Originally posted by rambling robin One of those odd Monday morning teasers. recently bought a pack of eneloops for my K200D - previously been using Amazon own brand rechargeables.
In the past I would have charged a new set first, then used them. However it did occur to me that maybe one should use the mfr charge first then recharge.
Is there a right answer or doesn't it matter?
As long as you use a charger with electronical single slot control it does not really matter. I think eneloops are supposed to be precharchged to 80%, but of course loose charging slowly when shelved. They do not suffer as bad from the old "memory effect" that it is important to charge at specific states, especially not for a one time thing (new batteries).
On a side node, a question I alreday wanted to ask anyway: Is Eneloop still the go to solution for flashes or are there newer and better options now? Did not check back in a while.