Battery for 30D first charge

nightspidynightspidy Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
edited December 1, 2007 in Cameras
A delayed question. I just got a Canon 30D, charged the battery until it was full. Is that enough or am I supposed to charge the first time for several hours? I've already went out and been using the camera so I hope I haven't screwed up the battery. :dunno
Canon 30D & REB XT (thinking of converting to infrared), Sigma 10-20mm, Tammy 17-50mm 2.8, Canon 24-70mm 2.8, 70-200mm 2.8 IS, Tokina 100mm 2.8 Macro, Canon 50mm 1.8, Canon 1.4 ext, and Sigma 4.5 fish eye along with a Bogen by Gitzo Tripod, Manfrotto Ball Head, MacBook PRO, several HOYA filters and a 2GB & 8GB San Disk, 160GB Sanho storage device (really cool btw)......wishing for a Canon 100-400mm. :wink

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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited December 1, 2007
    You're fine. Keep taking photos, the Canon BP batteries are pretty amazing. Straight out of the box, I think my 30D battery lasted for 2 days before needing a charge. The old "full charge/discharge" routines for avoiding power memory are mostly a thing of the past. Just keep the electrons flowing through the battery and all is well.

    Go worry about better things :D
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  • nightspidynightspidy Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2007
    Phew...
    Woo-hoo!! I was so excited when I took it out of the box and it had fully charged, that I'd forgotten about the "first charge rule". Thanks for the clarification, I can continue on :photo
    Canon 30D & REB XT (thinking of converting to infrared), Sigma 10-20mm, Tammy 17-50mm 2.8, Canon 24-70mm 2.8, 70-200mm 2.8 IS, Tokina 100mm 2.8 Macro, Canon 50mm 1.8, Canon 1.4 ext, and Sigma 4.5 fish eye along with a Bogen by Gitzo Tripod, Manfrotto Ball Head, MacBook PRO, several HOYA filters and a 2GB & 8GB San Disk, 160GB Sanho storage device (really cool btw)......wishing for a Canon 100-400mm. :wink
  • Moogle PepperMoogle Pepper Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2007
    I can go through my 30's battery shooting all day for three days long. So it is pretty good!
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