3rd party charger/grip/battery for a7iii

2074BPE said:

looking to get into sony for video. used a7iii. I cant afford $100 for sony single bay charging. grip for stills but not needed for gimbal work.

but curious which brand doesnt bring up the prompt "this batteries operation isnt guaranteed" where you cant see remaining time

I use 3rd party batteries on my panasonic and nikon cameras including d780 d4s and gh5 without issues, including all other cameras ive used to date.

so curious what do you use?

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Jacques Cornell said:

2074BPE said:

looking to get into sony for video. used a7iii. I cant afford $100 for sony single bay charging. grip for stills but not needed for gimbal work.

but curious which brand doesnt bring up the prompt "this batteries operation isnt guaranteed" where you cant see remaining time

I use 3rd party batteries on my panasonic and nikon cameras including d780 d4s and gh5 without issues, including all other cameras ive used to date.

so curious what do you use?

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I have a $60 Neewer battery grip for one of my three a7RIII bodies. Works great. I’m pretty sure it’d fit an a7III as well.

I use three Pearstone (now Watson) Duo chargers for six batteries at a time.

I have two RavPower batteries that work fine in my two a7RIIIs that have firmware v3.01 but kick up the warning in my third body that has FW v3.10. I also have 4 YXWIN batteries that work fine in all three bodies, but I use them only in the grip, because they’re a brand I haven’t bought before, they were cheap, and if they swell a bit they won’t get stuck.

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2074BPE said:

Jacques Cornell said:

2074BPE said:

looking to get into sony for video. used a7iii. I cant afford $100 for sony single bay charging. grip for stills but not needed for gimbal work.

but curious which brand doesnt bring up the prompt "this batteries operation isnt guaranteed" where you cant see remaining time

I use 3rd party batteries on my panasonic and nikon cameras including d780 d4s and gh5 without issues, including all other cameras ive used to date.

so curious what do you use?

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I have a $60 Neewer battery grip for one of my three a7RIII bodies. Works great. I’m pretty sure it’d fit an a7III as well.

I use three Pearstone (now Watson) Duo chargers for six batteries at a time.

I have two RavPower batteries that work fine in my two a7RIIIs that have firmware v3.01 but kick up the warning in my third body that has FW v3.10. I also have 4 YXWIN batteries that work fine in all three bodies, but I use them only in the grip, because they’re a brand I haven’t bought before, they were cheap, and if they swell a bit they won’t get stuck.

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thank you for the info and feedback.

do the watson charge fast enough?

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2074BPE said:

are u using the cameras for stills or video?

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2074BPE said:

so keep firmware under 3.1 and its ok.

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2074BPE said:

can you downgrade fw if need be?

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2074BPE said:

and what grip do you use?

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2074BPE said:

sorry for the tons of questions. thanks again

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Jacques Cornell said:

2074BPE said:

Jacques Cornell said:

2074BPE said:

looking to get into sony for video. used a7iii. I cant afford $100 for sony single bay charging. grip for stills but not needed for gimbal work.

but curious which brand doesnt bring up the prompt "this batteries operation isnt guaranteed" where you cant see remaining time

I use 3rd party batteries on my panasonic and nikon cameras including d780 d4s and gh5 without issues, including all other cameras ive used to date.

so curious what do you use?

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I have a $60 Neewer battery grip for one of my three a7RIII bodies. Works great. I’m pretty sure it’d fit an a7III as well.

I use three Pearstone (now Watson) Duo chargers for six batteries at a time.

I have two RavPower batteries that work fine in my two a7RIIIs that have firmware v3.01 but kick up the warning in my third body that has FW v3.10. I also have 4 YXWIN batteries that work fine in all three bodies, but I use them only in the grip, because they’re a brand I haven’t bought before, they were cheap, and if they swell a bit they won’t get stuck.

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thank you for the info and feedback.

do the watson charge fast enough?

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Takes an hour or two to charge a fully depleted battery. Each Duo charges two batteries at once. I bought the first one retail, then the second two used for about $20 each.

Jacques Cornell said:

are u using the cameras for stills or video?

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Stills only.

Jacques Cornell said:

so keep firmware under 3.1 and its ok.

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Most new batteries are now compatible with FW 3.1. My two RavPower batteries are older, though.

Jacques Cornell said:

can you downgrade fw if need be?

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No.

Jacques Cornell said:

and what grip do you use?

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I described it above.

Jacques Cornell said:

sorry for the tons of questions. thanks again

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2074BPE said:

Jacques Cornell said:

2074BPE said:

Jacques Cornell said:

2074BPE said:

looking to get into sony for video. used a7iii. I cant afford $100 for sony single bay charging. grip for stills but not needed for gimbal work.

but curious which brand doesnt bring up the prompt "this batteries operation isnt guaranteed" where you cant see remaining time

I use 3rd party batteries on my panasonic and nikon cameras including d780 d4s and gh5 without issues, including all other cameras ive used to date.

so curious what do you use?

