Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ?

2007-03-30 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Bill, On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:17:01 -0600, William Robb wrote: A bit strange, but I now have 50 images with duplicate numbering! My K10 did that to me on Sunday. I wrote it off to putting in a card that hadn't been erased yet. Hmm, I never erase a card (on the computer that is). I put it

RE: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-29 Thread Tim Øsleby
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: 28. mars 2007 23:54 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D I do a lot of chimping and histo. Pretty much every shot, so that could account for 1/3 at least

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
can live with that. Tim Typo, proud chimper -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: 28. mars 2007 23:54 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D I do a lot of chimping and histo. Pretty much

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D I've got to send the K10D in anyway for the SD card door (I broke it, dumb!), so I'll have Pentax check it our for me. The K10 powers down when the card door is opened. I expect your problem with no power

Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ?

2007-03-29 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:48:32 +0200 (CEST), Jan van Wijk wrote: I ran out of the first battery (in the body) somewhere arround 850, then replaced it by the one that was in the grip, and that ran out about 100 images later. One additional observation: After changing the batteries, and shooting

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-29 Thread Charles Robinson
On Mar 29, 2007, at 13:35, Bob Sullivan wrote: I've got to send the K10D in anyway for the SD card door (I broke it, dumb!), so I'll have Pentax check it our for me. It is possible that the broken door is causing your problems, isn't it? I thought that was one of the things that Phil on

Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ?

2007-03-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Jan van Wijk Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ? On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:48:32 +0200 (CEST), Jan van Wijk wrote: One additional observation: After changing the batteries, and shooting the next batch of 160 or so images, I found it had

Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ?

2007-03-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
I never erase a card before putting it in the camera. I always just reformat the full card in camera. Paul On Mar 29, 2007, at 5:17 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Jan van Wijk Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ? On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:48:32

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
DOH, I hadn't read that! Thanks Bill Charles Regards, Bob S. On 3/29/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D I've got to send the K10D in anyway for the SD card door (I broke it, dumb!), so I'll have

Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ?

2007-03-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ? I never erase a card before putting it in the camera. I always just reformat the full card in camera. That has been my habit as well. I expect the filename conflict happenned when the grip

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D DOH, I hadn't read that! Thanks Bill Charles I missed it in the camera documentation as well. I picked that tidbit up from another photography forum that I am on. One of the things in the service menu

Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ?

2007-03-29 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 05:23:38PM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ? I never erase a card before putting it in the camera. I always just reformat the full card in camera. That has been my

Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ?

2007-03-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
: Re: Battery life on K10D, counter reset ? I never erase a card before putting it in the camera. I always just reformat the full card in camera. That has been my habit as well. I expect the filename conflict happenned when the grip battery went south and the camera switched over

RE: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-28 Thread Markus Maurer
Thanks Godfrey. Battery loading in the car could be handy sometimes... Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 5:43 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-28 Thread Dario Bonazza
I've never been able to shoot more than 400 pix per battery charge, 350-370 being my usual score with LCD auto-review turned off and using flash very very litle or not at all. Not bad, but far from over 1,000 shots as some are getting here. I own three batteries (the one which came with the

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-28 Thread David J Brooks
I think i reported about 400 when mine died a week or two ago, but i misinformed you. It was more around 280. However it was the first charge and battery was in the camera from mid December to second week of March, so it probably lost a bit sitting around at times. I also wondered if it might

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-28 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:50:15 -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: I ran out of battery and had to install another last weekend at a wedding. I suppose that I did too much chimping, but under 400 shots. And when it was dead, it was DEAD. Can confirm that :-) I ran out of the first battery (in the body)

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-28 Thread David J Brooks
I do a lot of chimping and histo. Pretty much every shot, so that could account for 1/3 at least. Dave On 3/28/07, Jan van Wijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:50:15 -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: I ran out of battery and had to install another last weekend at a wedding. I

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton Subject: Battery life on K10D Saturday I did some little league shooting and thought I would report my findings. I shot 1304 shots on one battery - all AF-C and very little chimping. The battery is a Lenmar 1500mah and the camera meter

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
I ran out of battery and had to install another last weekend at a wedding. I suppose that I did too much chimping, but under 400 shots. And when it was dead, it was DEAD. Regards, Bob S. On 3/27/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I'm getting 800-1200 exposures per charge on a pretty reliable basis with the K10D, using the Pentax supplied battery. The Impact and Konica Minolta batteries I have as well seem to last about the same amount of time. It varies a bit based on what I'm doing ... Normally I have the Review

RE: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-27 Thread J. C. O'Connell
, these have to be minimized in usage or better yet turned off. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:29 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D I'm getting 800-1200

RE: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-27 Thread Markus Maurer
much battery AF uses, andy ideas? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:29 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D I'm getting 800-1200 exposures per charge on a pretty

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 27, 2007, at 6:30 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Godfrey Maybe the 2 Pentax battereries I have are still too new ? but I got under 500 exposures and never saw the battery gauge on the K10D changing from full to another state before the batteries shut down. I use review and the

RE: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-27 Thread Markus Maurer
-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D On Mar 27, 2007, at 6:30 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Godfrey Maybe the 2 Pentax battereries I have are still too new ? but I got under 500 exposures and never saw the battery gauge on the K10D changing from full to another state before

RE: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-27 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Flash is the biggest power hogthe LCD is second place in that category.. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:49 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D On Mar

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-27 Thread Christian
J. C. O'Connell wrote: Flash is the biggest power hogthe LCD is second place in that category.. jco How do you think AF and AS figure in the power consumption scale? -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-27 Thread J. C. O'Connell
to be even close to the full power flash energy consumption. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:36 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D J. C. O'Connell wrote: Flash

Re: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 27, 2007, at 7:10 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: Is this third party charger only for the Pentax K10D accu or does it work with other accu brands as well? It's a CTA charger for the NP400 battery: here's a link to it on CompUPlus.com. http://tinyurl.com/38sag3 I usually stick the

RE: Battery life on K10D

2007-03-27 Thread J. C. O'Connell
of course. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 11:43 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Battery life on K10D On Mar 27, 2007, at 7:10 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: Is this third party charger