Important Notice for non genuine Panasonic or 3rd party battery packs

[johnastovall]

New Panasonic firmware update prevents the use of third party batteries.

"[ Warning ]
After this firmware update your Panasonic Digital Camera cannot be operated by 3rd party batteries (non genuine Panasonic batteries)."

Full Panasonic webpage here.

[CaptainTom]

That sort of thing would keep me from buying a panasonic camera.

[johnastovall]

I would suspect Canon may do that with the 5DMkII batteries if that's not the case now.

Camera makers are starting to look at batteries the way printer makers look at ink.

[tuttlejr]

"It's all about money." Socrates