The Lumix manual syas they "cannot reccomend" Manganese, lithium, nickel, or NiCd batteries. Doesn't say you can't use them - and my experience so far shows they work better than alkaline or NiMH. (which are recommended). Have not been able to buy or try Oxyrides.
But the Lithium E2 energizers are different technology - non-rechatgeable and 1.7 volts open circuit. (1.5 volts under normal use) NiMH are 1.3-1.35 volt, alkaline 1.5, and Oxyride aprox 1.6.
the Lumix has a 2 position switch - Oxyride or Other.The Oxyride position compensates for the higher terminal voltage and affects ONLY the battery meter calibration.
Well, that's very interesting to know about Mr. Young's camera.
Thanks for the field report. I've heard others speak well of Thomas Distributing.
More often it is not a matter of quality, but rather type.
Check your camera's owner's manual and see what they say about batteries, or find a camera group and include the type of camera you have and your typical use, like how many images per session and how many of those are flash?
Also very important is how you recharge them. Some chargers do not do a good job and may damage the batteries or not provide a full charge. Make sure the charger is suitable for your batteries and it is a high quality charger.
Remember:
You should replace all batteries at once. If the others still have plenty of life left in them, put them back in the drawer for use in other things.
The reason is that, if one battery is fresh, and the others not, and they aren't charging up to the same full voltage (which is very likely, especially if they have been used a lot), then the fresh battery will instantly try to charge the other batteries to its voltage. But what happens is, the fresh battery very quickly becomes an "old" battery and the rate of its discharge into the other batteries will be so high for a very short period of time, it will "age" the new battery very quickly. So what you end up with is 4 "aged" batteries, not 3 old and 1 fresh one. The paperwork that came with your camera should have a statement similar to the above about replacing all 4 at once. They don't say why, but I haven't seen or heard of one that didn't say to change them all at once. My informaion on the battery action in the second para is basically a restatement of something I read about batteries that made sense, but which I cannot now back up with a URL; sorry. Should you disagree with this, as some usually do, then all I can say is to research it yourself. You'll find information very similar to what I stated and my confidence in it being likely correct is because I've seen it and similar information at several places. It doesn't seem to matter what type of battery it is.
HTH,
Twayne
I have a Lumix LZ6
That's irrelevant. We were speculating the question if Mr. Young's camera had a setting for different types of batteries.
He said his is a Lumix. I said the lumix DOES (and I believe the OP also said his does)
Are you too dense to just ask?
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