You should look at the second image within the link I send you, that is how they look like, I bought them before for Panasonic and Sony. They work well, but are just a little big bigger.
Usually they sell them with two spare batterys but I could not find that for Sigma.

This one from Hong Kong 181053931113 May be faster to India.

I don't know how useful this is, but here are 2 lists of batteries that SHOULD be the same as the DP2m batteries. The 1st list is the model numbers of the batteries, the 2nd list is the cameras some of these batteries come from. There are so many cameras using this battery that I would think that even in India you should be able to find a charger that works.

1st list:
--For FUJIFILM------------
NP-70
--For LEICA---------------
BP-DC4 BP-DC4-E BP-DC4-J
BP-DC4-U
--For PANASONIC-----------------
CGA-S005 CGA-S005A CGA-S005A/1B
CGA-S005E CGA-S005E/1B DMW-BCC12
--For PENTAX--------------------
D-LI106
--For RICOH---------------------
DB-60 DB-65
--For SAMSUNG-------------------
IA-BH125C

2nd List:
--For FUJIFILM---------------------
Finepix F20 FinePix F40fd FinePix F45fd
FinePix F47fd
--For LEICA-------------------------
C-LUX1 D-LUX 4 D-LUX2
D-LUX3
--For PANASONIC----------------------
Lumix DMC- FX07EF-S Lumix DMC-FS1 Lumix DMC-FS2
Lumix DMC-FX01 Lumix DMC-FX01-A Lumix DMC-FX01-K
Lumix DMC-FX01-P Lumix DMC-FX01-S Lumix DMC-FX01-W
Lumix DMC-FX01BB Lumix DMC-FX01BS Lumix DMC-FX01EB-K
Lumix DMC-FX01EB-S Lumix DMC-FX01EB-W Lumix DMC-FX01EF-A
Lumix DMC-FX01EF-K Lumix DMC-FX01EF-S Lumix DMC-FX01EF-W
Lumix DMC-FX01EG Lumix DMC-FX01EG-A Lumix DMC-FX01EG-K
Lumix DMC-FX01EG-S Lumix DMC-FX01GK Lumix DMC-FX07
Lumix DMC-FX07EF Lumix DMC-FX07EG Lumix DMC-FX07EGM
Lumix DMC-FX07K Lumix DMC-FX10 Lumix DMC-FX100EF-K
Lumix DMC-FX100EF-N Lumix DMC-FX100EF-S Lumix DMC-FX100EG
Lumix DMC-FX100EG-K Lumix DMC-FX100EG-S Lumix DMC-FX100GK
Lumix DMC-FX10A Lumix DMC-FX10EB-K Lumix DMC-FX10EB-S
Lumix DMC-FX10EF-S Lumix DMC-FX10EG Lumix DMC-FX10EG-A
Lumix DMC-FX10EG-S Lumix DMC-FX10P Lumix DMC-FX10S
Lumix DMC-FX12 Lumix DMC-FX12EB-K Lumix DMC-FX12EB-S
Lumix DMC-FX12EF-S Lumix DMC-FX12EG Lumix DMC-FX12EG-K
Lumix DMC-FX12EG-S Lumix DMC-FX12GK Lumix DMC-FX12K
Lumix DMC-FX12S Lumix DMC-FX150 Lumix DMC-FX150EFK
Lumix DMC-FX150K Lumix DMC-FX150S Lumix DMC-FX180
Lumix DMC-FX180GK Lumix DMC-FX180K Lumix DMC-FX180N
Lumix DMC-FX180S Lumix DMC-FX3 Lumix DMC-FX3EF
Lumix DMC-FX3EF-S Lumix DMC-FX3EG Lumix DMC-FX3EG-S
Lumix DMC-FX3EGM Lumix DMC-FX3K Lumix DMC-FX3S
Lumix DMC-FX50 Lumix DMC-FX50EF Lumix DMC-FX50EG
Lumix DMC-FX50EGM Lumix DMC-FX50K Lumix DMC-FX8
Lumix DMC-FX8-A Lumix DMC-FX8-K Lumix DMC-FX8-P
Lumix DMC-FX8-S Lumix DMC-FX8BS Lumix DMC-FX8EBB
Lumix DMC-FX8EG-A Lumix DMC-FX8EG-K Lumix DMC-FX8EG-P
Lumix DMC-FX8EG-S Lumix DMC-FX8GK Lumix DMC-FX8GN
Lumix DMC-FX9 Lumix DMC-FX9-H Lumix DMC-FX9-K
Lumix DMC-FX9-R Lumix DMC-FX9-S Lumix DMC-FX9BB
Lumix DMC-FX9BS Lumix DMC-FX9EB-K Lumix DMC-FX9EB-S
Lumix DMC-FX9EBS Lumix DMC-FX9EF-K Lumix DMC-FX9EF-S
Lumix DMC-FX9EG Lumix DMC-FX9EG-K Lumix DMC-FX9EG-R
Lumix DMC-FX9EG-S Lumix DMC-FX9GK Lumix DMC-FX9GN
Lumix DMC-LX1 Lumix DMC-LX1-K Lumix DMC-LX1-S
Lumix DMC-LX1EG-K Lumix DMC-LX1EG-S Lumix DMC-LX1GK
Lumix DMC-LX1GN Lumix DMC-LX1K-B Lumix DMC-LX1S-B
Lumix DMC-LX2 Lumix DMC-LX2EF Lumix DMC-LX2EF-S
Lumix DMC-LX2EG Lumix DMC-LX2EG-K Lumix DMC-LX2EG-S
Lumix DMC-LX2EGM Lumix DMC-LX2K Lumix DMC-LX2S
Lumix DMC-LX3 Lumix DMC-LX3EF-K Lumix DMC-LX3GK
Lumix DMC-LX3K Lumix DMC-LX3S Lumix DMCLX1BS
--For PENTAX----------------------
X90
--For RICOH----------------------
Caplio GR Digital Caplio GR Digital II Caplio GX100
Caplio R3 Caplio R30 Caplio R4
Caplio R40 Caplio R5 G600
G700 GR Digital III GX200
--For SAMSUNG-------------------
HMX-R10

