I would personally say "no", but then that's what happened with the k-7 (see chart here:http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/prod1136.html). OTOH, the K5 is probably not struggling as much as the K7 did (I know I was disappointed with that...) so your guess is as good as anyone else's.

Bret

Yep, should be pretty good here, but the forecast is for cloud

Bret

but I suspect it's at a nominal 7.4V not 4.8.....

7.4 x 1.5 --> 11.1Wh
4.8 x 1.9 --> 9.1Wh

The Li-Ion will also get smaller current pulls, it's win all the way.

Oh, and the 1900 is a realistic Eneloop figure.

Bret

New batteries need 2-3 cycles before they are really up to speed.

If you use the LCD a lot, life will be limited. I get around 2-3 hours of filming out of a 7D battery.

Sensor cleaning on my K10D essentially kills battery life - without it, I can get a couple of thousand shots, even at -20.

Bret

that's rather good!

Bret

Now I know that it's empty, I will probably return with a flash.
I see on the 6 and 7, they were HDR "tests" with the wide angle.. and I have to say that I can't get what I want out of it. The 135 or the 24-70 or 50 - no problem. But the UWA? No. Meh.

The WB problem:
- Sun is very orange
- shade is "different"
- clouds moving mean constantly changing settings

Auto WB gave me 500K different thoughts on two seperate shots taken one after another. Some of the snow set from yesterday are at 10000K (!), even though it was cloudy. I need to find a technique to work with this - maybe it's the Lastolite triflector I had in my bag and could have used with these....

Bret

I was out again today (my wife was at the stables) so we went for a drive. Turns out the barn I'd seen nearby is actually derelict and the house isn't heated....

























I'll stop spamming the forums again now, back to work tomorrow

Bret

it's here for at least another two months... but we've turned the corner as far as darkness is concerned, thank goodness.
Utsjoki has darkness until 17th Jan....

thanks for the comments.

Bret

and therefore his PayPal account wouldn't work. "Spooky Biscuits!" cried the rest of the spiders, it's....

Ha, I'm just wondering whether it's worth a certain amount of hassle for the cashback.. as I'm not a UK resident... yeah, OK, I could get it paid for via the UK, but still. Bah humbug.
OTOH, the saving is potentially significant.

Bret