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

Started Jul 22, 2018 | Discussions thread
Renard DellaFave
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Re: Finally, 3rd party LP-E17 battery makers are...

Icypeak wrote:

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.

Sorry about the thread resurrection, but it still seems like partially "decoded" is the norm.

What happens when a battery dies during recording? It seems like there'd be a high likelihood that the whole card's directory would be corrupted. Or, do you tend to just lose the one video you were in the middle of?

There is now one battery claiming to be a full clone instead of a DR-E18 adapter. On eBay: "Kastar Fully Decoded Battery for Canon LP-E17" but they're $30 each so a little less tempting to get two instead of one Canon battery.

Kastar also has a $12 one that's interesting as it's not a full clone, but has a USB-C port on the battery itself instead of needing a charger. For an emergency-only backup, that's particularly attractive, even if it does take up some internal space and reduce capacity. I don't expect to need a 2nd battery for years, but it'd be nice to have something in the case, smaller than a power bank, in case a little extra runtime is needed. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09RQ7W821/

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