SterlingTek's POWWER Panasonic Lumix GH1 Battery 1850 mAH

[brosen]

I am planning to buy a 3rd party battery for my GH1:

http://www.amazon.com/SterlingTeks-...8?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1257524668&sr=8-8

But I do not know if it will work or not ?, because panasonic has updated the Firmware to disable the camera from using 3rd party batteries.

Any previous experience ?, thanks

 

[ajamils]

no third party batteries will work with Gh1

 

[Park Edwards]

it depends on your firmware whether or not 3rd party batteries will work.

 

[Ben_B]

Amazon has the first party battery for only $18 more than that third party (compared to at least 30 more @ Panny) more:

http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-DMW...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1257529028&sr=8-1

It's for the G1 but its first party and still works with the GH1.

 

[Barry_Green]

That says it's $48, not $18...

 

[Ben_B]

I was writing $18 more but I had thought it was $13 more and when I changed to 18 after checking price I must have delete the "more" my mistake, sorry for the "gotta buy that" heart racing I may have caused.

 

[Paul Shields]

There's a lot of misleading advertising on the web for the Panny GH1 battery, or rather third-party ones that are supposedly a direct replacement for it. As we all know, none of them will work with the latest firmware, though a lot of the advertising simply ignores this. Problem is, here in the UK the official Panasonic battery is borderline extortion - £57 ($94) on Amazon :shocked:. If anyone knows of better UK prices, or of any third-party batteries that are chipped to work with the GH1, then I'm all ears...

 

[MR Fanny]

try buying one here in Australia...$150US...lol its both hands on the table here for us.