Re: Battery Woes
Looks like Amazon has an "UpStart" brand replacement D-LI50/NP-400 for $6.99 + $4.99 shipping. https://www.amazon.com/Pentax-K10D-Battery-Replacement-Lithium-Ion/dp/B00FTEUWBO On 12/11/2018 00:15:37, P. J. Alling wrote: Speaking of battery woes, I've been using the K20D since it's considerably more reliable than my current K-5II, and my backup battery, a Flashpoint branded version bought at a local camera store, because it was one of the few items they carried I could use, and I kind of like to support them. I found that after a full charge, it lasted for about 20 frames. True it's almost 9 years old. Maybe older, since it's been 9 years since I purchased it new. God only knows when it was actually manufactured, (it's pretty much the same battery used in the Konica/Minolta 7D IIRC, and had only slightly less power than the OEM Pentax version to begin with, for most of that time, so it's not a big deal, except I'll probably have to get a replacement for that too. I don't use the K20D nearly enough to justify this, but a spare battery, for a battery dependent device, is pretty much a must have. On 12/7/2018 6:20 PM, John wrote: I have somehow managed to lose my spare D-LI90 batteries. In the meanwhile, I went over to my local Pentax dealer and bought two more. Got them home and discovered one of them was a D-LI109 which won't fit the K-1 or the D-BC90 charger. (Note, I didn't even try to put it on the charger) No problem, Southeastern Camera is only 1.5 miles from my house. So I jumped in the car and headed over to exchange the D-LI109 for a D-LI90. Got home with the correct battery, put it on the charger & the green LED is blinking. The other battery (on the other charger) has a solid green. Check the manual & it says if the LED is blinking to replace the battery. I called Southeastern & he's got another D-LI90 in stock, but I'm not going back there again tonight. I think this is all a symptom of a bigger problem, I've lost my muse. I haven't really felt like getting out with the camera for several months now. If I'd been shooting regularly, I'd know where those other spare batteries had got to, because I'd be using them. Additionally, I had to buy two new SD cards for the K-1 because I had all three cards (Slot 1, Slot 2 & spare in the battery grip) filled up and hadn't downloaded them. Can't shoot with full cards. I did have a spare, unopened 64GB 300x Lexar card I bought during East Coast School in June. I tried to get matching cards, but found out Lexar went out of business. Finally, I looked at a used SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR lens, but looking it up on the internet, it's apparently an APS-C only lens. I didn't notice the vignetting when I looked at the two test shops I took while I was in the in the store, but now that I'm home and looked again, it's pretty obvious and severe. DRAT! He has a pretty good price on it too. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- 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.
Re: Battery Woes
Speaking of battery woes, I've been using the K20D since it's considerably more reliable than my current K-5II, and my backup battery, a Flashpoint branded version bought at a local camera store, because it was one of the few items they carried I could use, and I kind of like to support them. I found that after a full charge, it lasted for about 20 frames. True it's almost 9 years old. Maybe older, since it's been 9 years since I purchased it new. God only knows when it was actually manufactured, (it's pretty much the same battery used in the Konica/Minolta 7D IIRC, and had only slightly less power than the OEM Pentax version to begin with, for most of that time, so it's not a big deal, except I'll probably have to get a replacement for that too. I don't use the K20D nearly enough to justify this, but a spare battery, for a battery dependent device, is pretty much a must have. On 12/7/2018 6:20 PM, John wrote: I have somehow managed to lose my spare D-LI90 batteries. In the meanwhile, I went over to my local Pentax dealer and bought two more. Got them home and discovered one of them was a D-LI109 which won't fit the K-1 or the D-BC90 charger. (Note, I didn't even try to put it on the charger) No problem, Southeastern Camera is only 1.5 miles from my house. So I jumped in the car and headed over to exchange the D-LI109 for a D-LI90. Got home with the correct battery, put it on the charger & the green LED is blinking. The other battery (on the other charger) has a solid green. Check the manual & it says if the LED is blinking to replace the battery. I called Southeastern & he's got another D-LI90 in stock, but I'm not going back there again tonight. I think this is all a symptom of a bigger problem, I've lost my muse. I haven't really felt like getting out with the camera for several months now. If I'd been shooting regularly, I'd know where those other spare batteries had got to, because I'd be using them. Additionally, I had to buy two new SD cards for the K-1 because I had all three cards (Slot 1, Slot 2 & spare in the battery grip) filled up and hadn't downloaded them. Can't shoot with full cards. I did have a spare, unopened 64GB 300x Lexar card I bought during East Coast School in June. I tried to get matching cards, but found out Lexar went out of business. Finally, I looked at a used SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR lens, but looking it up on the internet, it's apparently an APS-C only lens. I didn't notice the vignetting when I looked at the two test shops I took while I was in the in the store, but now that I'm home and looked again, it's pretty obvious and severe. DRAT! He has a pretty good price on it too. -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- 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.
