The macabre thing is; they are also "Made in China"! With all further reflections on this, I am abstaining times discreetly!
I ordered two of the batteries. Because of VBK360 scheind to be difficult to provide, according to the information during the price comparison. And the performance of the two batteries I needed!
It was just enough to fill an 8GB card in the best quality. So so good 2 hours at so around 2-3 min per recording. Zwischedurch Cam SDR-SD50 is in standby.
The batteries I invite to an external universal charger. For this one does not need the original loader.
Other attempts to drive the SDR-50, for example, with an external battery pack, hit also failed. Even as "query from the information chip" will be performed.
Conclusion:
Continuously recording without zoom:
SDR-SD50: 3h 20min
HDC-SD80: 1h 55min
Recording in normal use (in tractor pulling):
SDR-SD50: ~ 1h 00min
HDC-SD80: ~ 1h 00min
Addendum,
There are now "adapter battery" that can be inserted between the cam and the VBK180. I own two of them. And they are an alternative, albeit with restrictions. It seems that some adapters to older Cams (my SD50 makes it) can also be operated without the original battery. These batteries are not too expensive, and do with me as a complement very well.
Mfg.
