RE: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify?

2005-06-02 Thread Leon Mlakar
2005 3:27 AM >To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >Subject: Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify? > >i can't find them in the US anymore. > >Herb >- Original Message - >From: "Leon Mlakar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: >Sent: Wednesd

Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify?

2005-06-02 Thread Margus Männik
Hi there, that's true for Lithium rechargeables only. Conventional batteries are fine, but Li-Ion rechargeables can really damage the camera if the electronics is not designed to work with 'em. Would be a bit long to explain why... BR, Margus Joe Wilensky wrote: I found this in the techn

Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify?

2005-06-01 Thread Scott Loveless
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Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify?

2005-06-01 Thread Herb Chong
i can't find them in the US anymore. Herb - Original Message - From: "Leon Mlakar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 5:16 PM Subject: RE: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify? Why don't you try rechargable alkaline

Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify?

2005-06-01 Thread Herb Chong
a lawyer's "may" and a users "may" are two different things. Herb - Original Message - From: "Joe Wilensky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 2:42 PM Subject: Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify? I

Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify?

2005-06-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Joe Wilensky" Subject: Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify? I found this in the technical FAQ section: "4. Never use manganese or lithium batteries, as these battery types may overheat in the camera." Well s

RE: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify?

2005-06-01 Thread Leon Mlakar
Why don't you try rechargable alkaline AA's? I've been using them for some time in my (seldom used) flash. They have the shelf life of ordinary AA's so I know that it'll work when picked up, even though I didn't recharge batteries last week. Unlike NiMh that work at 1.2V they work at 1.5V of ordin

Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify?

2005-06-01 Thread Thibouille
2005 1:43 PM > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify? > > > > > > I found this in the technical FAQ section: > > > > "4. Never use manganese or lithium batteries, as these battery types > >

RE: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify?

2005-06-01 Thread Don Sanderson
-Original Message- > From: Joe Wilensky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 1:43 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify? > > > I found this in the technical FAQ section: > > &quo

Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify?

2005-06-01 Thread Joe Wilensky
I found this in the technical FAQ section: "4. Never use manganese or lithium batteries, as these battery types may overheat in the camera." Do the new lithium AA batteries (and so many other lithium photo batteries) really get hotter than other types? Joe - Original Message - Fro

Re: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify?

2005-06-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Joe Wilensky" Subject: OT: Lithium AA's if manual doesn't specify? I've picked up a small digital point-and-shoot (not Pentax), and it takes AA batteries. The manual mentions using alkalines and recommends NiMH rechargeable AA batteries, but says not a w