hmc big battery

D.R. Gates said:
You calling me a dummy??

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doh!! no no no! In fact maybe it's ME that's the dummy. I do not know offhand what those markings mean. 'A' in the Box as apposed to PSE on mine. Maybe that is something I am just supposed to know that clearly, i do not.

Does seem odd though. Another question that shows off just how much I know:

The battery that comes with the camera is 7.2V and 2500mAh and the VW-VBG6 is 7.2V 5800mAh (supposedly). My question is, what does the value mAh mean exactly?

Beyond the mAh measures i know that theres some sort of chip in the HMC batteries that accurately tell the ammount of battery life left on the battery. That aside, what would make this particular battery NOT compatible with the HMC150?
 
D.R. Gates said:
That's odd, it is supposed to be 5800. Where did you buy it?

Yes, you can charge these batteries with the supplied charger. They just stick out a little bit.
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The one we have here marked as 5800 mah tested less then 5400mah, I wonder if Panasonic realized that, and changing their labeling to reflect the real number.
 
Thanks SuperFresa66, I thought it was something like that.


adolgin said:
The one we have here marked as 5800 mah tested less then 5400mah, I wonder if Panasonic realized that, and changing their labeling to reflect the real number.
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That would actually make a good bit of sense. This is, according to the sales rep at Spec-comm, a battery that they had just received from Panasonic the day before i placed my order. It is possible that it is a new thing.

I am going to call Spec-comm today to ask a few questions, but beyond that, who would I even ask to find out about this. It's just a difference in mAh though, so I would guess it's safe to use in the interim. Thoughts?
 
D.R. Gates said:
So you bought it from Spec-Comm?



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This is the one I originally purchased when I got the Camera

AdrenalineSleep said:
Thanks SuperFresa66, I thought it was something like that.




That would actually make a good bit of sense. This is, according to the sales rep at Spec-comm, a battery that they had just received from Panasonic the day before i placed my order. It is possible that it is a new thing.

I am going to call Spec-comm today to ask a few questions, but beyond that, who would I even ask to find out about this. It's just a difference in mAh though, so I would guess it's safe to use in the interim. Thoughts?
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Its also cheaper I believe that's why I thought it's the small one.
 
Any update for this 5400/5800 thing in 2010? I just bought two VW-VBG6 batteries and they are marked 5400mah. I don't really care but are the 5400's newer or older than the 5800's?
 
B & H say that the 5400mah battery is no longer available. I don't find a replacement on their site of equal power. Should I buy it someplace else or does Panasonic have a replacement coming?
 
The largest battery for this camera can not be more than 5400mah. The problem with buying a no name battery/ebay battery is that the label will show a mythical number, which is much higher than the real capacity is. Unless you have test equipment to measure, you have no way to verify the label claim :-(
 
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