I use a Blumax Battery from batterylogic.co.uk.
It has more power than the Pentax, and lasts longer than the original battery. The price is £10.74 including postage.
I do believe that these are also available from Amazon.
However, for even better performance, I recommend the new 2500 Sanyo Eneloops.They are brilliant!





Pentax Kr,MX,SuperA,MZ5N,360FGZ Flash. Many lenses

I think the K100D uses four AA Batteries.

The Kr Cell will take roughly two and a half hours, depending how much charge is in the battery when you receiove it.

Received Pentax Battery Holder from SRS yesterday.(2 days post free delivery!)
My suspicions were correct as this fits perfectly. Battery flap closes properly. The one from Ebay okay for emergencies, but I recommend the official Pentax version inspite of the fact it costs nearly thirty pounds.





Pentax MX,SuperA,MZ5N,KR and many lenses.

Don't have the seller ID for battery holder, but delivery was about three weeks. It is only a bit of plastic afer all, but I have ordered a proper one from SRS as I feel the cheap one may be just a little bit too long for a perfect fit. You have to force the battery lid to close properly. Works OK, but will try the other one for size.
Also have a li-ion clone from Singapore for eleven pounds. This works perfectly.

Just got a battery holder for Kr from Ebay for nine pounds, postage free.
Came from Singapore. Fits perfectly, does the job!

Yes! Changing the setting to 100PNTX has done the trick. Am now a happy man, and enjoying the fine features of the Kr. Thank you, John.

Thank you, John. I have set my camera to 100PNTX. Will see how it goes.

I take your point and have checked in the handbook. I don't mind folders being kept in date order, but a new experience for me. It was not on the DL2, but I presume it is now on the more up to date models.
Thank you for your help.

Bought Pentax Kr recently, and am very happy with it.

But have one query. Playback seems to be put in a new folder each day.

Is there any way of keeping all taken photos in one folder? Have not heard this discussed before. Am I missing something?

There have been so many Optio models, and new ones appearing almost monthly, that it is almost impossible to keep track of them.

I had several up until 2007, when I shamefully admit that I switched to Canon. Their IQ was just so much better, and battery life far superior.

However, I have kept an Optio 555, which was, and still is, a great little camera. Although only having a very small screen, it possesed a larger sensor for its 5 megapixels, a 5X zoom, manual controls and a big, long lasting battery.

It can't compete with my Canon S90, which really is a superb camera, but can still outperform many budget current models.