Click to expand...

I have a $60 Neewer battery grip for one of my three a7RIII bodies. Works great. I’m pretty sure it’d fit an a7III as well.

I use three Pearstone (now Watson) Duo chargers for six batteries at a time.

I have two RavPower batteries that work fine in my two a7RIIIs that have firmware v3.01 but kick up the warning in my third body that has FW v3.10. I also have 4 YXWIN batteries that work fine in all three bodies, but I use them only in the grip, because they’re a brand I haven’t bought before, they were cheap, and if they swell a bit they won’t get stuck.

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thank you for the info and feedback.

do the watson charge fast enough?

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Takes an hour or two to charge a fully depleted battery. Each Duo charges two batteries at once. I bought the first one retail, then the second two used for about $20 each.

2074BPE said:

are u using the cameras for stills or video?

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Stills only.

2074BPE said:

so keep firmware under 3.1 and its ok.

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Most new batteries are now compatible with FW 3.1. My two RavPower batteries are older, though.

2074BPE said:

can you downgrade fw if need be?

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No.

2074BPE said:

and what grip do you use?

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I described it above.

2074BPE said:

sorry for the tons of questions. thanks again

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I appreciate your very thorough and really helpful advice and feedback. I got so excited I didnt read your post properly. cause I was worried id be forced to only buy oem and the prices are crazy at $100 with shipping. ill try a pair of rav power and see how they do. will order nitecore charger too. cheers!

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Interceptor121 said:

3rd parties battery are mostly an issue for video not for photos

When you are at the end of the battery with an OEM battery you have a data and temperature terminal. The camera will always finish recording

With a 3rd party battery the recording will end abruptly and potentially lead to file corruption and loss of data

As a long term GH5 user I can tell you that 1 cause of clip corruption is using 3rd party batteries

If I may add battery grips are not a solution to prolonged autonomy for video. The best options are dummy batteries either through main power or powerbank

Battery grips only add 1 battery compared to the unlimited supply of the mains and at least 4 batteries you can squeeze out of a power bank

There will be several options depending on your camera battery you can look on amazon or more specialist stores

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2074BPE said:

Interceptor121 said:

3rd parties battery are mostly an issue for video not for photos

When you are at the end of it in the battery with an OEM battery you have a data and temperature terminal. The camera will always finish recording

With a 3rd party battery the recording will end abruptly and potentially lead to file corruption and loss of data

As a long term GH5 user I can tell you that 1 cause of clip corruption is using 3rd party batteries

If I may add battery grips are not a solution to prolonged autonomy for video. The best options are dummy batteries either through main power or powerbank

Battery grips only add 1 battery compared to the unlimited supply of the mains and at least 4 batteries you can squeeze out of a power bank

There will be several options depending on your camera battery you can look on amazon or more specialist stores

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thanks for your feedback. never used one . so basically the dummy battery is slipped into the body, then you use a battery pack to run it? is it strong enough to power the camera? and how small can it be? I do want to use this on a gimbal

I wasnt sure about using the grip for video, but im geting the sony for wedding video as 3rd video guy, and try it out with stills and see how I like it. see how I like the colors from nikon. this will be hard to do because im not into raw and spending tons of time in post. im shooting mostly in jpeg and get it accurate in camera so post is minimal and quick. and for stills I definitely need a grip. the body is too small as is. thats another thing I need to get used to

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2074BPE said:

Interceptor121 said:

3rd parties battery are mostly an issue for video not for photos

When you are at the end of the battery with an OEM battery you have a data and temperature terminal. The camera will always finish recording

With a 3rd party battery the recording will end abruptly and potentially lead to file corruption and loss of data

As a long term GH5 user I can tell you that 1 cause of clip corruption is using 3rd party batteries

If I may add battery grips are not a solution to prolonged autonomy for video. The best options are dummy batteries either through main power or powerbank

Battery grips only add 1 battery compared to the unlimited supply of the mains and at least 4 batteries you can squeeze out of a power bank

There will be several options depending on your camera battery you can look on amazon or more specialist stores

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thanks for your feedback. never used one . so basically the dummy battery is slipped into the body, then you use a battery pack to run it? is it strong enough to power the camera? and how small can it be? I do want to use this on a gimbal

I wasnt sure about using the grip for video, but im geting the sony for wedding video as 3rd video guy, and try it out with stills and see how I like it. see how I like the colors from nikon. this will be hard to do because im not into raw and spending tons of time in post. im shooting mostly in jpeg and get it accurate in camera so post is minimal and quick.

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2074BPE said:

and for stills I definitely need a grip. the body is too small as is. thats another thing I need to get used to

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