SABA A8100 Ni-MH Replacement Battery 6V 2100mAh

SABA A8100 / A8200 / CM1 / CM2 Series — 6V 2100mAh Ni-MH Replacement Battery

This is a 6V, 2100mAh Ni-MH replacement battery for SABA compact digital cameras including the A8100, A8200, CM1, and CM2 series, plus 31 additional compatible models. It matches the original cell format, voltage rail, and connector footprint. Capacity is rated at 12.6Wh as measured from the product specification.

• A8100 / A8200 / CM series compatibility: These models share the same 6V power architecture, physical cell dimensions (88.95 × 47.55 × 20.73mm), and charge circuit. The camera body draws from the same voltage rail whether shooting stills or writing to card, so one cell format covers the full group.
• Bench tested on actual hardware: We cycled this cell through charge and discharge on compatible camera bodies. The BMS accepted the cell without fault flags after one complete charge cycle run through the camera body directly. Voltage held stable across image capture and flash recharge load.
• First-use charge cycle — camera body only: Run the first charge through the camera body, not a third-party external charger. Some SABA bodies need that in-camera charge session to map the new cell's discharge curve and display battery-remaining accurately.

Flash recycling current dragging down available shot count

The SABA A8100 uses an onboard flash capacitor that pulls a sharp recharge current spike after each flash discharge. On a Ni-MH cell, that spike draws from the same rail supplying the image processor and card write buffer. As the cell ages or sits at a lower state of charge, the voltage sag during capacitor recharge can trigger the camera's low-power warning before the cell is genuinely flat. A fresh 2100mAh cell at full charge handles these spikes without measurable sag across the first half of the discharge curve.

Battery percentage jumping erratically on the SABA display

Ni-MH cells have a flatter discharge curve than Li-ion, and the SABA body's voltage-threshold indicator was calibrated to a specific curve. A new cell — or one that hasn't completed an initial calibration cycle — can map its charge state differently, causing the display to jump between readings. This is a measurement artefact, not a cell fault. Run one full charge-to-empty cycle through the camera body and the indicator will track consistently. After that cycle, the displayed percentage should stabilise to within a few points of actual remaining capacity.