K3 battery

My K3 battery "retired" after 400 exposures. Would this be about right for a 24mp camera?

It depends on a lot of other factors not just the number of exposures, but I think the K3 is rated for about 500.

Thanks Fletcher8.
I have been scrolling the menus setting it up so that will have drained the battery. Just thought it seemed a bit on the low side.

Cheers

Oldhat

The manual and the speck on Ricoh web site state that the battery under normal conditions is good for 720 images.460-560 if using flash

Any new battery will need to be charged, discharged, and recharged a few times before it'll reach it's maximum capacity.

If its a new battery, which I guess it is, it could well take several charge cycles to get to full power.

Also being a new camera, you've no doubt been fiddling with the menus and playback more than you normally would which must take their toll on the battery charge life.

John K

It is the battery out of the box, so as Peter says it will need to be used a few times!!

Many thanks all for the responses.