Battery Crazyness!

[chortler]

I'm after getting a new battery for my Olympus E500.

Jessops are selling the battery for £70, However Pcworld are selling it for £20 (Complete with Charger)

Does anyone know of a website which sells original & third party batteries at a sensible price??

[orangebug]

Try www.7dayshop.co.uk

They've got lots of different 3rd party batteries - look under Batteries & Power > Digital Camera Batteries.

Nick

[photo3]

Have you tried Ebay?

[england1965]

Just a small warning - I bought a couple of extra batteries for my 5D and 30D (as they take the same type). Canon originals were £45 each and the cheaper ones were £15 !

A year in and I find that the cheaper ones just do not hold their charge anywhere as well as the Canon ones. To the extent that I cannot rely on them - except as real emergency ones.

I don't know if others have had this problem - or maybe it's just me getting an unlucky unit(s).

I go from a full charge to half empty in 10 shots (with 2 batteries in the extended grip unit.

Maybe you gets what you pays for??

Cheers

Mark