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January 28th, 2010, 02:59 PM
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Batteries - OEM or other
The official Olympus is about $60 on their website.  B & H Photo sells it for $43 and they have another version for $29.95 by Pearstone. And then I found this one on Amazon "Maximal Power DB OLY BLS-1 Replacement Battery for Olympus Digital Camera/Camcorder" for about $10.00 and inquiring minds want to know which you'd buy?
My point being do off brands matter? Not that I'd know that much about which brands of batteries were "off". My initial thoughts were to go with the Pearstone.
Last edited by BBW; January 28th, 2010 at 03:03 PM.
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January 28th, 2010, 03:03 PM
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Get the Oly..........think of the money yer saving on Tri-X......
get the el cheapo for hubby......
that way ya save enuff to get a new bag....
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January 28th, 2010, 03:12 PM
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Really? OK, Don you know that I have a compunction to follow your advice. Hubby doesn't need a camera battery. He might, however, need that iPad so that I can use it. 
But seriously, I've always sort of had this feeling that it's best to go for the brand name on certain things. I have another question for you that I'm going to post on the Accessories forum - no, not about bags. 
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February 2nd, 2010, 04:56 PM
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Battery beware
Having spent the majority of my working life in the photo industry working for Nikon (Now retired in the world of micro 4/3), I can tell you with a great deal of certainty that you should stay with the camera manufacturers batteries. There can be differences, in regards to heat sensing circuits etc. that could make a big difference in damage or no damage.
I have also found over time that the camera manufacturer batteries out perform the knock off batteries, so please beware of what looks like a good deal.
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February 2nd, 2010, 06:10 PM
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Elliot is 100% right. I actually cooked my Sigma DP1 with a cheapo battery....
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February 2nd, 2010, 06:21 PM
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Believe me, I followed your advice and have received the real McCoy!
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February 3rd, 2010, 09:25 AM
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When I ordered my camera from adorama, it came with this extra battery:
http://www.adorama.com/IBYBLS1.html?searchinfo=bls1
I've used it 5 or 6 times, and I have had no issues with it. Will it last as long? I don't know. I will find out eventually I guess.
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February 3rd, 2010, 10:10 AM
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using several generic no-name BLS-1 replacements.
they work just as well as the original - but keep in mind, you're at your own risk.
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February 3rd, 2010, 11:15 AM
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ive got some cheap batteries and they work fine
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April 16th, 2010, 03:58 PM
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I always get 1 or 2 spares with every camera I have, never OEM, and never had any problem. At 30% of OEM prices!
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