Battery Question

ThatCanonGuyThatCanonGuy Registered Users Posts: 1,778 Major grins
edited October 25, 2010 in Accessories
If you take out a battery when the camera is on and it's writing to the card, does the camera use some internal small power source like the cmos battery to finish writing? I gotta believe not, I don't think the cmos would provide enuff power, especially if the buffer is relatively full. But I'd hate to accidentally take out the battery without the writing finished and have my card damaged:rolleyes The reason I'm asking is the 3rd party batt I'm considering has a few reviews where the contacts will occasionally come loose (if you get an average copy). I know, I know... but am I gonna pay 3 or 4x as much for a real Canon one? Does Canon really think that? I'm not a working pro, you know...

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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2010
    I suggest finding a different 3rd party battery...I have used LenMar and Power2000 batteries for my Komica minolta
    7Ds and also some with absolutely no name and all of them worked great and had great reviews.......I made dang
    sure that after market battery I bought was made exactly like the KM batteries...with the safety resistor and all.....
    need to investigate closely because if the battery is not properly made it can F**k up you camera...that is your main
    power source....LenMars run higher than most aftermarket batts but a lot of times can be purchyased locally...
    like at an Interstate Battery store....check local battery stores also to see what they have.........
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  • ThatCanonGuyThatCanonGuy Registered Users Posts: 1,778 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2010
    TBH, all the 3rd party batts I've looked at have 1 or 2 reviews saying they don't fit well. Some more than others. I guess it's just whether you get a good copy.
  • run_kmcrun_kmc Registered Users Posts: 263 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    I wouldn't risk it, not the battery. I'll get most everything else third party, but these batteries can be complicated.

    Of course, I guess it depends on the camera. If the battery costs more than the camera I'm putting it in is worth, third party all the way. :D
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    Friend went for 3rd parties, got half the performance and life. If that equation balances for you, go for it!ne_nau.gif

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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    I don't get it. You have a top-drawer camera, L-glass, and you want to economize on the one thing that will bring it all crashing down in a steaming pile of uselessness? ne_nau.gif
    John :
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    The third party batts I have owned..gave excellent service and are still running
    well in my KM's......actually they gave longer shoot life than the Km batts did...
    but I just may have been lucky.................................................................
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    Art, I don't think luck has much to do with your success. You do your research, then stick with what you know works for you, right? You are the reason I use nothing but Transcend CF cards now. Thank you very much clap.gif. For that matter, back in the Cretaceous I used your code when I signed on to Smugmug.

    Not too long ago, Nikon recalled a series of their EN-EL3 batteries. I don't know that anyone's camera had actually been damaged, but because the potential was noted, Nikon stepped up. I wonder if we'd see that kind of responsiveness from a bargain manufacturer. YMMV, but I refuse to risk it. Batteries CAN damage equipment.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    Icebear wrote: »
    Batteries CAN damage equipment.
    and you may not qualify for warranty if 3rd party batteries were the cause.
    Ivar
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  • Photog4ChristPhotog4Christ Registered Users Posts: 716 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    I somehow doubt owners of high end cars drive over to NAPA or Jiffy Lube for maintenance.
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  • ThatCanonGuyThatCanonGuy Registered Users Posts: 1,778 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    I know, but $100+ for a battery? Most of the review I read on these cheaper ones are fine, it's just that a few of them say the battery can occasionally come loose, not fit so well, etc. That's about the only problem, not quite fitting exactly. If the one I get is obviously a bad one, then I'll send it back and ask for a replacement. Or buy a different brand. But even if they aren't top-notch batteries... I know, I have a top-notch camera, and I think it's worth every cent I paid for it. But somehow I don't see how a really good battery is worth a hundred dollars. Maybe it's cause I'm not a working pro, I don't know. But really, I could buy 3 or 4 of these and still have money left over. Even if they only last half as long as the Canon ones, I'm still money ahead.
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    I hear ya. The Nikon EN-EL4a that gives improved frame rate when used in the battery grip in the D300 and D700 is over $100. The "standard" En-EL3e is only $37 or so. At least I have the option of using eight AAs in the grip to get the same frame rate performance.

    With the D3 bodies, I think you're stuck with the EN-EL4a. Of course it has around twice the "juice" of the EN-EL3.

    IDK from Canon.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
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