John, you are right that 'If everything about a product was shabby' then we would perceive poor quality. If only the printing say, wore off a little quickly would we condemn the whole product/performance? Isnt that 'Judging a Book by its cover' rather than by the contents?

Also, Happy Birthday, have a good one.

Regards


Paul

Forecast today was for ''Pouring rain all day'' Reality: - Sun Cracking t'Flags! Bit windy perhaps but warm and lovely SUN

NOT by name in the specific post! Only in the original and later by 'possible' inference in a subsequent post!

John Riley wrote: -

''Two were Pentax ones and three couldn't be identified because all the printing had worn off them. They looked a wreck. The two Pentax ones were almost unmarked. This sort of thing to me indicates a particular quality level for these items, and in the case of the cheap batteries it could be very debateable what we were buying. Those are the ones I expect to leak or burst into flames''

The fact that the printing came off easily only means that the printing may have not been top quality. It certainly does not indicate overall poor quality NOR does it indicate that the batteries will leak or burst into flames! To date as far as I can tell there is no definitive proof that there is any more than isolated instances which can happen on ALL products, Pentax Bodies included.

Both my K7 bodies give 700+ shots per charge, both on branded and unbranded batteries, appears to make NO difference, (havent had time to really judge the K5 yet). The old K10d was never far behind. The only time this reduces is if you use the camera in excessively cold temperatures.

Live view all the time will obviously pull power all the time and thus reduce shots per charge overall. You can buy extended power third party batteries, (they dont make any diference irrespective of any considerations)! And are by far and away a cheaper and effective option.

Welcome to the Forum, enjoy the experience.

Seems as the first one raised a few 'brows'

Well said Smeggy, constructive help would be far better, and a far more mature response from one of the User Team!

The statement, I believe said 'this corrupt' company. It did not name/accuse a company specifically.

It would may have been better perhaps to say 'alledgedly' or 'In my opinion'