On Sep 11, 2006, at 23:48, John Francis wrote: > On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 06:51:56PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: >> Matt Kelch wrote: >> >>> Mark Roberts wrote: >>>> Charles Robinson wrote: >>>> >>>>> I detest lame NiMh batteries that self-discharge at such an >>>>> alarming >>>>> rate that I always have to reach for the charger to "top off" >>>>> batteries before heading out to something I'm going to shoot. >>>> >>>> Try the Maha Powerex 2700's. I was absolutely amazed by them. >>>> >>> I'm using the same ones. I've been equally amazed. They seem to >>> las >>> forever, in fact I haven't managed to actually run them down in the >>> camera despite taking 700+ pictures at one point. I have not >>> seen any >>> issues with discharge while my camera sat for a few about a week. >> >> I've had my camera sit for over a *month* with these batteries and >> still show a full change (and go through a full day of shooting) >> afterward. > > That's good to know - thanks. I got much the same behaviour with my > old Ray-O-Vac 1600 & 1800 mAh cells. But I've been disappointed with > the Energiser 2500s I bought more recently - they really need to have > been charged in the last couple of weeks. >
Hmmm.... Energizer 2500s are the "batteries of disappointment" that I have been using for the past year. Hmm.... -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
