I meant to mention beware of ebay counterfeiters. When looking for
Maxell batteries the other day Google brought up an ebay auction that
was selling Maxell packaged lithium ion batteries for $4.95 BIN. Based
on the price, I'm very suspicious that these are counterfeit.
Chuck Norcutt
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Don't know the answers to your specific questions but I've been looking
> to major brand battery manufacturers to get safe and reliable lithium
> ion batteries at a reasonable price. I have Maxell for the Mynolta A1
> and an Energizer for the Canyon. Both were priced in the $20-22 range
> or about 1/2 the OEM asking price. I don't know if either of them makes
> a BLM-1 clone yet. I bought both on-line, the Maxell at J&R Music World
> and the Energizer at Target.
>
> A quick check the other day showed they were no longer available at
> those sellers and I was only able to find the Energizer at Amazon. I
> also discovered that its best to search for these by going first to the
> manufacturer's web site to see if they make what you're looking for and
> to get their own stock number for the equivalent battery you're after.
> Then search on their own stock number. Although Target used to sell the
> Energizer ER-C590 it was only ever listed as a Canyon camcorder battery
> and with Energizer's stock number. There was no mention of it being a
> Canyon BP-511 equivalent or that it was used in Canyon DSLR's.
>
> I have bought a couple of OM to Canyon adapters from seller
> "jinfinance". He's honest, very easy to deal with, ships quickly and
> gives good email communication. His adapters appear to be basically the
> same as everyone else is selling. The ones I have from him fit the
> camera flange like a glove but the lens flange side is very tight on
> some lenses. Some non-Oly lenses (like my 90/2.5 Vivitar Series 1)
> won't fit at all. I have a much older and different looking OM to
> Canyon adapter from another seller no longer doing business. That one
> fits all my lenses like a glove. I wish I could buy a few more like that.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Mike wrote:
>> Where's the best place in the US to get the Uniross battery for the 510?
>> BatteryBarn? I've been warned about MDSBattery.
>>
>> Where's the best place to order the OM adapter to mount old Zuikos?
>>
>> I know there has been recent discussion but can't find my bookmarks.
>>
>> Mike
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