Re: Batteries for *ist-D and other Pentax cameras that take AA or CR-V3

2009-11-11 Thread Charles Robinson
On Nov 11, 2009, at 0:31, Jim King wrote: John, I've used several sets of Delkin rechargeable CR-3Vs in my *ist-D and grip with no problems other than a relatively low number of shots per charge (150-250). I bought the Delkin rechargeable CR-3Vs for my istDS and found the same problem.

Re: Batteries for *ist-D and other Pentax cameras that take AA or CR-V3

2009-11-11 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: John Sessoms wrote: There are no Lithium Ion AA batteries, but the *ist-D can also use CR-V3 batteries and those ARE available as Litium Ion rechargeables. Plus, they're 3V(+) rather than the 2.5V(-) you get with a pair

Re: Batteries for *ist-D and other Pentax cameras that take AA or CR-V3

2009-11-11 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: John Sessoms wrote: There are no Lithium Ion AA batteries, but the *ist-D can also use CR-V3 batteries and those ARE available as Litium Ion rechargeables. Plus, they're 3V(+) rather than the

Re: Batteries for *ist-D and other Pentax cameras that take AA or CR-V3

2009-11-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Thibouille Yes some are 3.3v. Some others just3v. Some took the 3.3v on purpose too boost af but the risk to brick the cam is real. On Tuesday, November 10, 2009, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: My friend uses CR-V3 rechargeables in his *ist-DL and is very happy with them. They

Batteries for *ist-D and other Pentax cameras that take AA or CR-V3

2009-11-10 Thread John Sessoms
Thought I'd open this in a fresh thread specifically about batteries for earlier Pentax DSLRs. I got an idea from the discussion of NiMH and Lithium AA batteries in the other thread, and wanted to follow up on it. There are no Lithium Ion AA batteries, but the *ist-D can also use CR-V3

Re: Batteries for *ist-D and other Pentax cameras that take AA or CR-V3

2009-11-10 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
My friend uses CR-V3 rechargeables in his *ist-DL and is very happy with them. They last a lot and it seems that they do not loose their charge. Unfortunately, I think that Pentax has physically prevented the K-x from using them (maybe because there were reports about some of them that had a

Re: Batteries for *ist-D and other Pentax cameras that take AA or CR-V3

2009-11-10 Thread Thibouille
Yes some are 3.3v. Some others just3v. Some took the 3.3v on purpose too boost af but the risk to brick the cam is real. On Tuesday, November 10, 2009, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: My friend uses CR-V3 rechargeables in his *ist-DL and is very happy with them. They last a lot and it

Re: Batteries for *ist-D and other Pentax cameras that take AA or CR-V3

2009-11-10 Thread Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote: There are no Lithium Ion AA batteries, but the *ist-D can also use CR-V3 batteries and those ARE available as Litium Ion rechargeables. Plus, they're 3V(+) rather than the 2.5V(-) you get with a pair of NiMH AAs. Has anyone used these? The only drawback I foresee is there

Re: Batteries for *ist-D and other Pentax cameras that take AA or CR-V3

2009-11-10 Thread Jim King
John Sessoms wrote on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:10:41 -0800 Thought I'd open this in a fresh thread specifically about batteries for earlier Pentax DSLRs. I got an idea from the discussion of NiMH and Lithium AA batteries in the other thread, and wanted to follow up on it. There are no Lithium Ion