chargers are to get, either from Pentax /or else > <g>/ (any for sale :) ? > 2) how do they work - it's a dumb charger I presume, without any > electronics inside to watch the battery... > 3) how hard to get are the "T" aa Grip Ms... any for sale :) ? > > >Good light, > Frantisek Vlcek >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