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Sorry to hear, John. Muses need timeouts too. Mine has taken a solid sabbatical, btw... Jostein Den 08.12.2018 00:20, skrev John: I have somehow managed to lose my spare D-LI90 batteries. In the meanwhile, I went over to my local Pentax dealer and bought two more. Got them home and discovered one of them was a D-LI109 which won't fit the K-1 or the D-BC90 charger. (Note, I didn't even try to put it on the charger) No problem, Southeastern Camera is only 1.5 miles from my house. So I jumped in the car and headed over to exchange the D-LI109 for a D-LI90. Got home with the correct battery, put it on the charger & the green LED is blinking. The other battery (on the other charger) has a solid green. Check the manual & it says if the LED is blinking to replace the battery. I called Southeastern & he's got another D-LI90 in stock, but I'm not going back there again tonight. I think this is all a symptom of a bigger problem, I've lost my muse. I haven't really felt like getting out with the camera for several months now. If I'd been shooting regularly, I'd know where those other spare batteries had got to, because I'd be using them. Additionally, I had to buy two new SD cards for the K-1 because I had all three cards (Slot 1, Slot 2 & spare in the battery grip) filled up and hadn't downloaded them. Can't shoot with full cards. I did have a spare, unopened 64GB 300x Lexar card I bought during East Coast School in June. I tried to get matching cards, but found out Lexar went out of business. Finally, I looked at a used SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR lens, but looking it up on the internet, it's apparently an APS-C only lens. I didn't notice the vignetting when I looked at the two test shops I took while I was in the in the store, but now that I'm home and looked again, it's pretty obvious and severe. DRAT! He has a pretty good price on it too. -- 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.
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That would be barking. > On 09 December 2018 at 13:30 Rick Womer wrote: > > > Does that mean you let your dog find them? > > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 05:58 mike wilson wrote: > > > > > > > I always find, when things are seemingly irretrevably lost, that the bast > > chance of recovery lies in a significant paws for thought. > > > > > > > > On 12/7/2018 6:20 PM, John wrote: > > > > I have somehow managed to lose my spare D-LI90 batteries. > > > > > > > > In the meanwhile, I went over to my local Pentax dealer and bought two > > > > more. Got them home and discovered one of them was a D-LI109 which > > > > won't fit the K-1 or the D-BC90 charger. (Note, I didn't even try to > > > > put it on the charger) > > > > > > > > No problem, Southeastern Camera is only 1.5 miles from my house. So I > > > > jumped in the car and headed over to exchange the D-LI109 for a > > > > D-LI90. Got home with the correct battery, put it on the charger & the > > > > green LED is blinking. The other battery (on the other charger) has a > > > > solid green. > > > > > > > > Check the manual & it says if the LED is blinking to replace the > > battery. > > > > > > > > I called Southeastern & he's got another D-LI90 in stock, but I'm not > > > > going back there again tonight. > > > > > > > > I think this is all a symptom of a bigger problem, I've lost my muse. > > > > I haven't really felt like getting out with the camera for several > > > > months now. If I'd been shooting regularly, I'd know where those other > > > > spare batteries had got to, because I'd be using them. > > > > > > > > Additionally, I had to buy two new SD cards for the K-1 because I had > > > > all three cards (Slot 1, Slot 2 & spare in the battery grip) filled up > > > > and hadn't downloaded them. Can't shoot with full cards. > > > > > > > > I did have a spare, unopened 64GB 300x Lexar card I bought during East > > > > Coast School in June. I tried to get matching cards, but found out > > > > Lexar went out of business. > > > > > > > > Finally, I looked at a used SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR lens, > > > > but looking it up on the internet, it's apparently an APS-C only lens. > > > > I didn't notice the vignetting when I looked at the two test shops I > > > > took while I was in the in the store, but now that I'm home and looked > > > > again, it's pretty obvious and severe. > > > > > > > > DRAT! He has a pretty good price on it too. -- 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.
