Panasonic Locks out 3rd Party Batteries to Save Lifes

Thanks Gizmodo for heads up...

Well it looks like if you're a thrifty photographer, and own a Panasonic camera you're about to drop some cash on their proprietary batteries... What is important to note here is that Panasonic isn't doing this for the money, they are doing it for you safety... As you see, third party batteries may blow up in Panasonic cameras... You might have heard about it in the news... somewhere... don't ask me where *shrug*

So if you own a Panasonic camera, have third party batteries and want to avoid the highway robbery; don't update you firmware and you'll be just fine... unless they blow up o_O