GH4 Failing to do pictures with 1 bar third party battery remaining.

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CustomerGH4

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Hey,
Just wanted to ask if anybody encountered this before. I was trying out the Rokinon lens in the city and when the battery (not original) was 1 bar only it stopped taking pictures and displayed "Please turn camera off and on again." I did it , but nothing changed. Video recording worked fine but everytime I tried to take a pic it displayed the same text. I figured out that its probably battery issue and put in fully loaded original battery and it worked again.

Funnily enough while the camera was malfunctioning it still managed to take a pic before the error displayed. Here it is:
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Anybody encountered this?
 
As I was saying before in another thread, the "Please turn camera off and on again" message usually indicates a serious, show-stopping problem that the camera has encountered. It's basically hit a wall and is now asking you to reboot. If this issue appears again with the third party battery stop using it.
 
I know Panasonic-brand batteries are expensive, but they're worth it. Saving a few bucks buying 3rd party batteries is, in my opinion, asking for trouble down the line.

I don't know what's wrong with your camera, or if the issue is with the battery or not, but I would get that GH4 checked out immediately by Panasonic if it keeps happening.
 
I see, gonna throw the third party batteries away ASAP.
Damn knockoff products.:furious3:

Hopefully the problem will not occur again.
 
Before you thorw them away, test the camera with the original Panasonic battery to see if the problem still occurs. If it does, then the issue is with your GH4. If not, then they're bad batteries.
 
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