It's my job to pass along useless and/or misinformation, Paul. I've become most adept at it. :O
Jack --- On Fri, 3/11/11, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Is the "full first charge" still an issue? > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, March 11, 2011, 4:10 AM > I've never heard that that the > battery won't charge fully the first time. What's to > prevent that? But it's not necessary to charge it fully > before using it, if you're in a hurry. A partial > charge followed by a discharge and a full charge later on > won't damage it. > On Mar 10, 2011, at 11:19 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > Have understood or misunderstood(?) that the K-5 > battery will not take a "full" charge the first time. It's > been suggested it be used for awhile and then given another > charge. After doing this a couple times it should reach full > charge. This is only on the initial charge! > > > > Jack > > > > --- On Thu, 3/10/11, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Is the "full first charge" still an > issue? > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Thursday, March 10, 2011, 6:29 PM > >> Take it with you. Modern lithium > >> batteries don't have to be fully charged or fully > >> discharged. I've abused them in every way possible > with no > >> noticeable negative effect. > >> Paul > >> On Mar 10, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> > >>> I know that it older generation batteries > needed to be > >> fully charged the first time that they were used, > or they > >> didn't work at full capacity. But I seem to > remember someone > >> saying something about that no longer being > true. I've > >> got to head out before too long and want to bring > the camera > >> with me. > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Larry Colen [email protected] > >> sent from i4est > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
