Note that the conventional wisdom was that you shouldn't believe the Charged light on the charger; rather, leave the battery there for another 30-45 minutes. I don't know if that ever made sense nor if it still applies, but I tend to be slow to take the charged battery off the charger.
stan On Jul 17, 2013, at 9:33 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Thanks Larry and PJ - what I suspected but wanted to make sure. > the charger for the 4 "AA"'s for the *istD took a realllly long time > > ann > > On 7/17/2013 20:59, Larry Colen wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 08:41:11PM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >>> HOw long should it take? I presume the green light goes off when it >>> is fully charged? >> >> yes. >> >>> >>> Camera came with charged battery... >> >> used camera? >> >>> I jsut got the spare and am charging it. >>> >>> any problem if I forgot to take it off the charger and let it charge >>> overnight? >> >> Nope, it will shut itself off when done. It's best to charge a long time >> the first time anyways. >> >>> >>> ann >>> >>> -- >>> 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.

