“ Panasonic Digital Still Cameras now include a technology that can identify a genuine Panasonic battery. For the protection of our customers Panasonic developed this technology after it was discovered that some aftermarket 3rd party batteries do not meet the rigid safety standards Panasonic uses….After this firmware update your Panasonic Digital Camera cannot be operated by 3rd party batteries
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via http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/info/dsc_battery.html
That’s really nice of them to look out for us like that, because those 3rd party batteries keep exploding on me all the time.
