farnz Posted August 4, 2006 Share #1 Posted August 4, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, does anyone out there have any experience of using a 7.4 Volt battery with their Digilux 2 instead of the recommended 7.2 Volt battery please? Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 4, 2006 Posted August 4, 2006 Hi farnz, Take a look here D2 compatible battery. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
cbretteville Posted August 4, 2006 Share #2 Posted August 4, 2006 There were lots of comments about battried for the D2 on the old forum. Can't remember the details, but I'd stick to the recommended ones as a general rule. Get Panasonic batteries for the LC1/L1 as they're the same as the oned used in the D2 and a lot cheaper. I've got two third party batteries that have served me well in the last 2 1/2 years, but I remember others having less luck than I. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted August 4, 2006 Share #3 Posted August 4, 2006 I used one in My D2 for over a year with no problems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share #4 Posted August 4, 2006 Thanks very much for your replies, which were very useful. Must admit I've owned many cameras over the years including Pentax P30T and MZ5, Fuji GSW690 111, Pentax 67 and Pentax ist DS but I derive the most pleasure by far from using my D2 and am constantly amazed by the razor-sharp lens. I hope the D3, should one arrive, will be able to outdo the D2. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted August 4, 2006 Share #5 Posted August 4, 2006 These battery voltages are purely nominal anyway, there's no voltage regulator in there, it's just the voltage that the chemistry creates. I've used compatible batteries with no problems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pekem Posted August 4, 2006 Share #6 Posted August 4, 2006 This supplier can be trusted and the product often sells at £7.99 with a maiden bid. eBay.co.uk: BP-DC1 BPDC1 Battery For LEICA DIGILUX 1 DIGILUX 2 (item 180011710450 end time 05-Aug-06 22:00:00 BST) If you can't wait, pay the extra £2.00, still excellent value. eBay.co.uk: BP-DC1 BPDC1 Battery For LEICA DIGILUX 1 DIGILUX 2 (item 7562550776 end time 08-Aug-06 22:09:57 BST) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share #7 Posted August 4, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks, Mark, for the confirmation. Thanks Pekem for the link. I had already purchased a battery from this gent but instead of supplying the advertised 7.2v 1450 mah battery he supplied a 7.4v 3200 mah one - hence my query. I'm very happy to report that the battery works - without my D2 becoming an unexpected incendiary device - and presumably will supply more than double the capacity of the Leica one at a fraction of the cost. Happy days! (I feel sure someone notable is quoted as saying that 'there's no such thing as a free lunch' but I appear to have left the restaurant and I've yet to see a bill - "cheque" for our US cousins ... ) Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted August 4, 2006 Share #8 Posted August 4, 2006 I am surprised to see a more than doubling of the capacity though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share #9 Posted August 4, 2006 As an electrical engineer I, too, am a little dubious whether the battery will deliver what's printed on it's cute little sticker. After all, both batteries have similar mass and use lithium ion storage technology so unless someone has quietly broken the limits of charge density, it seems unlikely that one battery would have double the capacity of the other. Still, I intend to stay firmly in denial and pretend that my battery will deliver double the capacity until the cold hand of reality slaps me sharply about the face by leaving me with a powerless camera when positioned in front of the best potential shot of my life! Which of course it will. Hmm, perhaps I'll take an emergency back-up battery just in case... In the unlikely event that this battery delivers mythical performance I shall be sure to let you all know. But don't go holding your breath. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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