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Does that mean you let your dog find them? On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 05:58 mike wilson wrote: > > > I always find, when things are seemingly irretrevably lost, that the bast > chance of recovery lies in a significant paws for thought. > > > > > On 12/7/2018 6:20 PM, John wrote: > > > I have somehow managed to lose my spare D-LI90 batteries. > > > > > > In the meanwhile, I went over to my local Pentax dealer and bought two > > > more. Got them home and discovered one of them was a D-LI109 which > > > won't fit the K-1 or the D-BC90 charger. (Note, I didn't even try to > > > put it on the charger) > > > > > > No problem, Southeastern Camera is only 1.5 miles from my house. So I > > > jumped in the car and headed over to exchange the D-LI109 for a > > > D-LI90. Got home with the correct battery, put it on the charger & the > > > green LED is blinking. The other battery (on the other charger) has a > > > solid green. > > > > > > Check the manual & it says if the LED is blinking to replace the > battery. > > > > > > I called Southeastern & he's got another D-LI90 in stock, but I'm not > > > going back there again tonight. > > > > > > I think this is all a symptom of a bigger problem, I've lost my muse. > > > I haven't really felt like getting out with the camera for several > > > months now. If I'd been shooting regularly, I'd know where those other > > > spare batteries had got to, because I'd be using them. > > > > > > Additionally, I had to buy two new SD cards for the K-1 because I had > > > all three cards (Slot 1, Slot 2 & spare in the battery grip) filled up > > > and hadn't downloaded them. Can't shoot with full cards. > > > > > > I did have a spare, unopened 64GB 300x Lexar card I bought during East > > > Coast School in June. I tried to get matching cards, but found out > > > Lexar went out of business. > > > > > > Finally, I looked at a used SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR lens, > > > but looking it up on the internet, it's apparently an APS-C only lens. > > > I didn't notice the vignetting when I looked at the two test shops I > > > took while I was in the in the store, but now that I'm home and looked > > > again, it's pretty obvious and severe. > > > > > > DRAT! He has a pretty good price on it too. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
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> On 08 December 2018 at 00:55 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Not fun! With a snow storm headed your way you will need to do some > shooting . But at least you have Baxter... so you haven't lost your mews > > ann I always find, when things are seemingly irretrevably lost, that the bast chance of recovery lies in a significant paws for thought. > > On 12/7/2018 6:20 PM, John wrote: > > I have somehow managed to lose my spare D-LI90 batteries. > > > > In the meanwhile, I went over to my local Pentax dealer and bought two > > more. Got them home and discovered one of them was a D-LI109 which > > won't fit the K-1 or the D-BC90 charger. (Note, I didn't even try to > > put it on the charger) > > > > No problem, Southeastern Camera is only 1.5 miles from my house. So I > > jumped in the car and headed over to exchange the D-LI109 for a > > D-LI90. Got home with the correct battery, put it on the charger & the > > green LED is blinking. The other battery (on the other charger) has a > > solid green. > > > > Check the manual & it says if the LED is blinking to replace the battery. > > > > I called Southeastern & he's got another D-LI90 in stock, but I'm not > > going back there again tonight. > > > > I think this is all a symptom of a bigger problem, I've lost my muse. > > I haven't really felt like getting out with the camera for several > > months now. If I'd been shooting regularly, I'd know where those other > > spare batteries had got to, because I'd be using them. > > > > Additionally, I had to buy two new SD cards for the K-1 because I had > > all three cards (Slot 1, Slot 2 & spare in the battery grip) filled up > > and hadn't downloaded them. Can't shoot with full cards. > > > > I did have a spare, unopened 64GB 300x Lexar card I bought during East > > Coast School in June. I tried to get matching cards, but found out > > Lexar went out of business. > > > > Finally, I looked at a used SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR lens, > > but looking it up on the internet, it's apparently an APS-C only lens. > > I didn't notice the vignetting when I looked at the two test shops I > > took while I was in the in the store, but now that I'm home and looked > > again, it's pretty obvious and severe. > > > > DRAT! He has a pretty good price on it too. -- 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.
