The title photo is already a bit of an outlier, and it’s not so exaggerated as to be an incident.
When I started up LUMIX GF10 to take it out for the first time in a while, I found that the battery seemed to be dead. I tried to replace it, but it didn’t seem to respond properly.
“What’s wrong? I looked at it carefully, and found that the battery in the main body seemed to be stuck in the case and could not be taken out. This was a problem.
I have heard that cheap compatible batteries can cause expansion and deformation!
I couldn’t get it out even if I shook it or scratched it, and I was a little impatient, but thanks to a wise person on the Internet, I learned a quick-acting rescue method called “sticking a piece of duct tape on it and pulling it out,” and somehow escaped the difficulty for the time being. I sighed and looked at my hand, thinking that it would be better to use genuine batteries from now on, even if they are a little expensive,
The deformed trouble battery was a genuine Panasonic battery (explosion!).
Oh, Panasonic!
On the left is the genuine battery that caused the trouble this time, and on the right is a third-party battery (manufactured by ROWA Japan) that is working fine. We apologize to ROWA Japan for any suspicion we may have aroused.
If you look at these from right beside each other and compare them, you can see that the left genuine product one is bulging and deformed, as shown here. This should not come out.
This baby wasn’t even used that much yet, I’ve had it for about a year and a half since I got the GF10, so I’m sure the quality warranty expiration date has passed, but still, Panas…blah blah blah.
It is a pity, but it has become clear that even genuine batteries cannot be fully trusted. As a preventive measure, I should remove the battery from the camera body when not in use…but then there would be an increase in the number of mistakes of taking the camera out without removing the battery…hmmm….
