Re: [PRODIG] 1Ds battery charging/refresh

[Andrew Lopez-Calvete]

What was the first 'phone you ever owned? I had one of the first really 
handportable units the Nokia 101 that was not supplied with a lithium 
Ion battery. Despite its enormous 8 hour standby time it needed to 
recharged whenever a socket was available, in the car, on the run, 
whenever I could I plugged it in and charged it. In six months the 
standby time was only measurable on scientific equipment!

If you don't condition and discharge anything accept lithium Ion 
batteries the memory effect takes off. every time you charge it the 
battery starts to think that that point at which you plug it in is 
effectively empty, hence why battery life shortens.

I'm still waiting for my 1d MKII to actually show any battery loss in 
its first week of ownership (which involved card after card of practice 
shots and four actual shoots), but I'm definately dishcarging it and 
recharging it from flat in preparation for next mondays job. As I'm 
still waiting to get a back up battery (silly, I know but I just 
haven't had the time!)

On 15 May 2004, at 18:59, Keith Cooper wrote:
Hi
The charger that comes with a 1Ds has a battery 'refresh' facility. How
useful is this in real use?
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