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Hum Did you check in the refrigerator? Did you take them out the last time you were out and place them in your back seat or trunk? I have a mystery as well... The little remote I had forever for my cameras has come up missing and I have yet to locate it. Like you, I have no idea where it has gone off too. Jeffery Johnson | Photo Captures by Jeffery https://www.PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com /Diverse range of photography Artistic - Animals - Events/Festivals - Transportation - Pets - Nature - Scenic - Cityscape. Adorn home, office and business with high-quality canvas wraps, metals, photographic art, and framed/unframed prints. / On 12/8/2018 10:17 AM, John wrote: At least you know where the darn thing is. The spare batteries have me mystified. I keep all of my camera gear in one place. I *had* three spare D-LI90 batteries (shared between K-3 & K-1). On the spur of them moment, I decided it might be a good idea to check the charge on them & put them on the charger just in case. When I got them out of the camera bag, there was only one D-LI90. WTF??? Where could I have put the other two? They're not in the bag for the K10D & K20D. I've been through all the rest of my gear (including the bags for my film cameras) and they're not anywhere I've thought to look. They're also not in a number of places where I don't keep camera gear, but if I don't look there I can't be sure I didn't hide them away there anyway. One other thing I've figured out; you can't completely trust the blinking green LED on the charger. I have battery grips on all of my DSLRs and I took them off the K-1 & K-3 to check the internal batteries. The K-3 wouldn't turn on without the grip installed. That battery from the K-3 gave the same blinking LED as the new battery that I'm thinking I'm going to have to go back & swap out. Because I had my hands full multi-tasking I had to leave it in place and keep an eye on it, hoping the magic smoke wouldn't leak out of the charger. After a minute or so the LED turned a solid green and it appears to be charging normally. Now I'm not sure what to do about the battery I just bought that gave me the blinking LED? There are some days I feel like my sole purpose in life is to see how many stupid mistakes I can make at one time. -- 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.
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At least you know where the darn thing is. The spare batteries have me mystified. I keep all of my camera gear in one place. I *had* three spare D-LI90 batteries (shared between K-3 & K-1). On the spur of them moment, I decided it might be a good idea to check the charge on them & put them on the charger just in case. When I got them out of the camera bag, there was only one D-LI90. WTF??? Where could I have put the other two? They're not in the bag for the K10D & K20D. I've been through all the rest of my gear (including the bags for my film cameras) and they're not anywhere I've thought to look. They're also not in a number of places where I don't keep camera gear, but if I don't look there I can't be sure I didn't hide them away there anyway. One other thing I've figured out; you can't completely trust the blinking green LED on the charger. I have battery grips on all of my DSLRs and I took them off the K-1 & K-3 to check the internal batteries. The K-3 wouldn't turn on without the grip installed. That battery from the K-3 gave the same blinking LED as the new battery that I'm thinking I'm going to have to go back & swap out. Because I had my hands full multi-tasking I had to leave it in place and keep an eye on it, hoping the magic smoke wouldn't leak out of the charger. After a minute or so the LED turned a solid green and it appears to be charging normally. Now I'm not sure what to do about the battery I just bought that gave me the blinking LED? There are some days I feel like my sole purpose in life is to see how many stupid mistakes I can make at one time. On 12/7/2018 21:12:55, PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com wrote: I feel for you. I don't have battery problems but I do have a 18-250 Pentax lens that has a lock on the lens. Well it will decide to get locked in the 18 and I can not expand it out and other times it works as it should. I got it used from KEH and of course it decided to act up after their 6 month warranty ran out. I was curious to know how much they would charge to fix it and it was going to be more than I paid for the lens. Needless to say I haven't bought anything from them again because of my experience with this lens. I just took it out of my camera bag to see if it is working and at the moment it is working but I can't trust it to work when I need it to work. Like you it has been a couple of weekends since I have gotten out with my camera. It won't be this weekend because of rain with a slight chance of snow. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- 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.