I have NOT personally confirmed that all of these batteries are exactly the same. However, because it is so difficult to find batteries where I live, I am using a third party battery that was made for one of the cameras on this list and it works perfectly well. If you go to a camera store and tell them you want a Sigma DP2m battery, they will probably laugh at you. If you go and give them the battery though and ask them to find one that looks the same, I promise they will almost always have one. The same should be true about charges as well. Hope that helps.

sculptormic..where's the link that you sent me?
Marcus, really useful info, for everyone i guess. I had a panasonic LX3 from this list, which i sold to a friend. Have asked him to get the charger tomorrow. Hopefully it should work. He has a LX1 also so 2 chargers, one of which i can take...

I don't own a Fuji F20, but i have a F30...i checked and it has an in-camera charging system.

Great capture. Thank you for sharing.
Morrie

Great image Tim. One more from today.


_SDI0436 por John Loves, en Flickr

nandadevieast wrote:
sculptormic..where's the link that you sent me?
Marcus, really useful info, for everyone i guess. I had a panasonic LX3 from this list, which i sold to a friend. Have asked him to get the charger tomorrow. Hopefully it should work. He has a LX1 also so 2 chargers, one of which i can take...

Oh, sorry, just go to ebay and type in the auction number.

I got a comprehensive message full of tips and valuable information from marcus riley some days ago based on the raw file of my last image. He suggested overexposing the image a bit, as Foveon sensor seems to be not doing so favorably with underexposure. Encouraged by this, I went out yesterday and tried 5 different landscape scenes, taking ISO100 images on each and every one. I bracketed every scene -1/0/+1 in aperture priority mode, and even went further to do two with -2/-1/0/+1/+2.

