batteries
Jan 21, 2015 17:52:23 #
Dan Mc
Loc: NM
Brian in Whitby wrote:
If you can afford a $5000 camera, certainly you can afford an OEM battery.
Some of us have $500 cameras; its all we can afford. We cannot afford a battery that costs 10% of the cost of the camera.
Some of us have $500 cameras; its all we can afford. We cannot afford a battery that costs 10% of the cost of the camera.
Yup! I don't have an OEM battery in my car, why would I not do the same in my camera???
Much ado about nothing (just like all this banter about "greymarket"!)
Jan 21, 2015 17:59:43 #
davidv wrote:
Ok so I have a Canon 7D. I need to purchase a couple of new or backup batteries for it. Now I'm thinking that their are only a couple or so manufactures that make batteries in the world. So the question is other than price is there really ant difference in batteries. I see the one I need from $16.00- $80.00 for what looks like the same batterie. What is your guys input on this? I can buy 5 of one kind for the price of 1 of the others. Thanks for your thoughts.
David, I have two extra batteries for my 7ll. They came with the camera from Cameta camera(they were freebies)and are some knock-off. So far they have worked flawlessly.
I don't know the brand without looking. They are rated at higher amps. If interested I'll let you know what they are when I get home tonight. ;-)
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Jan 22, 2015 01:26:07 #
Brian in Whitby wrote:
If you can afford a $5000 camera, certainly you can afford an OEM battery.
Some of us have $500 cameras; its all we can afford. We cannot afford a battery that costs 10% of the cost of the camera.
Some of us have $500 cameras; its all we can afford. We cannot afford a battery that costs 10% of the cost of the camera.
That is especially true when there is nothing special about the battery that should make it worth more than $10 at the most...Some Wasabi batteries are about $6.50 and they are every bit as good as OEM batteries. There is only one way to make a Lithium Ion battery. The technology is commodity.
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