K200D: about lithium battery durability

ntx · 06-25-2009, 01:03 PM

Hi all,
today the enclosed Lithium battery of my K200D ended their charge. I read that someone of you are interested on the performance result of the Lithium.
Using a Sandisk Extreme III card, I took a total of 932 shots where: 154 with the built-in flash; 28 were RAW+JPEG. All the JPEGs were 10 megapixel and SR was always turned on.
The medium shutter time of the shots is about 1/80.

Hope my experience could help.

Bye
Jenner

rawr · 06-25-2009, 02:59 PM

Pretty much my experience too - about 900 exposures.

For info I also found that even after the camera thought the batteries were exhausted, they actually still retained a decent amount of charge.

It seems the camera is doesn't drain the batteries completely before it says they are flat. I keep the used batteries for a while and they have been able to happily power other devices (wall clock, penlight torch etc) for a long time after they came out of the camera.

madbrain · 06-25-2009, 03:04 PM

Originally posted by ntx

Hi all,
today the enclosed Lithium battery of my K200D ended their charge. I read that someone of you are interested on the performance result of the Lithium.
Using a Sandisk Extreme III card, I took a total of 932 shots where: 154 with the built-in flash; 28 were RAW+JPEG. All the JPEGs were 10 megapixel and SR was always turned on.
The medium shutter time of the shots is about 1/80.

Hope my experience could help.

Bye
Jenner

Yes, that seems about right. I think I got about 1000 shots+ last year out of the initial lithium set. I didn't check exactly since it spanned several trips actually. But I was using external flash.

ntx · 06-25-2009, 11:50 PM

Originally posted by rawr

It seems the camera is doesn't drain the batteries completely before it says they are flat.

I noticed it too. The camera showed a flat charge but I was able to playback photos or even take new one with manual focus: the AF stopped working (that's how I noticed the batteries were empty).

Bye
Jenner

Jonathan Mac · 06-26-2009, 03:47 AM

Considering the flash use that sounds like what Pentax state. I´ll keep using my NiMH rechargeables though, with the original lithiums as backup.

06-25-2009, 01:03 PM	#1
ntx Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: 35 km far from Ravenna, Italy Photos: Gallery Posts: 61	K200D: about lithium battery durability Hi all, today the enclosed Lithium battery of my K200D ended their charge. I read that someone of you are interested on the performance result of the Lithium. Using a Sandisk Extreme III card, I took a total of 932 shots where: 154 with the built-in flash; 28 were RAW+JPEG. All the JPEGs were 10 megapixel and SR was always turned on. The medium shutter time of the shots is about 1/80. Hope my experience could help. Bye Jenner

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06-25-2009, 02:59 PM	#2
rawr Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11,913	Pretty much my experience too - about 900 exposures. For info I also found that even after the camera thought the batteries were exhausted, they actually still retained a decent amount of charge. It seems the camera is doesn't drain the batteries completely before it says they are flat. I keep the used batteries for a while and they have been able to happily power other devices (wall clock, penlight torch etc) for a long time after they came out of the camera.

06-25-2009, 03:04 PM	#3
madbrain Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,341	Originally posted by ntx Hi all, today the enclosed Lithium battery of my K200D ended their charge. I read that someone of you are interested on the performance result of the Lithium. Using a Sandisk Extreme III card, I took a total of 932 shots where: 154 with the built-in flash; 28 were RAW+JPEG. All the JPEGs were 10 megapixel and SR was always turned on. The medium shutter time of the shots is about 1/80. Hope my experience could help. Bye Jenner Yes, that seems about right. I think I got about 1000 shots+ last year out of the initial lithium set. I didn't check exactly since it spanned several trips actually. But I was using external flash.

06-25-2009, 11:50 PM	#4
ntx Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: 35 km far from Ravenna, Italy Photos: Gallery Posts: 61 Original Poster	Originally posted by rawr It seems the camera is doesn't drain the batteries completely before it says they are flat. I noticed it too. The camera showed a flat charge but I was able to playback photos or even take new one with manual focus: the AF stopped working (that's how I noticed the batteries were empty). Bye Jenner

06-26-2009, 03:47 AM	#5
Jonathan Mac Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 10,897	Considering the flash use that sounds like what Pentax state. I´ll keep using my NiMH rechargeables though, with the original lithiums as backup.