Gee guys, thanks for the help. You are soooo insightful and all knowing.

Lets see what it says:

"use 6 AA batteries (alkaline, rechargeable, etc.) for use in digital cameras"
and
there is no mention of length of charge

(I hope i read it right, you know I must not be that smart??)

So now do you have anything smart to say. maybe you can swing buy and I can stick a few batteries up your *ss and see if you get a charge out of them.