Thanks VisualFeast. I noticed that too, but unfortunately it will be in stock 3 weeks from today - June 22nd. The Blue Nook website says the same.

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Oz - Irvine, CA
Camera Bodies: Olympus OM-D EM-5(silver), E-PL1(black), E-PL2 (white)
Lenses: Panasonic 14mm 2.5, Olympus 45mm f/1.8, Panasonic 7-14mm, Olympus 14-150mm
Flash: FL-300R

I guess I"m an ole' stick in the mud. I NEVER buy 3rd party batteries. I want what the manufacturer designed them to do. Charge in the factory charger and show info as they should . I wish you all luck with those otherwise.

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Olympus OMD-E-M5 with HLD-6, 12-50mm zoom, 75-300 zoom, 45mm f1.8 prime, FL-600R Flash

Just received my Wasabi kit for the OM-D. Looks like good quality. All I need now is the bloody camera. Love the flip out terminals on the charger.

I for one don't intend to pay at least 10 times as much for OEM batteries, just to have fancy labels stuck on them. Right now the OEM Olympus are in short supply, I don't care about having the battery go dead with no warning, never did check my fancy Nikons for battery remaining either. Just stick in another. Anyway before long their will be tons of 3rd party batteries on the market which will be identical in all ways, some better.

I guess it's just a matter of what floats ones boat.

Can anyone that received their Wasabi batteries report back on them?

Do they show the battery level charge in the OM-D? Can the charger really charge the OEM battery? How does the battery hold a charge compared to the OEM?

Thanks in advance!

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Sold my entire MFT Set-up. It was fun while it lasted. I will miss my OM-D E-M5, 14mm 2.5, 25mm 1.4, & 45mm 1.8
FF: 5DII | 35mm 1.4L | 85mm 1.8 | 24-70mm f2.8L II | 70-200mm 2.8 IS II L

They work just like OEM as far as I can tell.

Does "Anti-Free Trade Amazon" ship those outside of the U.S., unlike most other electronics they won't?

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Don

The Olympus chargers have a higher voltage so some third party chargers cannot charge the Olympus batteries fully yet. Need to wait until they clone this new battery type. Some third party batteries also have less capacity. But, you have a bunch of the third party batteries to make up for it. Right?

(Edited: Corrected batteries to chargers)

My E-M5 already crashes regularly without using a non-oem battery. I don't think I can deal with adding yet another questionable variable.

I didn't buy the Wasabi brand or any other brand of generic batteries yet. I am leaning towards buying the Wasabi batteries though. The Wasabi brand on Amazon claims that the Wasabi charger can charge the OEM Olympus Battery. Also the Wasabi battery is claimed to be 1300mAh vs 1220mAh. According to the Wasabi battery image on Amazon, the voltage is 7.6V - which is the same as the OEM Olympus BLN-1 battery.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...C/?tag=mu43-20

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Sold my entire MFT Set-up. It was fun while it lasted. I will miss my OM-D E-M5, 14mm 2.5, 25mm 1.4, & 45mm 1.8
FF: 5DII | 35mm 1.4L | 85mm 1.8 | 24-70mm f2.8L II | 70-200mm 2.8 IS II L