That is kind of why I asked advice. I bought a Flashpoint battery with
better specifications that the OEM battery for the K20D. It's reliable,
charges quickly, and in keeping with that seems to hold about 1/2 the
power of the OEM battery. It's good in a pinch, but...
I'm looking for a sense of the list, if a particular brand gets decent
reviews. I'll look into buying it.
On 3/27/2014 10:35 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
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
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