When I was trying to find a source for the Pentax AC adapter for my istDL, I ran across a device that has a cigarette lighter adapter (12vdc) into a controller that allowed the voltage to be changed from 2.5v to 12v in various steps. The output end had changable plugs with various adapters to allow use with mutliple devices. One of the adapters was the one I needed for the DL. The cost of the whole adapter was 4.50. So, I can plug it into a 12 dc battery source and hook up to the camera for almost limitless shots or time. I used it primarily when hooking the camera up to my telescope for long exposure astrophotos. This prevented killing the internal batteries so quickly. I found this devive at a local surplus outlet but have also seen them at Radio Shack and the camera store. The camera store also have to versions the plug into wall outlets (115vac).
Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
