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Additional batteries and third-party choices

Additional batteries and third-party choices

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Additional batteries and third-party choices

- Truth is, you can never have enough batteries. When you run out of power, you can't shoot any more and until cameras start to be powered by fission or solar power, you're gonna actually have to make sure you carry some additional batteries in your pocket. Now, you can buy the official batteries from Olympus and that's what's recommended for the best performance, but there are many third party battery manufacturers out there. The only challenge is how those batteries are gonna work when you go to charge them. For example, I've got an official battery here in an Olympus charger, which works really well. When we put the charger in, it's gonna light up and indicate that it's charging. However, if I use a third party battery, even though it's gonna fit, it may not trigger that light. Now, this one did, but I've noticed sometimes that it's not necessarily as accurate of reading if it's fully charged. I have a mixture of third party and official Olympus batteries and it's easy enough. Make…

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