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I feel for you. I don't have battery problems but I do have a 18-250 Pentax lens that has a lock on the lens. Well it will decide to get locked in the 18 and I can not expand it out and other times it works as it should. I got it used from KEH and of course it decided to act up after their 6 month warranty ran out. I was curious to know how much they would charge to fix it and it was going to be more than I paid for the lens. Needless to say I haven't bought anything from them again because of my experience with this lens. I just took it out of my camera bag to see if it is working and at the moment it is working but I can't trust it to work when I need it to work. Like you it has been a couple of weekends since I have gotten out with my camera. It won't be this weekend because of rain with a slight chance of snow. Jeffery Johnson | Photo Captures by Jeffery https://www.PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com /Diverse range of photography Artistic - Animals - Events/Festivals - Transportation - Pets - Nature - Scenic - Cityscape. Adorn home, office and business with high-quality canvas wraps, metals, photographic art, and framed/unframed prints. / On 12/7/2018 5:20 PM, John wrote: I have somehow managed to lose my spare D-LI90 batteries. In the meanwhile, I went over to my local Pentax dealer and bought two more. Got them home and discovered one of them was a D-LI109 which won't fit the K-1 or the D-BC90 charger. (Note, I didn't even try to put it on the charger) No problem, Southeastern Camera is only 1.5 miles from my house. So I jumped in the car and headed over to exchange the D-LI109 for a D-LI90. Got home with the correct battery, put it on the charger & the green LED is blinking. The other battery (on the other charger) has a solid green. Check the manual & it says if the LED is blinking to replace the battery. I called Southeastern & he's got another D-LI90 in stock, but I'm not going back there again tonight. I think this is all a symptom of a bigger problem, I've lost my muse. I haven't really felt like getting out with the camera for several months now. If I'd been shooting regularly, I'd know where those other spare batteries had got to, because I'd be using them. Additionally, I had to buy two new SD cards for the K-1 because I had all three cards (Slot 1, Slot 2 & spare in the battery grip) filled up and hadn't downloaded them. Can't shoot with full cards. I did have a spare, unopened 64GB 300x Lexar card I bought during East Coast School in June. I tried to get matching cards, but found out Lexar went out of business. Finally, I looked at a used SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR lens, but looking it up on the internet, it's apparently an APS-C only lens. I didn't notice the vignetting when I looked at the two test shops I took while I was in the in the store, but now that I'm home and looked again, it's pretty obvious and severe. DRAT! He has a pretty good price on it too. -- 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.
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I finally broke out my K3 and went to a local park and captured some really close up images of turkeys and sandhill cranes - I haven't shot much of anything for the last several months - I hope this breaks my lazy photo streak. -Original Message- >From: ann sanfedele >Subject: Re: Battery Woes > >Not fun! With a snow storm headed your way you will need to do some >shooting . But at least you have Baxter... so you haven't lost your mews > >ann > >On 12/7/2018 6:20 PM, John wrote: >> I have somehow managed to lose my spare D-LI90 batteries. >> >> In the meanwhile, I went over to my local Pentax dealer and bought two >> more. Got them home and discovered one of them was a D-LI109 which >> won't fit the K-1 or the D-BC90 charger. (Note, I didn't even try to >> put it on the charger) >> >> No problem, Southeastern Camera is only 1.5 miles from my house. So I >> jumped in the car and headed over to exchange the D-LI109 for a >> D-LI90. Got home with the correct battery, put it on the charger & the >> green LED is blinking. The other battery (on the other charger) has a >> solid green. >> >> Check the manual & it says if the LED is blinking to replace the battery. >> >> I called Southeastern & he's got another D-LI90 in stock, but I'm not >> going back there again tonight. >> >> I think this is all a symptom of a bigger problem, I've lost my muse. >> I haven't really felt like getting out with the camera for several >> months now. If I'd been shooting regularly, I'd know where those other >> spare batteries had got to, because I'd be using them. >> >> Additionally, I had to buy two new SD cards for the K-1 because I had >> all three cards (Slot 1, Slot 2 & spare in the battery grip) filled up >> and hadn't downloaded them. Can't shoot with full cards. >> >> I did have a spare, unopened 64GB 300x Lexar card I bought during East >> Coast School in June. I tried to get matching cards, but found out >> Lexar went out of business. >> >> Finally, I looked at a used SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR lens, >> but looking it up on the internet, it's apparently an APS-C only lens. >> I didn't notice the vignetting when I looked at the two test shops I >> took while I was in the in the store, but now that I'm home and looked >> again, it's pretty obvious and severe. >> >> DRAT! He has a pretty good price on it too. >> >> > >-- >ann sanfedele photography >https://annsan.smugmug.com >https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff >https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- 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.
