So I was having a look at the serial numbers etc on the battery, as you do( ;) ), and noticed something interesting. It's reported as a BL-5C. Being a bit of a geek, I realised that this is the same as that used by Nokia for some of their phones. I haven't tried it yet, as haven't found my old phone which has that battery, but in theory this may provide an easy way to get spare batteries before Twenty20 offer them..... Would love to hear if anyone has success with this - will report as and when I give it a go.
King_tut,
I have used them and they do work, their one of the same and cost less..
The 6030 ser Nokia use's them ......
Victory
I gave a guy the finger once, but he only wanted the fist..
I needed a backup battery and have been using a Nokia. No problems. I'm not sure how long to charge them yet. I'm sure someone that understands the output of a USB port and the amperage of the battery could tell us that. Anyone?
Yep I used the batteries and they work the same.
Naturally you might have a tougher time getting support if your "non-VholdR" battery blows up in your camera, but I think we can all bet that's probably not going to happen…
We have them as accessories as well for $30 which I believe is pretty comparable, but we're not in the business of selling Lith-ion batteries, we do video, so it won't break our hearts if you get your battery elsewhere.
Good find... ;)
Actually, I'd be more than happy to get the batteries from you guys, for altruistic reasons as much as support, but last time I looked B&H (the only vholdr vendor who ships to the UK I think) didn't appear to have any in stock.
King, try again, I was on there yesterday and I thought I saw some.