Customer Reviews

CGR-S006 CGR-S006E CGR-S006A/1B Equivalent Panasonic Battery for LUMIX Digital Camera DMC-FZ50 DMC-FZ30K DMC-FZ30 FZ45 DMC-FZ7K DMC-FZ7S models

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I was ordering the new Lumix FZ18 and I weighed the advantages and risks of buying this discount battery: $7 opposed to $44; you get what you pay for; is it too good to be true; what a savings. I took a chance and was in the middle of shooting an event I had been requested to cover when the battery supplied with my FZ18 ran down. I go to switch to my bargain battery and it doesn't fit all the way into the battery slot. So much for the event photos. So much for my bargain hunting.

This aftermarket battery CGR-S006A for my Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 digital camera charged completely in the standard Panasonic AC charger and fit in my camera perfectly and functions just as well as the original Panasonic battery.

The Panasonic brand batteries are tremendously expensive - this will cost you only about one third of the price. These aftermarket are the same capacity or greater than the original. They are so inexpensive, get two or three of them so you'll never have to stop shooting! Good to have for doing VGA video with your camera - my new 4GB SDHC card will shoot nearly one hour of such video. Probably the battery capacity is the limiting factor, so have some good quality (but inexpensive) reserve batteries handy.

Amazon is bundling the wrong battery with the Panasonic Lumix FZ18.

The correct battery is the CGA-S006

This is a great deal! I received the battery I ordered today, put it in my Panasonic FZ28 and it worked perfectly! It even came charged up. I can't vouch for the longevity of this battery since I just got it, but my primary concern was whether it would fit in the FZ28. Some of the other reviews said they had problems with it fitting various camera models, but they were also older reviews, so I gave it a try. For less than $10., I have a back-up battery for my camera and saved myself quite a bit of money!

I've had several of these batteries and none of them have failed. Any downside to purchasing them? No. Upsides? They're much less expensive than the Panasonic batteries, hold charges as well or better, and keeps you going, especially when you start graduating to the 4GB and 8GB SDHC cards! Video mode on the Lumix line starts eating into the camera's power, since the cameras actually use "motion jpeg," which is the same as shooting low-res still images and sound at 30 frames per second. They fit well into both camera and charger, and you don't miss buying Panasonic labels at a premium price. One thing: look for batteries with a higher "mAh value." The higher the number of milliamps, the deeper the power and longer the charge lasts.

I have had the FZ50, which took this type battery, and recently upgraded to the FZ-18 Lumix cameras. The battery fits and works in both of them, and I have about 5 of these plus the stock Panasonic as well.

I received the battery fast. However it doesn't fit the space of the battery holder with my Lumix camera. I am going to return it.

I purchased this as a backup battery and it is working fine for my Panasonic dmc-fz28s so far. I have charged and used it twice so far and so did the original one too. The battery hold the charge for quite long and has short charging time. No problem observed so far.

paid almost nothing for these and work just as well as the one that came with the camera

Some of the reviews here said that this battery doesn't work in a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18. However, I have used this battery in my FZ18 with no problem at all. It works great as a secondary battery if I'm doing a lot of shooting and my OEM battery runs out. I don't know how it will compare in the long run, but at a fraction of the cost of a name-brand battery, its definitely worth it.

Got this extra battery for my lumix dmc-fz18 as combo. The price was good and now I have an extra battery that comes with my camera and my 4GB memory card, and I think everybody interested in taking pictures outdoors should get an extra battery... This was a fair deal, satisfied!!