The Panasonic DE-A79B, Aka, DE-A79BA/SX Compact Battery Charger is designed to take full advantage of high capacity rechargeable batteries. It has been specially designed to charge the Panasonic DMW-BLC12 Batteries. This charger will also charge the generic (3rd Party) batteries not made by Panasonic. Simply deduce that the generic battery is the equivalent to the Panasonic DMW-BLC12 series.