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 <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: Is the "full first charge" still an issue? > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > 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 l...@red4est.com > sent from i4est > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.