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As regards cameras,the KX is a cracking camera,better than comparable Pentaxes and Canons!
Comment by dougsinnott posted on k100d super at 22/09/2011 - 17:54
As regards any Pentax owner having battery problems,ONLY ENERGISER LITHIUM batteries should be used,OR high output rechargeables,nothing else is up to it.
I bought a used K100D Super off Ebay,tried to get it to work with AAs from my Fuji Superzoom HS20,but the battery warning light kept coming on after 15-20 minutes,so I thought it was faulty,as the batteries still had plenty of poWer in them for my HS20,and so I got a refund.
I then bought a Pentax K-X,a much better camera,but no batteries came with it,and I had the same problems yet again!
I THOUGHT THIS TIME SURELY IT CAN'T BE THE CAMERA(AGAIN!)and called into Jessops for advice.
I was told that the reason my batteries were fine in my Fuji,but not in the Pentaxes, was because the HS20 had the much smaller sensor of a compact camera,needing much less power on startup,compared to the big sensor,and more complex electronics of a DSLR,like the Pentax.
So only Lithium,or high output rechargeables will do the job.
Since fitting the Energiser Lithiums my KX has been fine,and still showing as fully charged after 200 photoes!
So be warned!
The right batteries are ESSENTIAL to your Pentax!!!
I bought a used K100D Super off Ebay,tried to get it to work with AAs from my Fuji Superzoom HS20,but the battery warning light kept coming on after 15-20 minutes,so I thought it was faulty,as the batteries still had plenty of poWer in them for my HS20,and so I got a refund.
I then bought a Pentax K-X,a much better camera,but no batteries came with it,and I had the same problems yet again!
I THOUGHT THIS TIME SURELY IT CAN'T BE THE CAMERA(AGAIN!)and called into Jessops for advice.
I was told that the reason my batteries were fine in my Fuji,but not in the Pentaxes, was because the HS20 had the much smaller sensor of a compact camera,needing much less power on startup,compared to the big sensor,and more complex electronics of a DSLR,like the Pentax.
So only Lithium,or high output rechargeables will do the job.
Since fitting the Energiser Lithiums my KX has been fine,and still showing as fully charged after 200 photoes!
So be warned!
The right batteries are ESSENTIAL to your Pentax!!!
Comment by dougsinnott posted on k100d super at 22/09/2011 - 17:47
