It's your money; do what you want.
~Joe
You know Joe, it is.
But the question that needs answering is when a post offering information regarding a firmware upgrade is usurped by somebody who intends the world to know he sits on the self-righteous moral high ground, about batteries!
I'm sure you'll agree, you see it a lot. Somebody asks a question or offers information concerning a product, call it XX, and a few posts down somebody joins in who has a more expensive this or that and suggests because their standards are so high (and therefore superior) they wouldn't be seen dead using XX. Its human nature I guess. People do the same thing when their kid gets potty trained before another on the block and say 'look at this trick he/she can do'. People leave the new car on the drive for just a few hours longer than normal, just so the neighbours can partake of the superiority offered by moment.
But I just never thought I'd get the old 'whatever works for you' sarcasm and be called stupid, stubborn and bone headed for buying a generic battery! Some people are so rude aren't they? Obviously having the money for expensive batteries doesn't also make that person polite. And all very curious particularly when you consider that batteries tend to be manufactured in large factories, and Panasonic branded versions will come out one door, Olympus out another, the generic version out another, and so on. It matters not who the factory is owned by, but the label on the battery is just as important as that displayed on a pair of jeans, for those who like the world to know how they splash their money around.
You might also want to question the logic of Panasonic imposing the battery ban regarding your smug view of supposed safety.
If they have done it not to make money outright on batteries, they are therefore working very closely to a fine tolerance between battery and camera, which implies they have marginalised any safety tolerance like that found in other manufacturers equipment who are not
needing to ban generic batteries. So while Canon can allow generic batteries because they have safety measures that can cope, Panasonic are playing fast and loose by hoping no rogue batteries of there own enter the market accidentally. Thats not much of a safety margin even for OEM batteries Joe, and not one to make anybody sleep well at night considering the exploding phones and laptops of recent years.
Steve
