>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.
Unfortunately this sounds like one of the great battery myths I was trying to see past. Have a look at: <http://www.zbattery.com/zbattery/memoryeffect.html> and <http://www.dansdata.com/gz011.htm> for a discussion of the so called 'memory effect'. I'm happy to accept the idea that Canon wouldn't put the feature on the charger for no good use, but I doubt it's needed -every- time? bye for now Keith Cooper =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