I didn't get the lines visible in any image, as it was afternoon with some light still available. However after fixing every image to match my wanted exposure (usually very close to "zero level" metering), I found +1 exposure to produce quality most favorable to my eye. I can't define the reasons why, but I chose exposure from every scene set after correcting the exposure to same level in each individual file. Without knowing which was which, on 4 out of 5 scenes the image exposed over by one stop and corrected in post processing was chosen.

I also tried some rather extreme post processing with one scene in Color Efex Pro, and wasn't able to see the lines. I'll try the bracketing again in a scene with very little light available, when I have time. But from now on, I'll be using +0.3 to +1.0 exposure correction as a standard depending on the scene.

Here's the scene which I intentionally edited to "unrealistic" look.



Smoke

Thanks Borris, Morrie and John. John, love the sky in your shot..great textures in the clouds. Same thing in the snow in your shot Jede.

-Tim

If interest, there is a thread here about flash for this baby - good news:



http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1163961/0#11276333


----

I ordered it yesterday (at last = mainly because of this thread here, thanks), and I ordered it with

1 more battery, original, and I am thinking about ordering those batteries here also, they should be OK = Yes ....??:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005FW3UJG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2YIQ5A8YK0AP


Also ordered:

Sigma VF21= Any experience ....??

and ordered:

Sigma LH2-01 = The original Hood - some test-site wrote you could use it/the hood with filters, but not sure they are right (they did not have it in hands, only wrote it as a possbility in the test)= if not what to buy to use filters ....??


(also ordered Tamrac 17850 Zipshot Tripod and the quick release)

Kibsgaard wrote:

(also ordered Tamrac 17850 Zipshot Tripod and the quick release)



I am sure some others will chime in with answers to your other questions. I just wanted to say that you will probably want to return that tripod when you get it. I bought one a couple of years ago thinking it would be good for a lightweight solution for hiking. I didn't get around to using it for a couple of months or I just would have returned it. It was completely unstable, shaky and otherwise useless. The absolute worst photographic accessory I have ever bought. Complete waste of money, it went in the garbage...

neilvan wrote:
Kibsgaard wrote:

(also ordered Tamrac 17850 Zipshot Tripod and the quick release)



I am sure some others will chime in with answers to your other questions. I just wanted to say that you will probably want to return that tripod when you get it. I bought one a couple of years ago thinking it would be good for a lightweight solution for hiking. I didn't get around to using it for a couple of months or I just would have returned it. It was completely unstable, shaky and otherwise useless. The absolute worst photographic accessory I have ever bought. Complete waste of money, it went in the garbage...

Thanks, and yes, there are VERY mixed reviews, so I take a huge chance, because I also ordered the quick release for it, but this camera here is because I want to try some very light "things" = I have the D3x and a 2 good stable tripods, but all is very heavy, so I am going into the lightness-world here - or at least trying it


added:


"I bought this to take on holiday. It is certainly flimsy and struggles with a heavy lens. The ball head tended to 'droop' after I'd set up and tightened it well. Clearly, it's not a replacement for a 'proper' tripod. However, it's light enough to pack and allowed me to take photos that would have been impossible otherwise"

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B002WC8862/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Kibsgaard wrote:
neilvan wrote:
Kibsgaard wrote:

(also ordered Tamrac 17850 Zipshot Tripod and the quick release)



I am sure some others will chime in with answers to your other questions. I just wanted to say that you will probably want to return that tripod when you get it. I bought one a couple of years ago thinking it would be good for a lightweight solution for hiking. I didn't get around to using it for a couple of months or I just would have returned it. It was completely unstable, shaky and otherwise useless. The absolute worst photographic accessory I have ever bought. Complete waste of money, it went in the garbage...

