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Finally, 3rd party LP-E17 battery makers are...

Started Jul 22, 2018 | Discussions thread
Icypeak Senior Member • Posts: 2,523
Re: Finally, 3rd party LP-E17 battery makers are...

Ben Herrmann wrote:

...including the decoded chip in their offerings. Up to this point all of the 3rd party makers didn't have the highly guarded decoded chip in the LP-E17 - thus when you placed these batteries into a Canon camera that takes that battery, you'd get a caution message from Canon.

Well no more. One 3rd party battery maker at least - Power Extra (see link below) specifically addresses this fact - and they tout having the decoded chip.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/LP-E17-1350mAh-Battery-LCD-Charger-For-Canon-EOS-Rebel-T6i-T6s-T7i-750D-77D-M5/273290531489?hash=item3fa16292a1%3Am%3Am10STBKZa5flsSUlvHmgVFQ&var=572630520876&_sacat=625&_nkw=Canon+LP-E17+batteries&_from=R40&rt=nc

Now if you have some great reputation 3rd party LP-E17 battery makers out there who have decoded the chip - please share those links here.

Well, in spite of their claim of a completely decoded LP-E17 battery, these Powerextra batteries appear to be only partially decoded, like many others.  I got them, and while there is no warning when putting it in the M6 mkII, the power meter didn't work, and it died suddenly during the middle of a video clip and locked up the camera until a new battery was installed.  It usually won't be a big deal, and will know to use my OEM batteries if I'm shooting something critical that can't be missed by a sudden failure.

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