Generic or not to Generic??

[Deb]

Mike,

Wow ... they are sneaky buggers!! Thanks for the comment - very interesting!

[VernonRobinson]

The camera warnings are a good thing to know about some of the newer devices. Deb will not have this problem with the Canon 300D. Trust me. Too many people using generics over the last 7 years, myself included, and I have heard of no problems yet. Rest easy.

Regards,
-Vernon

[heckydog]

Bought a 3rd party battery for my new Panasonic Lumix TZ10 for 10GBP. Charged it up and fitted to the camera, up came a message on the screen "THIS BATTERY CANNOT BE USED WITH THIS CAMERA" . Fortunately the retailer refunded the amount. Genuine Panasonic battery - £46.99 - Ouch

Mike

DC voltage is DC voltage, right? Apparently there's some kind of chip in that battery. That's pretty low-life of Panasonic to do that if you ask me. Someone will eventually come up with a "fix".

[Deb]

Hi everyone!!!

My generic batteries arrived today and they work better than the originals!!! I ended up getting 2 for $45 instead of 1 for $90

Thanks for all the advice and comments - I have learnt a lot!!

Take care
Deb

[VernonRobinson]

Deb,
Congratulations. I think others will learn from your question. I would recommend one additional thing. I tend to put a piece of masking tape on each battery and number them. Then I can make sure that I occassionally rotate them and also, if there is a problem (e.g. short run time), I can easily identify the culprit.

Regards,
-Vernon

[Deb]

Thanks for the tip Vernon - will definately do that too!

[scorpio_e]

Go genreic


The Sterlingtek Batteries are highly regarded in the Canon forums. I have three in my 40D and have had 0 problems