GF1 Battery

[GaryAyala]

I understand that the Panasonic batteries are chipped so only authorized batteries will work in a GF1. Are there any third party batteries which have this chip?

Gary

 

[Streetshooter]

Gary,
Battery Mart dot com has them.
I bought 2 on eBay for $11.95 and they work fine.

 

[mzd]

sellers on ebay claim yes.
but i've only used actual panasonic batteries myself. they show up on ebay and here in the $30-35 range from time to time. i got my back up recently on ebay.

 

[GaryAyala]

Thanks y'all.

Gary

 

[Streetshooter]

Gary, the 2 I got from the bay are third party batteries.
They work fine...
If I can find the seller, I'll post it.
In fact, I posted on another thread some months ago...

 

[~tc~]

My spare is a Becam, and worked after the firmware upgrade ... Of course, then I did the hack so it doesn't matter any more

 

[Alan_N]

Well I have a second battery which is a hahnel which I bought from a camera supplier here in the UK don't know if it is chipped or not and I did not know that the panasonic ones are, but my other battery works just fine.