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Originally posted by Oh Haha
I have a cheap Kodak Easyshare camera. It will not turn on even though the dock charger tells me the batterie are fully charged.
How long should the batteries live? The camera is about three years old. Thanks

I have/had an older Kodak easy share. I also had a problem with the batteries. What I found to work that was BTW a total pain in the butt was that you put the camera on watch the lights on the dock like a hawk, as soon as they indicate that the battery is charged take the thing off, let it sit for 5 minutes and put it back on. Keep doing that until the total battery charge time is about 2 hours.

I found that on the internet on a camera forum. It had been posted by a Kodak employee and worked for me other than being a pain. One Note: if you forget to check and the thing charges full and then sits for too long it'll run the charge down pretty quick so you have to really stay on it.

Also if you use the CR-3V battery (I think that's the name, it looks like two AA batteries that are joined together) then you can use two AA rechargeable batteries, but only use the lithium rechargeables, not regular cheapo alkaline.