I have a total of six new Eneloop batteries coming from Amazon. I'm going to be using them for intervalometer sessions where battery life may be important. I've heard it takes a few charge/discharge cycles before NiMH batteries perform at full capacity. I don't understand why, in electro-chemical terms, that should be the case, but I wonder if anyone here has actually noticed such an effect. And if so, how many cycles does it take to get the batteries to full capacity?
I have two 10 ohm 10W resistors, and if my math is right I could discharge two cells, in series, through the two resistors in parallel, and that would be a discharge current of about 500ma, which I understand is roughly one camera equivalent. So it would be relatively easy to do a few cycles if that's really beneficial.
