Any chance of Lanparte adjusting their v-mount battery shoulder unit to fit with the gh2 aswell?
This is great, please can you let us know how did you fix it ? I have a genuine DC coupler ...
Attaching some pictures of GH2 running on Sony NP-F batteries... if anyone is curious.
This great. Please let us know what you find out. I'm also interested in this solution to work with zoom H4n. I'd rather pay for something that works out of the box than doing DIY.
@SisterCities I finally took the Jag Battery out on a shoot on Friday. It lasted the whole day without running out of power. So I was very happy. As I've said before, my only complaint about the unit is that I can't also power the Zoom H4n because of the ground loop issue. I need to contact the company about that and see if they are still trying to fix the issue. One of the nice things about the unit is that you can mount stuff on top of it because of the 1/4-20 screw holes.
voltage was ok. But I think the Amperes where too low. I now installed a higher capacity 12v-limiter (from which I step down to 9.2v with .4v resistors). Now it works.
Yeah I got it working too using the 5v/9v/12v battery But I have 3 of these 8.4v batteries and 8.4v just isn't enough voltage to fool the camera. I was wondering if there was any way around that, or if it could be used with the GH1. Can't test it, since I sold mine. And I noticed that the hack has "3rd Party Battery" option for GH1 but not GH2 :(
Hey, escapehatch got it working kind of your way but with other parts based on that video some post up. I´ve got to do it myself already.
I'm glad I found this thread. I bought some of the Chinese 5v/9v/12v batteries to power B4 video lenses with a 12v to Hirose 12-pin cable. I was afraid that 9v would damage the GH2 so instead I bought this 6400Mah battery to power the GH2:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/230715509234?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
The battery puts out a perfect 8.4v in and out of the DMW-DCC8, but when I hook it up to the GH2 I get the dreaded "this battery cannot be used" error. So 8.4v is not enough!! And all along I could have just used the 5v/9v/12v that I already had !! ;(
My voltmeter shows the a/c adapter (OEM) giving 8.8 - 8.9v out the DMW-DCC8.
So now I'm stuck with this bike battery. I don't suppose there is any trick to get it to work.... anyone? 8.4v is so close to perfection! If not, will it work on a GH1? I sold mine a while back but maybe someone else could use it.
neveraholiday, check the voltage at the end of your cable. Maybe you have a bad connection.
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