depends on who you talk to. the vendors certainly say it isn't necessary. the old NiCd batteries were highly susceptible to memory effect. the battery manufacturers merely say that the effect is greatly reduced. the chargers are a lot smarter than they used to be too. i still run my NiMH batteries until they are low before charging. my charging system automatically discharges them if they contain more than a certain percentage.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anders Hultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:40 AM Subject: Emptying batteries > Ten odd years ago I worked at a local tv station, and noticed how the > video photographers used to empty the camera batteries completely before > recharging them. To do that they used big, hot power resistors, or more > often, light bulbs to drain the batteries quickly. > > Is this a practice I should adopt too with the Ni-MH batteries to my > digital camera?
