sobrien
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Re: EOS R5: External Battery USB-C Power
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kleks wrote:
sobrien wrote:
DemolitionMan14 wrote:
sobrien wrote:
DemolitionMan14 wrote:
Noah M wrote:
DemolitionMan14 wrote:
The EOS R5 has the capability to charge batteries via the USB-C port. I keep a fully charged Anker USB-C Power Delivery (PD) battery pack with me to charge batteries in the field. It would be great to be able to plug the camera in and use power straight from the external battery. Is this a desired feature?
From what I read, is the camera will charge if powered off. And you want to do that when not in use anyway to keep the camera cool. But it won't power the camera. Is all this true?
Correct. It will charge when powered off, but will not Power the camera.
Canon claims for the R5 and R6:
“Ability to operate and shoot with the camera while charging with Power Adapter PD-E1 is possible.”
As opposed to the R and RP which are “charging only”.
Maybe your PD device isn’t powerful enough?
I should have been more clear. I would like to be able to power the R5 using any USB-C PD charger and battery pack. Not just using the overpriced Canon PD-E1 Adapter.
It works with my Anker power pack (Anker PowerCore+ 26800 PD) without issue.
Specifically:
1) does it charge battery when R5 is powered off ?
Yep.
2) Does it allow camera to operate without the battery
Nope, there must be a battery in the body.
or when battery is depleted ?
I have not checked this though I’d assume not given the need to have a battery in. It works with a nearly dead battery though so you might be able to turn it off and give the battery enough of a charge to get going.
3) Does it allow R5 to operate and charge battery at this same time ?
Nope, when it is powering the camera it is not recharging the battery.
Thanks for answers,
awaiting my R5 delivery... impatiently.
/kleks