Thanks, and yes, there are VERY mixed reviews, so I take a huge chance, because I also ordered the quick release for it, but this camera here is because I want to try some very light "things" = I have the D3x and a 2 good stable tripods, but all is very heavy, so I am going into the lightness-world here - or at least trying it


I thought the same thing, oh well, live and learn...

By the way, I have been using a couple of Ricoh DB-65 batteries with my DP2 Merrill, they work great. (Not too sure about those aftermarket batteries though)

Standard filters will fit with the hood mounted but the design will block access to filter if you need to adjust it (polarizer, vari-nd etc). Some people have 'customized' the hood with to open it up which I am considering doing as well, especially for use with the AML-2 close-up lens.

neilvan wrote:
Kibsgaard wrote:
neilvan wrote:
Kibsgaard wrote:

(also ordered Tamrac 17850 Zipshot Tripod and the quick release)



I am sure some others will chime in with answers to your other questions. I just wanted to say that you will probably want to return that tripod when you get it. I bought one a couple of years ago thinking it would be good for a lightweight solution for hiking. I didn't get around to using it for a couple of months or I just would have returned it. It was completely unstable, shaky and otherwise useless. The absolute worst photographic accessory I have ever bought. Complete waste of money, it went in the garbage...

Thanks, and yes, there are VERY mixed reviews, so I take a huge chance, because I also ordered the quick release for it, but this camera here is because I want to try some very light "things" = I have the D3x and a 2 good stable tripods, but all is very heavy, so I am going into the lightness-world here - or at least trying it


I thought the same thing, oh well, live and learn...

By the way, I have been using a couple of Ricoh DB-65 batteries with my DP2 Merrill, they work great. (Not too sure about those aftermarket batteries though)


Yes, perhaps you are right, I maybe will regret it. (I have added something above= P60-12))

Thanks for the battery-info - just ordered it (3, so all in all I have 6)

Kibsgaard wrote:
neilvan wrote:
Kibsgaard wrote:
neilvan wrote:
Kibsgaard wrote:

(also ordered Tamrac 17850 Zipshot Tripod and the quick release)



I am sure some others will chime in with answers to your other questions. I just wanted to say that you will probably want to return that tripod when you get it. I bought one a couple of years ago thinking it would be good for a lightweight solution for hiking. I didn't get around to using it for a couple of months or I just would have returned it. It was completely unstable, shaky and otherwise useless. The absolute worst photographic accessory I have ever bought. Complete waste of money, it went in the garbage...

Thanks, and yes, there are VERY mixed reviews, so I take a huge chance, because I also ordered the quick release for it, but this camera here is because I want to try some very light "things" = I have the D3x and a 2 good stable tripods, but all is very heavy, so I am going into the lightness-world here - or at least trying it


I thought the same thing, oh well, live and learn...

By the way, I have been using a couple of Ricoh DB-65 batteries with my DP2 Merrill, they work great. (Not too sure about those aftermarket batteries though)


Yes, perhaps you are right, I maybe will regret it. (I have added something above)

Thanks for the battery-info - just ordered it (3, so all in all I have 6)


Hopefully it works for you, maybe they have improved it in the past couple of years...

I added some information for you above regarding the hood/filters.

Thank you neilvan - I also have the gorilla, so we will see, what is best suited for the situation when travelling. I am not sure they have done them better (I think it is the same model), but you can not compare with good tripods, I know, so it is not sure I will be happy with it, as I normally only goes for very good stuff.

-------------

That will say - about filters and hood (just to be sure, I am not English):

Mount the filter, mount the hood, but then you can not move the filter, unless you take the hood off, but then you can do "somethng" to the hood, so you can ?

I hated the Gorilla (and I had the heavier duty one for DSLRs); it was a hopeless piece of kit.

The Benro "MeFoto" tripod is excellent, and has a decent ball head thrown in—and is not much heaver than the Gorilla, and it packs up very very small.

