Customer Reviews

Flashpoint BLM-1 Replacement Rechargeable Battery for Olympus Digital Cameras, 7.4v, 700mAh

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I bought this battery as a backup battery to bring with me on vacation. The battery works well, although, I was only able to take about 320 shots with this battery (with the flash off, or using an external flash, and minimal review on the lcd), which seems to be about 70% the number I've been able to take with the Olympus brand battery.

Overall, works good as a backup battery, but doesn't seem to last as long as the Olympus brand battery.

This was a "too good to be true" price of $5 for a $20-$40 battery for my Olympus E-510, which proved to be true. Though shipping was nearly as much as the battery, it came pretty quick from Eforcity and they work as well or better than the battery that came with the camera. I do a lot of event photography and need spare batteries to be ready to go. Highly recommended!

So far so good. It works as well as the original battery that came with the camera. Good value for the price.

So far as capacity goes, this battery lasts as long or longer than its full priced Olympus parent. While I had no trouble inserting it in the battery compartment on my E-510, I found the lid jammed when I later tried to remove the battery. I did eventually get it out, but the dimensions of this unit are off just enough to be troublesome.

How can you turn down a deal wen you get a battery that last for 450 shots, and is rechargeable for only $6. Wow!

PS I've used this for around 2 thousand shots with all the recharginng needed to get there and never had a problem.

I purchsed this Adorama Replacement BLM-1 Battery for my Evolt E-510 camera. I have only been able to use it for a couple of long shooting sessions to date. It appears to hold a charge just a well as the original Olympus battery ...... for less than 1/3 the cost.

I would surely recommend this battery for Olympus camera owners that can use this model battery. Adorama shipped the battery very promptly. I have had several very good experiences with Adorama Camera.

When the battery arrived I put it my Olympus charger and noticed that the red charging light began to blink, indicating an error. After twelve hours, the red light was still blinking and the battery still would not charge. I returned this defective battery for a full refund and bought another brand which works perfectly.

Heck at this price I bought two of them and I've had them for well over two years now. They work just like the OEM battery I shoot almost totally in RAW with my Olympus E-30 and in the time since I bought these I'm sure I've taken more than 10,000 photos. The OEM and these BLM-1s each seem to average about 300 to 500 photos. When I first got them I marked them to know which was which, but I haven't paid any attention to those markings for a long time because it just doesn't matter . . . they're all the same. What a deal!

buy it for use in an Olympus EVOLT 330 and serves only about 40 minutes, is very bad, do not recommend it.

No problems to report and no complaints about the battery life. I don't count shots per charge...I just want a dependable backup battery that will get the job done. This serves my purpose perfectly.