Battery suggestions?

Mnemosyne

I was wondering if anyone knew of some reliable and affordable battery companies. I tried ordering from Sterling Tek, but they don't have batteries for my cameras.

I just need to find something that won't stop working after 6 months like the last spare battery I bought.

ziggy53

Need to know which camera bodies.

Mnemosyne

40D, 7D and 1Ds MK II

Art Scott

might try here: http://www.thomasdistributing.com/

ziggy53

Mnemosyne wrote:

40D, 7D and 1Ds MK II

For the 40D I went with a genuine Canon battery (BP-511A) because in my research of the third-party batteries they were having way too many problems with incompatibility. (It appears to be a problem with power management in the camera itself.)

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/327022-REG/Canon_9200A001_BP_511A_Lithium_Ion_Battery_7_4v.html

The 7D is still pretty new and I haven't researched it yet for third-party batteries.

For my 1D MKII, which uses the same battery as the 1Ds MKII, I am happy with the third-party battery that B&H sells (Impact).

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/427040-REG/Impact_NPE3_NP_E3_Rechargeable_NiMH_Battery.html

Mnemosyne

Awesome, thank you for the help. I appreciate it

Mnemosyne

That's interesting, BnH sells the 40D one cheaper than any place I've seen it. By almost half. That was my problem with the canon batteries, they were expensive

aktse

Mnemosyne wrote:

40D, 7D and 1Ds MK II

I don't know the battery type of the 7D or the 1DsMKII, but Sterling Tek does carry batteries for the 40d.

I've been happily using them for years and have no issues. I also have them for the batteries for the g9/xt series. No complaints.

Scott_Quier

aktse wrote:

I don't know the battery type of the 7D or the 1DsMKII, but Sterling Tek does carry batteries for the 40d.

I've been happily using them for years and have no issues. I also have them for the batteries for the g9/xt series. No complaints.

- easily the best bang for the buck. I've probably bought about 10 or 15 for my various xxD cameras (I seem to keep upgrading) and in more than 5 years, I think I've only thrown out 1.