Originally posted by amoringello Just be sure you get your third party battery from a reputable vendor.
Third party batteries may come from the reject bin and with good reason. Having your battery leak, catch on fire or pop are not laughing matters.
Yes there are good ones.
Yes there are bad ones.
How much is your camera worth, should you choose poorly? 8)
Scare tactics. I don't recall having heard of any of these things happening with a camera battery. Only laptops and cell phones. The only risk with non-OEM batteries for your camera is that it may not have as long a life, and that's only with the really cheap ones. There was a
really long thread about this issue here a while back. Some non-OEMs are actually better than the OEMs.