They are all made (including Canons) by a company called Wansglory
Co., Ltd., they are located in Taiwan. I am in talks with them to
buy product. They have minimum ship of $2000 worth. The cost to me
will be $9.95 per unit. I think it is 30 cents more per unit to
have it silk screened with a brand name.
They are the only "manufacturer" of the BP-511 I have found. I have
found lots of resellers but it always boils down to the same
manufacturer to the best of my knowledge.
That doesn't surprise me too much, although I'm sure that there
must be several manufacturers. My Uniross batteries are clearly
different in detail from the Canon parts - the shape of the
contacts and the fact that they're gold plated, minor details of
the moulding and so on. Some 3rd party batteries are a tight fit in
the D60 body and others aren't. The Canon batteries are rated at
1100mAh while others are commonly 1200mAh.
The price doesn't surprise me at all - Canon are merely cashing in
on the fact that people aren't prepared to risk a £2000 camera for
the sake of a £50 battery, even though evidence shows that the
risk is practically zero in practise. (Hands up who actually uses
Canon CF cards!)
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