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Originally Posted by WooD
I've never tried the Eneloops. When I had my Canon S2 IS I bought 24 Energizer NiMH batteries. They were the most useless batteries I'd ever used. I ended up throwing the charger, and all the batteries away, and started buying those 24 packs of Duracell's. I still use them for my SB600. I keep 12 spares in my camera bag.
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I'd blame the charger, not the batteries. Getting the La Crosse BC-900 saved me a lot of heartache in this regard. Most new NiMH batteries won't work at peak efficiency straight after their first charge, or after long periods of being unused. It usually takes two or three full charge/discharge cycles to get them back to full capacity. Which is why having a charger that can condition batteries is A Good Thing.
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Originally Posted by DameAgs
I was told by someone in a camera shop to use regular batteries instead of rechargeables...BECAUSE, he said, rechargeables never recharge to the exact same level ...
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The key to avoiding this is to always use and charge the batteries together in groups. And to use a charger that can report to you what the capacities of the batteries really are. So when one battery in the group goes bad, you can then know to split the other batteries in the group up for other devices, and start with a new group.