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A powerful mirrorless camera limited by its producer

Started Dec 10, 2020 | User reviews thread
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Re: A powerful mirrorless camera limited by its producer
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m100 wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

m100 wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

PhotosByHall wrote:

palombian wrote:

I have 3 batteries and recharge with an USB charger on a powerbank in my backpack, faster than with the Canon mains charger, no worries.

Yep - same here. Bought a cheap USB charger with a Duracell 3rd party battery. Now I can charge mains or powerbank on USB with a spare while one recharges in my bag.

Makes my kit lighter, and I will never run out of power in the field ever again.

Why Canon is still shipping chargers with kettle leads I do not know.

+1 It’s about time Canon moves on from plug-in A/C chargers to USB (minimum Micro USB-B if not USB-C PD). At least offers them as an option. They’re just so darn versatile (I own threee).

R2

Then the next step would be to make the battery built into the camera ?

Like the phone cameras ?

Egad no. Not unless technology increases battery power density at least ten-fold. And even then I could never abide by having my camera down if I forgot to charge (or risked running with a partial battery) and subsequently ran out. That’s moving in the wrong direction.

R2

I really do run out of shooting power before the two Panasonic 18650 cells in my battery grip do.

There is plenty of room to put a little BMS in my battery grip and to mount a USB port.

I have the parts but have not done it yet.

I’ve always liked the idea of that grip too.  I’d have one, except I want to keep my M as small as possible.

Those Panny 18650’s are the best!

R2

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