He could buy high capacity AA batteries from Uniross and the likes. AA batts are much better, atleast they remain compatible, if the battery on my FZ150 ever gives I'll be dead in the water, no replacement in India.Cameras with AA batteries have TERRIBLE battery life. But IMO, a camera that has full manual controls and AA battery is worth buying.
Yu must have gotten a bad bunch, I had used uniross before, went pretty good for 50-60 cycles(there was decline, but not noticeable)High mAh batteries give good backup only upto 8-10 recharge cycles. After that it is terrible. I have used upright 2700 mAh batteries from uniross. Same problem.
Sandy,
Yeah, there is no model called TZ15. And no TZ series cameras are priced under 10k.
HX7V, highly doubtful.
@op
check out foll. model in 10k
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