Marcus,
Where did you get this list from...just want to check if there are any canon/nikon/oly and other brand cameras included in the list...?
regards,

marcus riley wrote:
I don't know how useful this is, but here are 2 lists of batteries that SHOULD be the same as the DP2m batteries. The 1st list is the model numbers of the batteries, the 2nd list is the cameras some of these batteries come from. There are so many cameras using this battery that I would think that even in India you should be able to find a charger that works.

1st list:
--For FUJIFILM------------
NP-70
--For LEICA---------------
BP-DC4 BP-DC4-E BP-DC4-J
BP-DC4-U
--For PANASONIC-----------------
CGA-S005 CGA-S005A CGA-S005A/1B
CGA-S005E CGA-S005E/1B DMW-BCC12
--For PENTAX--------------------
D-LI106
--For RICOH---------------------
DB-60 DB-65
--For SAMSUNG-------------------
IA-BH125C

2nd List:
--For FUJIFILM---------------------
Finepix F20 FinePix F40fd FinePix F45fd
FinePix F47fd
--For LEICA-------------------------
C-LUX1 D-LUX 4 D-LUX2
D-LUX3
--For PANASONIC----------------------
Lumix DMC- FX07EF-S Lumix DMC-FS1 Lumix DMC-FS2
Lumix DMC-FX01 Lumix DMC-FX01-A Lumix DMC-FX01-K
Lumix DMC-FX01-P Lumix DMC-FX01-S Lumix DMC-FX01-W
Lumix DMC-FX01BB Lumix DMC-FX01BS Lumix DMC-FX01EB-K
Lumix DMC-FX01EB-S Lumix DMC-FX01EB-W Lumix DMC-FX01EF-A
Lumix DMC-FX01EF-K Lumix DMC-FX01EF-S Lumix DMC-FX01EF-W
Lumix DMC-FX01EG Lumix DMC-FX01EG-A Lumix DMC-FX01EG-K
Lumix DMC-FX01EG-S Lumix DMC-FX01GK Lumix DMC-FX07
Lumix DMC-FX07EF Lumix DMC-FX07EG Lumix DMC-FX07EGM
Lumix DMC-FX07K Lumix DMC-FX10 Lumix DMC-FX100EF-K
Lumix DMC-FX100EF-N Lumix DMC-FX100EF-S Lumix DMC-FX100EG
Lumix DMC-FX100EG-K Lumix DMC-FX100EG-S Lumix DMC-FX100GK
Lumix DMC-FX10A Lumix DMC-FX10EB-K Lumix DMC-FX10EB-S
Lumix DMC-FX10EF-S Lumix DMC-FX10EG Lumix DMC-FX10EG-A
Lumix DMC-FX10EG-S Lumix DMC-FX10P Lumix DMC-FX10S
Lumix DMC-FX12 Lumix DMC-FX12EB-K Lumix DMC-FX12EB-S
Lumix DMC-FX12EF-S Lumix DMC-FX12EG Lumix DMC-FX12EG-K
Lumix DMC-FX12EG-S Lumix DMC-FX12GK Lumix DMC-FX12K
Lumix DMC-FX12S Lumix DMC-FX150 Lumix DMC-FX150EFK
Lumix DMC-FX150K Lumix DMC-FX150S Lumix DMC-FX180
Lumix DMC-FX180GK Lumix DMC-FX180K Lumix DMC-FX180N
Lumix DMC-FX180S Lumix DMC-FX3 Lumix DMC-FX3EF
Lumix DMC-FX3EF-S Lumix DMC-FX3EG Lumix DMC-FX3EG-S
Lumix DMC-FX3EGM Lumix DMC-FX3K Lumix DMC-FX3S
Lumix DMC-FX50 Lumix DMC-FX50EF Lumix DMC-FX50EG
Lumix DMC-FX50EGM Lumix DMC-FX50K Lumix DMC-FX8
Lumix DMC-FX8-A Lumix DMC-FX8-K Lumix DMC-FX8-P
Lumix DMC-FX8-S Lumix DMC-FX8BS Lumix DMC-FX8EBB
Lumix DMC-FX8EG-A Lumix DMC-FX8EG-K Lumix DMC-FX8EG-P
Lumix DMC-FX8EG-S Lumix DMC-FX8GK Lumix DMC-FX8GN
Lumix DMC-FX9 Lumix DMC-FX9-H Lumix DMC-FX9-K
Lumix DMC-FX9-R Lumix DMC-FX9-S Lumix DMC-FX9BB
Lumix DMC-FX9BS Lumix DMC-FX9EB-K Lumix DMC-FX9EB-S
Lumix DMC-FX9EBS Lumix DMC-FX9EF-K Lumix DMC-FX9EF-S
Lumix DMC-FX9EG Lumix DMC-FX9EG-K Lumix DMC-FX9EG-R
Lumix DMC-FX9EG-S Lumix DMC-FX9GK Lumix DMC-FX9GN
Lumix DMC-LX1 Lumix DMC-LX1-K Lumix DMC-LX1-S
Lumix DMC-LX1EG-K Lumix DMC-LX1EG-S Lumix DMC-LX1GK
Lumix DMC-LX1GN Lumix DMC-LX1K-B Lumix DMC-LX1S-B
Lumix DMC-LX2 Lumix DMC-LX2EF Lumix DMC-LX2EF-S
Lumix DMC-LX2EG Lumix DMC-LX2EG-K Lumix DMC-LX2EG-S
Lumix DMC-LX2EGM Lumix DMC-LX2K Lumix DMC-LX2S
Lumix DMC-LX3 Lumix DMC-LX3EF-K Lumix DMC-LX3GK
Lumix DMC-LX3K Lumix DMC-LX3S Lumix DMCLX1BS
--For PENTAX----------------------
X90
--For RICOH----------------------
Caplio GR Digital Caplio GR Digital II Caplio GX100
Caplio R3 Caplio R30 Caplio R4
Caplio R40 Caplio R5 G600
G700 GR Digital III GX200
--For SAMSUNG-------------------
HMX-R10

