Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:
> "Peter" <peter0o0o0o@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:mcebv39njf6qjriskqvj0il9u649lfmou6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> I've had one of these since 2005.
>>
>> It takes four AA cells, which is one of the reasons I chose it,
>> having been burnt with the Sony lithium battery scandal, etc.
>>
>> I have always used four NIMH cells in it - these are nominally 1.2V
>> when charged. And it was fine, taking hundreds of shots on one
>> charge. Recently, it started to indicate 'flat battery' very early.
>>
>> I sent it to Pentax. After a long time (admin cockups caused by
>> stupid people) and £70 I got it back. I had some trouble
>> establi****ng whether they actually found anything wrong - apparently
>> there is no communication available with the 'engineer' doing the
>> work... It works the same way as it did before however. On normal
>> alkaline AA
>> cells it shows full charge. On fully charged NIMH it shows only a
>> partial charge.
>>
>> What could have gone wrong?
>>
>> Products which can use either 1.5V or 1.2V cells tend to be
>> selectable somewhere otherwise they cannot tell if the batteries are
>> going flat. I am somewhat concerned because immediately before I sent
it
>> to
>> Pentax I did use it with alkaline cells (1.5V) and they still went
>> 'flat' pretty fast.
>>
>> I well remember the Olympus OM2SP scandal where the camera drained
>> the battery when OFF...
>
> Buy a new set of NiMH batteries. You can get some quite cheaply at
> your friendly neighbourhood supermarket (Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury etc.).
> I had a NiMH set of which one cell would no longer hold any charge so
> I replaced the set.
> I tend to always have 2 or 3 sets of charged up NiMH batteries in my
> accessories bag anyway.
> Regards Mike.
Wilkinson Have some Uniross Hybrio at £3.95 for 4 aa. These are the type
that come ready charged and dont lose power just waiting to be used.
Recharge up to1000 times and use again and again.
--
Trev
You can always tell a York****re man,
But you can't tell him much.
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