HVX200 and DVX100 batteries...

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Mr. Brown

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Is it possible to use the batteries for the DVX100 on the HVX200? I'm shooting on location and all I have is one HVX200 battery and my old arts academy has a few DVX100 batteries I could borrow, but will it present any problems with compatibilty if I do so?

Thanks in advance.
 
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Mr. Brown said:
Thanks alot peoples. I heard nothing but good stuff about that book browsing the forums, will definitely try to get it.
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Depending on where you are and how you bought the HVX200, you may qualify for a free copy of the book:

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Before my HVX I was using the DVC10, which if you remember was the camera released about the same time as the XL-1. Since then Panny discontinued the camera and used the body mold to create the less caliber DVC7 and slightly better DVC60. Anyway I had a bunch of batteries from that camera and they are the same used on the DVX and HVX. I have been using them along with some new batteries I bought. Nothing has become a problem.
 
=Prodigy= said:
Before my HVX I was using the DVC10, which if you remember was the camera released about the same time as the XL-1. Since then Panny discontinued the camera and used the body mold to create the less caliber DVC7 and slightly better DVC60. Anyway I had a bunch of batteries from that camera and they are the same used on the DVX and HVX. I have been using them along with some new batteries I bought. Nothing has become a problem.
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Thanks Prodigy. One of the misconceptions though is that all models of batteries are interchangeable with these models. The 5400mAh Panasonic battery will NOT fit into the DVC10 or the DVC7, ONLY the DVC60. Because of the size of the cells, they needed to add a lip to the battery and the DVC60 was the only camera made (other than the DVX and the HVX) that could facilitate that physical size of the battery. I know of at least one of the EZ series cameras being able to fit that battery too. The AG-EZ50.

Thanks Prodigy for the info!

Best regards,

Andrew Hoffman
Senior Operations Manager
Specialized Communications Corp.
20940 Twin Springs Dr.
Smithsburg, MD 21783-1510 USA
800-359-1858
301-790-0103
Fax: 301-790-0173
andrewh@spec-comm.com
www.spec-comm.com
 
Any links for good batteries?

Any links for good batteries?

Any web links to good HVX batteries? I see lot's of batteries on Ebay, for around $10 is it any good?

Hi-Capacity 3200mAh Battery for PANASONIC DZ-MX5000 PV-VM202 NV PV VDR-M

Thanks.
 
Spec-Comm said:
Thanks Prodigy. One of the misconceptions though is that all models of batteries are interchangeable with these models. The 5400mAh Panasonic battery will NOT fit into the DVC10 or the DVC7, ONLY the DVC60. Because of the size of the cells, they needed to add a lip to the battery and the DVC60 was the only camera made (other than the DVX and the HVX) that could facilitate that physical size of the battery. I know of at least one of the EZ series cameras being able to fit that battery too. The AG-EZ50.
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Andrew, what you are saying is that some batteries are not backwards compatible? Hmm. Interesting. I haven't discovered that yet because I have not used my DVC10 with the new big batteries... it has been a nice paper weight since the HVX.

I can say the HVX runs off the old batteries from my DVC10 days but I didn't know the DVC10 can't use the new batteries from my HVX. I am moving apartments in the morning, so I have already packed my cameras and batteries, but I will be sure to check out how the new batteries do not fit on the old camera, I never noticed the extra lip, but it makes sense because the new batteries are beasts compared to the old ones.

Thanks for the info! :)
 
Prodigy,

I thought that all you would need is the CGR style but it turned out I was wrong. I tryed one of the CGR-54 batteries on a DVC15 and it wouldn't fit. So I went on a mission to see what would work and it looks like the only camera in the "DVC" series is the DVC60.

Best regards,

Andrew Hoffman
Senior Operations Manager
Specialized Communications Corp.
20940 Twin Springs Dr.
Smithsburg, MD 21783-1510 USA
800-359-1858
301-790-0103
Fax: 301-790-0173
andrewh@spec-comm.com
www.spec-comm.com
 
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