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Google: hoverboard fire, lithium battery fire. The commonality with third party battery packs is in two areas: Inferior storage cells and lack of thermal protection. Both of these dangers are ...

Warranty usually covers defects in materials and workmanship. I highly suspect it would not cover damage due to Li-Ion meltdown and fire.

Dream on.

As the heading indicates, this is a comparison between measured performance and Mfr. specs. The OEM (Olympus) specified output is represented by blue bars. The rest of the bars represent the mean ...

Of course, this data is for BLS-5 and BLN-1 style packs. BLH-1 tests are still underway.

You might want to think about wear leveling your battery packs. In other words, when one pack is depleted, put it on the charger and replace it with the next fully charged pack. Doing this will ...

Don't even think third party battery packs come close to OEM. This is highly questionable. No Wasabi battery I have tested has provided any where near the capacity of the OEM battery packs. The ...

Super idea. The CIPA standard test regime is completely inappropriate for mirrorless gear, and another body providing test data that is scientifically appropriate would be great.

As a matter of fact, the BLH-1 specs indicate it has 37% greater capacity than the BLN-1, and in all active operating modes (no sleep), the E-M1 MkII burns power at a considerably higher rate than ...

With a subject as complex as charging Li-Ion battery packs, it would be a bit misleading to respond to your question with a simple yes or no. Since none of the aftermarket chargers that I have ...

Please don't spread such nonsense. It's not fair to those who want to know what to expect from their gear. For the E-M1 MkII: (1) If one presses the shutter release once every minute, a fully charged ...

Ignore the advice about number of shots per charge. That information doesn't apply to OM-D cameras (and likely doesn't apply to any other mirrorless system camera). The E-M1 MkII running with all ...

That would be me. Exactly. They will certainly be dammed if they knee-jerk and completely rework the menu. If they continue making incremental improvements on an already fine menu system, they will ...

Now that's being open minded. Oh please...

Yes, I use it for action sports. It works fabulously for both Motocross (daytime) and Supercross (night time - stadium) events. As a matter of fact, I used the E-M1 in the same role for about 3 ...

The E-M1 MkII has a very robust menu system due to the many different customizations the camera provides. It is as complex as it needs to be, but no more. Of course, when learning the E-M1 MkII ...

As I pointed out before, the unit above is a terrible choice as a battery eliminator for an OM-D camera. It's maximum rated output current is 500ma, while the E-M5 mean current consumption runs ...

Of course I would buy it all over again. As a matter of fact, I already did. On the other hand, I would not buy the premise of your question. Nice things cost money, and the E-M1 MkII is one very ...

Even if you don't care to invest in a second, identical body (my practice), you should still plan to have a fully functional, second body which can accept all of your M43 lenses. If you don't ...