Panasonic CGA-S007A/1B Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery for Panasonic DMC-TZ1-Series Digital Cameras

I have purchased "off-brand" versions of this battery for my camera and they just did not have the same capacity as the Panasonic one does. The others would "die" after 1/2 hr or little bit longer of use.

I bought a new digital camera, but I had never used it much before I went to Europe for a month. Before I left, I wanted to be sure that I had everything I needed camera wise, since the exchange rate was so unfavorable, so I bought a back up battery online. Although I really didn't need it once I got there, because I was able to recharge my original battery nightly, it was nice to have a spare on hand, to take with me on the train, just in case the first one got low, which happened only once. Had I not had a charger with me, with an electrical converter, then the backup battery would have been more even of a necessity.

I purchased these batteries from 'Triplenet Pricing'.

On the batteries, it said 970mAh instead of the 1000mAh I expected. Triplenet Pricing investigated this for me.

The reason for the change from 1000mAH to 970mAH was explained as follows from the factory:

This is because of world wide regulation change. Instead of Typical capacity, "Minimum Capacity Ratings will be indicated on battery body based on the IEC standard(IEC61960) which issued by international Electrotechnical Commission."

So there was actually no change in the battery. Instead of listing the normal capacity, they list the minimum capacity per IEC standards.

These batteries work as expected, and I am happy with the responsiveness of Triplenet Pricing.

Shipment arrived before anticipated. I have tried other brand batteries, but this is the only one to truly hold a charge.

Bought a generic battery before and had problems with it, this one worked far better.