Welcome to the inevitable backlash from the manufacturers over cheap, out-of-spec batteries. The batteries are causing warranty claims due to their lack of functional therman protection circuits so the manufacturers program the cameras to not accept them.
Panasonic isn't the first to do this (Nikon was with the D200 and the EN-EL3e battery which included extra circuitry to identify itself to the camera), but the first to openly state the primary reason for it, the secondary reason being to increase accessory sales. -Adam No manufacturer supports 3rd party Li-Ion packs. On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Ed Keeney<[email protected]> wrote: > Panasonic limiting their cameras to only Panasonic battery > packs...could this be a move to be followed by other companies? > > http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/info/dsc_battery.html > > -- > Thanks! > Ed > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
