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tom_burke3

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  1. <p>Thanks for everyone's answers. I think the conclusions I'm drawing are as follows:-</p> <p>a) generally, it's not a good idea to use these batteries to complete exhaustion;<br> b) that the charger mechanism will stop charging them when they're fully charged;<br> c) picking up on the advice in the camera manual, it probably is a good idea to remove the batteries when the cameras aren't in use as there is likely to be a slow drain when they're in the camera;<br> d) it's also OK to recharge them from a partially-charged state (indeed, better than from a fully-discharged state);<br> e) and I should try to avoid temperature extremes. (This last should be really easy - I'm in the UK....)</p> <p>Thanks for everyone's contribution.</p>
  2. <p>I have a question about when to charge the LP-E6 and LP-E6N batteries. Basically I've just come back from a short trip with my 6D and the Battery Info is showing 51%. Having got home and downloaded images into Lightroom, etc, I was all ready to pop the battery out and charge it back to 100% when I wondered - would it actually be better to leave it in the camera for the next time and exhaust it? (I have spares.)</p> <p>So I read the manual (actually, a 7DII manual) and was quite surprised by what I found on page 39:<br /> a) "Recharge the battery on the day before or on the day it is to be used. Even during storage a charged batter will gradually drain and lose its capacity."<br /> b) "When not using the camera, remove the battery..... Storing the battery when it is fully charged may lower the battery's performance."</p> <p>Neither of these actually answered my question - is it best to fully exhaust a battery before charging it - but opened up a couple of other issues. I have to say that my practice for a long time has been to charge my batteries immediately on return from a trip and then leave them in the cameras. I might, if I remember, try to rotate them around so that there isn't a permanent 'spare' - that they all get time as a main battery. Finally, I ought to say that these are all genuine Canon batteries - 1 x LP-E6 and 1 x LP-E6N that came with cameras, and a second LP-E6N that I bought from the same dealer at the same time as the most recent camera.</p> <p>What are other peoples' practices in this regard?</p>
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