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I know a some people don't like 3rd party batteries but I thought I'd just comment on this twin pack & charger I recently bought from eBay for £18, thats for two FZ-100 compatible batteries and triple charger. The listing was at £19.99 but I threw a cheeky 'best offer' of £18 which was accepted.
The batteries themselves are well made physically, no cheap plasticky sharp edges or anything to worry about. The charger weighs about the same as a sheet of paper, but great to have USB C as that's the same as pretty much everything these days instead of crappy Micro USB. Charging takes forever with 3 batteries in, so planning ahead is required. I waited until I had a full day shooting to test the battery life and I would guesstimate around 90% of my original Sony battery. Lasted 4/5hrs at RSPB Leighton Moss with the camera powered up for nearly all of that time. Also the battery shows the percentage on the A7iii and no battery warning on the A7iii when switching to these batteries. Not sure about the rules regarding sharing eBay sellers but a quick search for 'Oxkers FZ-100' should be easy enough to find.
The batteries themselves are well made physically, no cheap plasticky sharp edges or anything to worry about. The charger weighs about the same as a sheet of paper, but great to have USB C as that's the same as pretty much everything these days instead of crappy Micro USB. Charging takes forever with 3 batteries in, so planning ahead is required. I waited until I had a full day shooting to test the battery life and I would guesstimate around 90% of my original Sony battery. Lasted 4/5hrs at RSPB Leighton Moss with the camera powered up for nearly all of that time. Also the battery shows the percentage on the A7iii and no battery warning on the A7iii when switching to these batteries. Not sure about the rules regarding sharing eBay sellers but a quick search for 'Oxkers FZ-100' should be easy enough to find.