Having just bought my Sony Alpha I am looking to get a 2nd battery. There are lots on eBay from Hong Kong, Australia & Japan for a fraction of the cost of the Sony ones. Has anyone bought one of the cheaper ones and found it to be either good or bad?
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Spare battery - non Sony
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I bought several of them - from various sources. They all work o.k. and I am happy with them. However, be prepared that they last a bit less than an original battery from Sony.
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Jojakim
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I ordered one, along with a car charger, two weeks ago. Hope to get it soon now. I checked the forums a bit before buying and the reactions are that it's not exactly the same stamina as the Sony, but it surely does give you the opportunity to keep shooting. And that's the most important thing.
All those cheap chinese accesoires are less well made, but you will pay about 15% of the orinial Sony/Minolta product, and get about 70% of the product quality. Good deal I'd say!
All those cheap chinese accesoires are less well made, but you will pay about 15% of the orinial Sony/Minolta product, and get about 70% of the product quality. Good deal I'd say!
Two Truths
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I bought one; it was meant to have a higher rating thant the Sony one, but it's real capacity is nowhere near the one stated.
My Sony-made battery will last at least double the time that the cheapass one lasts.
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My Sony-made battery will last at least double the time that the cheapass one lasts.
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Two Truths
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I'd say more like you get 30-40% of the stamina, to be honest.
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sianon
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I have one, that simply will not fully charge. No mater how long it is left on the charger, the charge indicator light does not switch off. I also get considerably less shooting time with it than the sony battery. having said that, it is fine as a back up.
Zenmervolt
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I bought a "CTA" battery from bluenook.com for $21. So far it seems to work just fine, I haven't noticed a significant difference in performance between it and the Sony battery.
I bought a battery and auto charger from this place.
http://stores.ebay.com/cheapcheap4uhk-Digital-Accessories
It came right away, and it works fine. I haven't done any scientific tests but in regular use it doesn't seem to be significantly weaker or quicker to run out than the original. I liked it so much that I got another one just last week from the same place. I'm hoping to get the vertical grip from Taiwan soon so figured I could use the two extra batteries.
http://stores.ebay.com/cheapcheap4uhk-Digital-Accessories
It came right away, and it works fine. I haven't done any scientific tests but in regular use it doesn't seem to be significantly weaker or quicker to run out than the original. I liked it so much that I got another one just last week from the same place. I'm hoping to get the vertical grip from Taiwan soon so figured I could use the two extra batteries.
Tom Harvey
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My experience from this seller is the same. I had a couple of anomolies...
1) I ordered 2x spares and they only sent one. This was rectified efficiently by the seller.
2) When I first put the second spare battery in it came up as incompatible. "Oh no... here we go!!" I thought, especially after the above issue but I took it out and put it back in and it started working. All of the settings on the camera were reset to the factory default, however, and the file name counter went back to 0001. It has worked flawlessly ever since and I rotate my batteries so every third re-charge it is in, and it must have been used 15+ times by now. They all seem to last a similar amount of time.
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russell2006
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U use china A100 batteriea and they last just as long as the Original ones.
The replacements for my R1 last MUCH longer than the sony version.
The replacements for my R1 last MUCH longer than the sony version.
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