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Not fun! With a snow storm headed your way you will need to do some shooting . But at least you have Baxter... so you haven't lost your mews ann On 12/7/2018 6:20 PM, John wrote: I have somehow managed to lose my spare D-LI90 batteries. In the meanwhile, I went over to my local Pentax dealer and bought two more. Got them home and discovered one of them was a D-LI109 which won't fit the K-1 or the D-BC90 charger. (Note, I didn't even try to put it on the charger) No problem, Southeastern Camera is only 1.5 miles from my house. So I jumped in the car and headed over to exchange the D-LI109 for a D-LI90. Got home with the correct battery, put it on the charger & the green LED is blinking. The other battery (on the other charger) has a solid green. Check the manual & it says if the LED is blinking to replace the battery. I called Southeastern & he's got another D-LI90 in stock, but I'm not going back there again tonight. I think this is all a symptom of a bigger problem, I've lost my muse. I haven't really felt like getting out with the camera for several months now. If I'd been shooting regularly, I'd know where those other spare batteries had got to, because I'd be using them. Additionally, I had to buy two new SD cards for the K-1 because I had all three cards (Slot 1, Slot 2 & spare in the battery grip) filled up and hadn't downloaded them. Can't shoot with full cards. I did have a spare, unopened 64GB 300x Lexar card I bought during East Coast School in June. I tried to get matching cards, but found out Lexar went out of business. Finally, I looked at a used SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR lens, but looking it up on the internet, it's apparently an APS-C only lens. I didn't notice the vignetting when I looked at the two test shops I took while I was in the in the store, but now that I'm home and looked again, it's pretty obvious and severe. DRAT! He has a pretty good price on it too. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- 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.
Battery Woes
I have somehow managed to lose my spare D-LI90 batteries. In the meanwhile, I went over to my local Pentax dealer and bought two more. Got them home and discovered one of them was a D-LI109 which won't fit the K-1 or the D-BC90 charger. (Note, I didn't even try to put it on the charger) No problem, Southeastern Camera is only 1.5 miles from my house. So I jumped in the car and headed over to exchange the D-LI109 for a D-LI90. Got home with the correct battery, put it on the charger & the green LED is blinking. The other battery (on the other charger) has a solid green. Check the manual & it says if the LED is blinking to replace the battery. I called Southeastern & he's got another D-LI90 in stock, but I'm not going back there again tonight. I think this is all a symptom of a bigger problem, I've lost my muse. I haven't really felt like getting out with the camera for several months now. If I'd been shooting regularly, I'd know where those other spare batteries had got to, because I'd be using them. Additionally, I had to buy two new SD cards for the K-1 because I had all three cards (Slot 1, Slot 2 & spare in the battery grip) filled up and hadn't downloaded them. Can't shoot with full cards. I did have a spare, unopened 64GB 300x Lexar card I bought during East Coast School in June. I tried to get matching cards, but found out Lexar went out of business. Finally, I looked at a used SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR lens, but looking it up on the internet, it's apparently an APS-C only lens. I didn't notice the vignetting when I looked at the two test shops I took while I was in the in the store, but now that I'm home and looked again, it's pretty obvious and severe. DRAT! He has a pretty good price on it too. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- 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.