I have NOT personally confirmed that all of these batteries are exactly the same. However, because it is so difficult to find batteries where I live, I am using a third party battery that was made for one of the cameras on this list and it works perfectly well. If you go to a camera store and tell them you want a Sigma DP2m battery, they will probably laugh at you. If you go and give them the battery though and ask them to find one that looks the same, I promise they will almost always have one. The same should be true about charges as well. Hope that helps.

I got the panasonic LX1 charger, but:
it says 4.2V and the DP2M battery says 3.6V...
Edit:
Yes, the charger is working
But don't know if it will harm the batteries in any way because voltage specs are different. The battery says, "use designated charger only..."

nandadevieast wrote:
I got the panasonic LX1 charger, but:
it says 4.2V and the DP2M battery says 3.6V...


It's strange because all of the replacement batteries I've seen for the LX1 are 3.6v or 3.7v:
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-CGA-S005A-1B-Rechargeable-Lithium-Ion/dp/B000FOU0VU/ref=sr_1_10?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1358412204&sr=1-10&keywords=panasonic+LX1+battery


Also, I just checked on dpreview's test of the LX1, they specify that the LX1 has a 3.7v 1150mah battery:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasoniclx1/2

Maybe a regional difference or maybe that small of a voltage difference doesn't matter?

Here is a genuine panasonic battery that is supposed to be for the LX1 among others. It says 3.7v:
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-CGA-S005A-1B-Rechargeable-Lithium-Ion/dp/B000FOU0VU/ref=sr_1_10?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1358412204&sr=1-10&keywords=panasonic+LX1+battery

And here is the genuine panasonic charger (DE-A41BD) for the above batter and it says 4.2v:
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-DE-A41BD-Adapter-Battery-CGA-S005A/dp/B004ZVWJQ8/ref=pd_cp_p_3