I can’t believe Fuji or Casio would be so stupid (I don’t know who did this).
I had been using a DXG 595V digital camcorder since last fall. It’s an amazing 1080p high definition camcorder that records on SD cards and costs about $200.
So when I saw the DXG 581V at CES this year, I made arrangements to get one of the very first to arrive in the US. It arrived last Friday, just in time for a trip to Bangkok!
It is amazing. 1080p, and so tiny…
DXG 581V
So what does this have to do with batteries?
While I was waiting for the camcorder to arrive, I contacted DXG to find out what kind of battery it used. Their response “a NP60” battery.
I was jazzed. I had a Casio Exlim EX-S10 camera that uses NP60 batteries, so I figured I was set.
… Until the DXG581V arrived.
The NP60 battery in it isn’t anything like the NP60 batteries I have for my Casio.
Here’s the Casio NP60
Here’s the NP60 that my DXG 581V uses. Turns out it is a Fuji NP60!!
So how can any company introduce a product with the same part number as another company with a similar, but incompatible, product?
I don’t know who was first, Fuji or Casio. That doesn’t matter. Whomever was first was ok.
But whomever was second is really stupid. Do marketing people not know what Google is? How many possible combinations of two letters and two numbers are there? Something like a million! So why come up with a part number that is the same as someone else’s?
Fortunately I’m pretty sure the spare Fuji NP60’s will arrive in time to go along with the camcorder.