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First draft of external ML battery power -

Started Oct 7, 2019 | Discussions thread
alcelc
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Re: First draft of external ML battery power -

Strange.

This had been explored and well discussed on M43 forum a few years back before Panasonic camera took USB power directly.

There were a few suggestions, some reported well and I had researched from market at that time. They were:

  1. Usual dummy battery, voltage converter,
  2. A dummy battery which has built in voltage converter, or
  3. A special USB power bank which is capable of 8~9V output & a dummy battery.

A 5V power bank of 2A output is needed for 1 & 2.

During the discussion, some voltage converter might be not reliable.

However, when G9 and GX9 can take USB power directly (not charging battery only of GX85), basically I stopped the pursuit because I expect newer cameras can simply plug in  5V USB power bank, no more converter, nor specially output power bank etc. Those discussion had been died down gradually.

A search on M43 forum should find those discussion.

BTW, if I do it I shall use a sling/backpack with build in  USB port. It can make the setup looking more tidy 😊. If mounting the setup on a tripod, I shall use Velcro Tape to secure it in place.

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Albert

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