Just bought the Canon T2i

msfmsf Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
edited August 7, 2010 in The Big Picture
Hello everyone! I just bought the Canon T2i, and I have a question about generic batteries.

I looked up the battery on ebay and its really hard to find a canon brand one, and the generics seem to be 1/4th the price. But I think the canon is 1200nmh and the generic ones are 1400, or something like that. I was just wondering if anyone here has any experience with this camera and the generic form of this battery.

I do have a generic battery for my Canon 20D and I dont notice any difference between it and the canon brand one, but the battery for this camera is new and maybe canon decided to do something to try to prevent generics from being useful.

Thanks for any advice!

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  • msfmsf Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2010
    bump. : ) Sears has 15% bing cashback until tonight so im hoping to buy it on ebay, but if its not good I may have to get the canon brand from sears and save 15%, well 10% if you consider tax compared to bh or amazon.
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator
    edited July 25, 2010
    I have used generics in several of my Canon cameras. No problems.

    The only difference between the Canon and the generic seems to be amp hour rating. More is usually better but not always.

    If you're OK with the generic idea, I'd go with that.
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  • msfmsf Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited July 26, 2010
    So I just got the camera, and I like most of its features.

    One thing I really miss is having the manual settings displayed on the back of the camera. In order to see it now I have to look through the viewfinder, or push the display screen which takes a couple seconds to load. I know its not a huge time to wait but when your in a hurry, those couple of seconds are annoying.

    Also, is there a way to turn on the menu scrolling screen, so you can move up and down? for example, in the iso screen, you have to push left or right to go to the next line, it would be nice if I could just push the down button to go from iso 100 to iso 3200.
  • msfmsf Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited July 26, 2010
    Oh, and would you recommend a screen protector or not? Does it stick using static electricity or do they use an adhesive? If its just static I think I would try it.
  • gtuckergtucker Registered Users Posts: 30 Big grins
    edited August 7, 2010
    If you just got the camera I would definitely pick up this book, I read it in a few days and now my workflow is A LOT quicker, then again, this is only my 2nd camera and a lot of what is in this book is new to me, but hey, anything helps lol. Kinda mad I paid $35 for it at Barnes and Noble though when amazon has it for 20...

    http://www.amazon.com/David-Buschs-Canon-Digital-Photography/dp/1435457668/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281212421&sr=1-1
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