Well you're going to need one extra battery. So you can keep shooting while you recharge this one; with a wall wart!
Haha, yes. precautions required for the first few charges. In a pan, on the cooker hob, with the extractor fan running perhaps?
Yes, you still need a power source, but it is the same power source that you would already have for charging your phone. Personally, I already travel with just a multi-port USB charger and a few cables to charge everything from earbuds, phone, tablet, camera, and/or laptop. With my current setup, I could charge 5 of these batteries at the same time with no extra hardware.
Looks like a really nice option for all of the M series cameras that lack USB charging. The only downside I can see is the reduced 750mAh capacity compared to 875mAh in the OEM batteries.
High power chargers (PD - Power Delivery) will only output higher power levels when they receive the correct communication signals from the device to be charged. This also requires using the correct cable that will handle these signals and power levels. Absent this communication, the charger will dumb down to more typical USB levels.
Nice. Wasabi has been supplying great 3rd party batts for years! No issues with mine.I think this might be of interest to at least some of you, there is now a 3rd party LP-E12 with integrated USB-C charging. I'm so excited to not have to bring the external battery charger or a bunch of extra batteries just to make sure my M200 stays juiced.
https://a.co/d/6zotZLX
A lot of battery manuf try to maximize the capacity of their batteries, so it doesn't surprise me that they're packing a lot in. This batt has the "disadvantage" of having extra circuitry added internally on top of that. I haven't had any fit issues with my existing 3rd party LP-E17 batts (incl Wasabi), but this is a new design.Alright so I ended up ordering this and it came in today. Took 20mins to charge from the USB port on my laptop (no idea of battery level it came with).
One thing I noticed is it fits tighter than the original battery. Makes it kinda annoying inserting and removing the battery. The battery doesn't look swollen. Is this normal with Wasabi and aftermarket batteries?
I'm going to shoot them an email and see what they say. I'm surprised no one else got one? Did anyone on the RF section get one (obviously a different version)?A lot of battery manuf try to maximize the capacity of their batteries, so it doesn't surprise me that they're packing a lot in. This batt has the "disadvantage" of having extra circuitry added internally on top of that. I haven't had any fit issues with my existing 3rd party LP-E17 batts (incl Wasabi), but this is a new design.Alright so I ended up ordering this and it came in today. Took 20mins to charge from the USB port on my laptop (no idea of battery level it came with).
One thing I noticed is it fits tighter than the original battery. Makes it kinda annoying inserting and removing the battery. The battery doesn't look swollen. Is this normal with Wasabi and aftermarket batteries?
You'll have to keep an eye on it and see if it gets any tighter (be sure to report back!) ;-)
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Does yours fit tighter in the M200 battery compartment compared to the OEM battery?
Slightly tighter, but not enough to be an issue or even bother me.
