Any battery that is not decoded is trouble for yr GH2. That means the camera cant read the battery life, and the battery icon is not manifest on yr screen. @tetakpatak was obviously freaked out by my experience. he still remembers it :-)
Yeah, my camera came to a point where it couldnt read original batteries, and kept telling me it didnt recognise them. Shortly after, my logic board short circuited. Cost me $350 to change the damn thing. Lesson learnt: like @tetakpatak said, dont stinge on original bats.
Tetakpatak is correct. GH2 / FZ200 batteries are not the place to save money. Use Panasonic.
I could give you discharge curves, voltage cutout points, and capacity figures, as I have studied this extensively. I use these batteries to power my HERO3 and other USB-powered cameras. But I doubt it would change the decision of anybody thinking of going down the clone pathway.
The Panasonic BLC12 is a unique battery, with a very smooth discharge curve. I have never seen any equivalent batteries, although I have tested many of the much-touted 'clones'...
I've had really bad experiences with 3rd party batteries and lost some important takes due to this.
Some other of our forum mates (like @kazuo) had severe problems and camera damages and they adviced to treat those batteries like a plague.
IMO, GH2's battery is quite wrong place to save money. Just be warned, mates... it was my good willing advice.
Would be sheer coincidence, I suppose. I have two third parties which work like before under Moon T5. One of them DSTE, BTW, and I have discharged it until shutoff several times without having troubles charging it again.
I tend to put them in a charger immediately after having mains around, though.
Don't know why, but after loading Moon T5 patch my GH2 stopped working with my third-party battery which was no problem before that.
Any ideas and suggestions?
I posted this in the other battery thread, but it wouldn't hurt to include it here too
Here is the cheapest deal I've found for an official battery in the UK
Anyone have any experience with aftermarket charges like this one?
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