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LP-E12 3rd party.

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nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,073
Re: LP-E12 3rd party.
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R2D2 wrote:

nnowak wrote:

Advi wrote:

aaaarrrrteee wrote:

The Wasabi batteries only recharge in their own little charger

Really?

Why haven't anyone told me this before?

I have recharged my Wasabi batteries on the Canon recharger.

People keep mixing up LP-E12 and LP-E17 batteries in this discussion. The LP-E17 batteries are "chipped". Earlier generation LP-E17 clones did not have the appropriate chip and would not be recognized by the Canon OEM charger and would also throw up error messages in the camera about not being genuine Canon. These third party LP-E17 batteries would only charge in the accompanying third party charger.

LP-E12 batteries are unchipped and have no such issues. Any LP-E12 battery from any manufacturer will work in any LP-E12 charger from any manufacturer. Any LP-E12 battery from any manufacturer should work without error messages in any LP-E12 camera.

Actually everybody seems to be offering up info about any/all of their batteries and manufacturers (not just the LP-E12). It's good to know of any issues related to any batteries I think! (Like Wasabis swelling, etc).

R2

aaaarrrrteee's problems are specific to the LP-E17 battery and not to Wasabi, which lead to Advi's response.  Some newer LP-E17 batteries are now properly chipped, but when the LP-E17 launched with the M3, all third party LP-E17 batteries were incompatible with the Canon charger, threw up error messages in the camera, and would not display a proper charge status.

Swelling batteries would be a reason to avoid a manufacturer.  LP-E17 batteries not charging in a Canon charger is not a reason to avoid a manufacturer as it is a problem specific to the LP-E17 and would not affect the LP-E12.

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