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Michael Keller April 16th, 2010 12:02 PM

Knockoff battteries
 
Anyone tried these knockoff T2i batteries you can find on ebay?

Are they any good?

Li Battery for Canon LP-E8 LPE8 LP E8 Digital Rebel T2i - eBay (item 380223105213 end time May-09-10 09:40:00 PDT)

Chris Hurd April 16th, 2010 12:05 PM

Hmm, I wouldn't put a $4 battery in my camera.

I'm using these:

LP-E8 Canon Compatible Li-Ion Battery | L.A. Color Shop

Bought from our sponsor, Taky Cheung at L.A. Color Shop. They
work perfectly, and they're chargeable via the stock Canon charger
that came with the camera.

Francois Lacasse April 16th, 2010 12:09 PM

Well I did put a 4$ battery in my camera:

Battery for Canon LP-E8 LPE8 EOS Digital Rebel T2i 550D on eBay.ca (item 280481261627 end time 18-Apr-10 17:12:06 EDT)

and so far so good ... only draw back is that it there is no monitoring (appears always full).

Allan Tabilas April 16th, 2010 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Hurd (Post 1515209)


Chris, does the camera read the battery properly for remaining life or charge? thanks.

Joel Peregrine April 16th, 2010 02:41 PM

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Hi Michael,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael Keller (Post 1515208)
Anyone tried these knockoff T2i batteries you can find on ebay?
Are they any good?
Li Battery for Canon LP-E8 LPE8 LP E8 Digital Rebel T2i - eBay (item 380223105213 end time May-09-10 09:40:00 PDT)

I just assumed they'd be fine and loaded up on generic batteries, but to make sure I did a test today. Its extremely unscientific, but I put a freshly charged generic 1200 mah battery I bought from ebay in along with a 16gb card. I ran the camera until the card was full*. I took the full card out and put in an empty card. In the middle of the second clip on the second card the overheating warning went on so I shut it down for about 5 minutes. It recorded another nearly full clip (over 12 minutes) before dropping quickly from four segments on the battery icon to a flashing red battery icon. So in the end, with one generic battery in a T2i with the Canon 24-105 L (stabilization on) I got recordings of 18, 18, 18, 13, 10, and 12 minutes. A total of 89 minutes.

*Oddly I got three 18 minute clips and a 13 minute clip on the card. I'm assuming that is because the codec has a variable bit rate and I was shooting a scene that didn't change. Analysis of the clip attached...

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/attachme...1&d=1271450233

John Vincent April 16th, 2010 03:02 PM

Bought the legit battery - should only need 3, assuming you're shooting non-stop for 8 hours.

And I wouldn't use any knock-offs until the 90 day warranty is up.

john

Chris Hurd April 16th, 2010 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allan Tabilas (Post 1515255)
Chris, does the camera read the battery properly for remaining life or charge? thanks.

Haven't had a chance to find out yet; just got back from NAB. Working on
pressing matters with the site right now but expect to have a report on this
over the weekend.

Robert St-Onge April 17th, 2010 01:40 PM

I bought 3 batteries at $3.49 each on ebay.

Might be early to comment since I haven't shot extensively, but I did get all batteries a charge when I got them with the Canon charger and used one battery so far and almost filled up a card with it.

Battery indicator also works, it is now showing half of the charge left after my shoot.

Only thing is original Canon batteries are 7.2V / 1120mAh and the batteries I got are 7.4V / 1500mAh, which wasn't exactly what was listed on their site but so far so good. The generic batteries are also slightly lighter in weight.

I would buy original Canon batteries but they are bloody expensive here in Canada.

Ron German April 17th, 2010 05:05 PM

Hi Robert and Joe
Could you please inform the internet link from the respective battery you have tested?
Thanks
Ron

Joel Peregrine April 17th, 2010 05:20 PM

Hi Robert,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert St-Onge (Post 1515625)
I bought 3 batteries at $3.49 each on ebay.
I would buy original Canon batteries but they are bloody expensive here in Canada.

They are too expensive everywhere. I love Canon, but I won't pay $60 for a battery.

Joel Peregrine April 17th, 2010 05:23 PM

Hi Ron,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron German (Post 1515673)
Hi Robert and Joe
Could you please inform the internet link from the respective battery you have tested?
Thanks
Ron

2 Battery for Canon LP-E8 EOS Digital Rebel T2i/550D - eBay (item 260577637603 end time Apr-28-10 19:03:20 PDT)

Robert St-Onge April 17th, 2010 05:28 PM

Ron,

Here is a link to the merchant, original listing as ended, product is same or similar.

I also wrote to the merchant and it seems he has different types of LP-E8 batteries since he offered to sell me Canon's equivalent.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Battery-For-Canon...item3efe0b8689

Robert St-Onge April 17th, 2010 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joel Peregrine (Post 1515681)
Hi Robert,



They are too expensive everywhere. I love Canon, but I won't pay $60 for a battery.


Joel, they are $85 in Canada, and there isn't much difference between us and cdn currencies!

Joel Peregrine April 17th, 2010 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert St-Onge (Post 1515687)
Joel, they are $85 in Canada, and there isn't much difference between us and cdn currencies!

Ouch.......

Ron German April 18th, 2010 05:35 AM

Thank you Joe and Robert
Ron


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