What is the difference between the OEM battery and the NON-OEM battery with regards to a digital camera?

Question

We are looking for a car charger for our sony cybershot camera and we don't if the 2 are compatable? If our battery is OEM can a NON-OEM charge the battery?

Answer 1

OEM = original equipment manufacturer.  Example... Sony

NON-OEM = a 3rd party makes it...probably something Korean or Chinese or some such...But not necessarily..

Yes, the charger will work ...it just means it's not made by Sony...

Answer 2

NON-OEM is much cheaper, and you can find some high quality battery manufacturers , like