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Originally Posted by rhiannonwales
but as will all rechargable batteries, if you routinely charge the battery before it is low, it will create a memory cell.This means that from that point on, every time your battery reaches that point, it will assume that your battery is dead and will cut out on you.This could be very aggravating, not to mention costly to replace the battery.
Sherrie
This may be true of the Kodak rechargable batteries, but not all rechargeable batteries. There are rechargeable batteries that do not have the memory issues. The battery for my hand held computer at work is one. Granted these type of batteries are probably more expensive, but they do exist. I've also come across a few others for various electronic devises that I've owned, but can't recall which ones right now."
Well, I don't know what kind of rechargable battery yoru handeld computer takes but ALL Nickle Metal Hydride and Lithiom Ion rechargable battery's will generate a memory. Yes I know they "claim" that they won't but they will. Every digitol camera and camcorder I have ever seen takes either a NMH or a LI battery so in the case of camera's it is VERY wise to not charge them if they don't need to be charged.
As for the Kodak camera in question. I am not familiar with that paticular model number, but considering digitol camera's have the shelf life of milk that isn't saying much. Kodak camera's as a whole take very poor quality pictures. They have serious issues with bad white balance, they break insainly easily, and koday generally does not like to repare them at all. I have had coustomers (yes I work in a camera store) who have had kodak digitol cameras that were 2 years old that have broken and kodak told them it was to old for them to work on. I have also seen them send the entire back half of another digitol camera and told them to fix it themselves. As a general rule of thumb, if your kodak digitol breaks then throw it in the garbage cause thats all its worth. But thats not just kodak either as you will be hard pressed to find any compony repair a digitol camera for less then $125. Kodak camera's are not worth the money they ask for them, bottom line. Kodak was once a very proud company with top of the line products, but ever sence they lost the law suit to Polaroid they have been in serious trouble while pumping out inferior quality product. Its a very sad thing to see.