Re: OT: Panasonic Battery Packs

2009-06-25 Thread AlunFoto
2009/6/25 Adam Maas : > Nope, AA support in the grip is pretty much standard. The K10D/K20D > were unusual in that the D-BG2 doesn't take AA's. Really? I wasn't aware that other brands supported AA cells. Interesting. > NiMH and Lithium AA > cells do not have the safety issues that can be experie

Re: OT: Panasonic Battery Packs

2009-06-25 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:06 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > 2009/6/24 Adam Maas : >> Welcome to the inevitable backlash from the manufacturers over cheap, >> out-of-spec batteries. The batteries are causing warranty claims due >> to their lack of functional therman protection circuits so the >> manufacturer

Re: OT: Panasonic Battery Packs

2009-06-25 Thread AlunFoto
2009/6/24 Adam Maas : > Welcome to the inevitable backlash from the manufacturers over cheap, > out-of-spec batteries. The batteries are causing warranty claims due > to their lack of functional therman protection circuits so the > manufacturers program the cameras to not accept them. I agree. Bu

Re: OT: Panasonic Battery Packs

2009-06-24 Thread P. J. Alling
He said he could make me a belt, but not in 1 strip of leather as "Cows are only so big". I wouldn't be surprised if you actually had the primary and secondary reasons reversed. If someone wants to use an old camera with this feature in the future it will make getting acceptable batteries a

Re: OT: Panasonic Battery Packs

2009-06-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Everyone limits their cameras to their own battery packs. It doesn't mean you can't use a third party battery, just expect that if a failure can be in any way traced to the failure of said battery the warranty will be void. Ed Keeney wrote: Panasonic limiting their cameras to only Panasonic

Re: OT: Panasonic Battery Packs

2009-06-24 Thread Adam Maas
Welcome to the inevitable backlash from the manufacturers over cheap, out-of-spec batteries. The batteries are causing warranty claims due to their lack of functional therman protection circuits so the manufacturers program the cameras to not accept them. Panasonic isn't the first to do this (Niko

Re: OT: Panasonic Battery Packs

2009-06-24 Thread Graydon
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 05:23:06PM -0400, Ed Keeney scripsit: > Panasonic limiting their cameras to only Panasonic battery > packs...could this be a move to be followed by other companies? > > http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/info/dsc_battery.html I'm surprised they don't all do that already

Re: OT: Panasonic Battery Packs

2009-06-24 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 05:23:06PM -0400, Ed Keeney wrote: > Panasonic limiting their cameras to only Panasonic battery > packs...could this be a move to be followed by other companies? How ridiculous. That would be like printers only working with one brand of ink. -- The first step is learning

OT: Panasonic Battery Packs

2009-06-24 Thread Ed Keeney
Panasonic limiting their cameras to only Panasonic battery packs...could this be a move to be followed by other companies? http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/info/dsc_battery.html -- Thanks! Ed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to U