I've had remarkable success with the off-brand batteries sold under the
Calumet name. I don't think they have quite as much life as the Nikon
equivelent, but close.
BIll Pearce
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] panasonic firmware
> It was only a matter of time. In reality, as long as the OEM batteries are
> reasonably priced there is no need for a secondary market of cheep
> imitations. But as history shows, without the secondary market of cheep
> imitations OEM batteries are overpriced.
>
> I bought two imitation BLM-1 batteries for my E-1. There was no way I was
> going to spend something like $70 apiece at the time when I could get the
> imitations for half the price.
>
> That said, I will acknowledge that the OEM has been a better performer and
> the aftermarket ones are starting to deteriorate in performance.
>
> AG
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