ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio

The mental condition is “don’t want to buy crap again. Been there, done that.”

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

I understand. Do you apply this philosophy to the rest of your life ? For example how did you chose what to feed your cats (if you have any) ?

ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio

Dogs. Food specifically recommended by our vet designed for their size, weight and breed. No variation.

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

Okay as an aside vets are also motivated by money. Where do you buy your dog food ? Our vets are the most respected in my city but their food is also the most expensive. So I suppose it is what it is.
However our vets also supplied us with insulin for our cat. I checked it about two days later to find it was already 2 months out of date. And upon returning it they said that they had absolutely no idea how or where it could have come from and worse whether it had been refrigerated during the period between manufacture and expiry (a 2 year period). Our cat immediately responded after its next injection. So the point of this is that money and carelessness are the rule not the exception I have found.
I shouldn't really criticize anyone for how they spend their own money but I object to scare mongering and anything that does anything other than be objective.
I am starting to see why some people only run with 1 or 2 batteries. Because they were peer pressured into buying OEM (when there are suitable alternatives as long as you do your homework) when they can't really afford it. Ah but what do I care ?

ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio

All very good points, all personal preferences. I prefer to use OEM batteries. I run with one extra battery per camera. No peer pressure. Just never needed more than one extra battery when shooting in 15 years. How many do you run with when out shooting? Just asking. No correct answer, just curious.

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

I like to take 3 (camera incl) but my wife takes 5-6 and some times has used them all and had to rely on being able to charge in the car. The P&S has 3 but we have never used them all except once when we did a lot of videoing.

johonew

Peer pressured into buying OEM batteries? I agree that if you do your homework, you may find alternatives, but as I said earlier, I choose to buy OEM since I have seen and experienced off-brand batteries go bad. No peer pressure, just plain choice to insure my warranty would be honored if an OEM battery goes bad.

wthomson Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I have also used Wasabis with success.

Toment Loc: FL, IL

Wasabi for me. At least when I was using the old 50 batteries for Sony. With the new 100’s I don’t worry much anymore. I think I had at least 8 of 5hose old ones, maybe half were Wasabi. They worked about the same as the Sony’s.
Try ‘em out.

ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio

You must shoot a lot. I have never shot more than 85 -100 in a day all using the same battery.

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

Yeah well just because I take them doesn't mean I actually use them. But in my wifes case she can do several thousand in a day no trouble. We often don't go on holiday together unless I have a lot of good books on the ipad.

ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio

I hope you’re not shooting RAW to process that many images!!

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

She does on a D850 ! A lot of shots don't make it very far though. And we are geared up for it. And a lot of soul searching is done later when I tell her I am not increasing the size of her data or backup drives.

ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio

Most of my shooting is intentional “keepers”, a drawback from my film days. Also don’t have time for culling huge numbers of images. And I shoot one shot at a time. I have 12,000 “kept” images in 15 years of shooting. Storage space has never been an issue and I shoot JPEG on top of it.

Barbonbrown

Alkaline batteries can leak (and damage equipment they're in)

Camera batteries are not alkalines, but usually NIMH or Lithium Ion LiON. They don't leak. One less thing to worry about.

I've used mirrorless for 10 years, never bought a manufacturers battery, never had a problem or noticed a difference with aftermarket versions, of which i currently have six (for three cameras).
Sticking with the camera manufacturers batteries is like only putting BMW branded oil into your car and turning your nose up at Castrol or the like, you are, imo, being taken for a ride. Buy your batteries where they buy them from before selling them on to you at inflated prices, in the market. Read the reviews and choose, the cheapest isn't necessaeily best, but there are plenty of reliable brands and sellers there.