Last time I checked in for a plane I read that you have to have plastic
covers on spare lithium batteries. Didn't investigate further because my
N*kon batteries have them...
Jez
On 1 May 2015 at 11:03, Wayne Harridge <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I use a different compartment in the camera bag, charged batteries in one
> compartment, flat in another.
>
> ...Wayne
>
>
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> ] On Behalf Of Chuck Norcutt
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> Subject: [OM] m.4/3 battery covers
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> For my Canon 5D batteries I have plastic snap-on covers that cover one
> whole
> side of the battery where the contacts are. They not only protect the
> battery contacts but the orientation of the cover doesn't matter.
> If you mark one end of the cover and establish a convention you can have
> the
> cover indicate whether that battery is charged or not.
>
> My Minolta A1 batteries have a shaped cover that slips over just the
> contact
> end of the battery. That protects the contacts but provides no means of
> changing the cover orientation to indicate charged or not although extra
> covers with distinct markings would work.
>
> But I have not seen any type of cover for the E-M1/M5 batteries. The
> contacts are reasonably well protected against short circuit by being
> recessed in a grid but carrying them without a protective cover is not my
> style. So far I have been putting them into small, plastic bags which are
> only just big enough to fit them in. It's not a particularly good solution
> and also doesn't provide any means of marking the charge state. Anybody
> have a solution for this?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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