Bill, it only proves that with 3rd party batteries it is a bit of a gamble... Some say that their 3rd party batteries are good. Some say the opposite. I am yet to see a person report that they bought an OEM battery that did not perform properly...
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > On 27/03/2014 7:58 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: >> >> I don't think that saving few pennies on the battery and then >> accidentally having to deal with the issues that may arise is worth >> it. I had some 3rd party batteries for my K10D, one was really weak, >> another was satisfactory. But since I upgraded to K-7 I resolved to >> use OEM batteries only. No regrets here. >> >> The same by the way applies to the battery grip. The 3rd party grip >> turned out to be not very well made as far as electronics went. So >> again I have OEM grip and it is performing flawlessly... >> > > I felt the same way, but last year I wanted to have a few extra batteries > for an extended trip where I wouldn't have reliable access to electricity. > The Fuji especially is a battery hog, getting at best a few hundred shots on > a battery, so I bit the bullet and bought a couple of aftermarket batteries > for the Pentax and 3 for the Fuji. My net outlay was about 1/3 of the cost > of OEM batteries, and the dealer is in Canada so if there are problems I can > resolve them without having the hassle of dealing with a foreign company. > The end result is that I have 5 extra batteries for my cameras that are > indistiguishable in performance from their OEM cousins. > The Fuji batteries are listed as a couple of hundred milli amps lower > capacity, but I haven't noticed a performance difference. The new Fuji is a > battery hog, I will probably buy a few more batteries for it. At best, I get > a couple of hundred shots on a battery with it. > > bill > > > -- > 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. -- Boris -- 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.
