Nothing wrong with the camera but just so you can avoid a trap.
Bought a non genuine battery and it charges just fine in the Sony chargers, works a treat in our venerable PD150s, seems to even out perform the genuine battery.
So we tried it in the FX1 and the FX1 pops up a message on the LCD screen "Use only genuine Sony InfoLithium Battery" and refuses to proceed.
I guess this isn't such a big thing, or is it, the printer manufacturers have been held to account for trying to stop you using 3rd party cartridges. Now I don't use 3rd party cartridges simply because they're never quite as good as the genuine article. However a battery is a battery, so long as it delivers the right volts and can supply enough amps that's all there is to it.
The more I think about it, probably a few here might find this situation a bit of a cause for a winge, a set of three batteries adds close to $1000 to the price of the camera, you can buy three of these batteries for $150, that's a HUGE saving.
Now before anyone tries to hoodwink you into believing there's a safety issue with Li-Ion batteries, I'll just say this, the only battery I've had burst into flames, and that wasn't while it was being charged or used, was a genuine Sony battery. I've got more than one that's also obviously had some sort of internal meltdown and badly deformed the case. I can't speak for how well these non genuine batteries perform in that area, only time will tell but they'd have to literally explode and take my ear off before I'd say the Sony ones are better.
Bob.
Bought a non genuine battery and it charges just fine in the Sony chargers, works a treat in our venerable PD150s, seems to even out perform the genuine battery.
So we tried it in the FX1 and the FX1 pops up a message on the LCD screen "Use only genuine Sony InfoLithium Battery" and refuses to proceed.
I guess this isn't such a big thing, or is it, the printer manufacturers have been held to account for trying to stop you using 3rd party cartridges. Now I don't use 3rd party cartridges simply because they're never quite as good as the genuine article. However a battery is a battery, so long as it delivers the right volts and can supply enough amps that's all there is to it.
The more I think about it, probably a few here might find this situation a bit of a cause for a winge, a set of three batteries adds close to $1000 to the price of the camera, you can buy three of these batteries for $150, that's a HUGE saving.
Now before anyone tries to hoodwink you into believing there's a safety issue with Li-Ion batteries, I'll just say this, the only battery I've had burst into flames, and that wasn't while it was being charged or used, was a genuine Sony battery. I've got more than one that's also obviously had some sort of internal meltdown and badly deformed the case. I can't speak for how well these non genuine batteries perform in that area, only time will tell but they'd have to literally explode and take my ear off before I'd say the Sony ones are better.
Bob.