Canon Battery Pack Lp-e6 For The Eos 5d Mk Ii
Posted by Notcot on Jun 3, 2010 in Photography |
Product Description
The Canon original LP-E6 Battery is an rechargeable lithium-ion battery allows up to 850 shots in normal usage, 200 shots using the Live-View facility or up to 2 hours of HD Movie (based on Canon tests).
- Canon Part Number: LP-E6
- Chemistry: Rechargeable Lithium Ion with no ‘memory-effect’
- Voltage: 7.2V
- Capacity: 1800mAh
- Warranty: 1 Year
This is,in my humble opinion, a brilliant battery. It does exactly what the Canon blurb says. Only 4 stars because of the expense and it surely cannot be beyond the wit of all those Canon boffins to have made this fit the 30, 40, 50 or 5D Now I have to carry two sets of batteries and a charger for each set….a real downer….Still a great battery.
Rating: 4 / 5
Original Canon battery, arrived super fast, and lasts for over 1200 shots in my Canon 7D. Has been charged 4 times, and everytime delivers endless shooting. Much better than any 3rd party battery. Also Amazon have the best price on the web for this original battery. Go on treat yourself.
Rating: 5 / 5
Have searched around for OEM batteries, and read lots of do’s and don’ts and that the full charge may not displayed, I decided that having paid £2k for a damn good camera, why spoil things with cheap Chinese batteries, so bought the Canon battery, and it’s great. Managed 920 shots the first time out.
Rating: 5 / 5
I wanted to get a spare battery to go with a newly-purchased Cannon D7.
With my previous Canon (500D) I used cheap non-Canon batteries which worked just fine, so my first thought was to look around for substitute batteries.
I couldn’t immediately find any substitutes, so I settled for the time being with another ‘official’ Canon battery.
One advantage of using a genuine Canon battery is that it does ‘talk’ to the camera, and will allow the camera to tell you about the condition of the battery.
For example, the battery is telling the camera at the moment that:
(a) It has 81% power remaining,
(b) It has processed 308 exposures so far, and
(c) It’s ‘re-charge’ capability is ‘perfect’.
Whether it’s worth paying for this information, I’m not really sure.
I must admit that the capacity of the battery does seem rather good, though.
However, I’d like to think that it won’t be long before some non-Canon batteries will be available at 10% the cost of the original.
Oh yes. Charge time — about two-and-a-half hours from dead.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is the standard battery for the Canon 5d2 and 7d. I have the latter and bought it as a contingency. However – for that particular shoot the original didn’t run out – these things seem to last for aeons. Despite this I am still confident that I will genuinely need it later this year and am always happier with a fully charged spare in my bag. And while there are always brand X alternatives to be had for less, having spent many £££s on my photographic implement of choice, this seems an unobjectionable price to me for the genuine article.
Needless to say – delivery was as expected and nothing to fault with Amazon as usual.
Rating: 5 / 5