Spare battery for Canon SX50 hs - which brand did you buy? (Page 3): Thanks Marc, appreciate it.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Photography By Marc wrote:

I bought 2 Canon 10 BL spare batteries from B&H...nothing like the originals. Filters I bought from both B&H and my local camera store where I got personal in-person service with the right filter and he made sure it fitted my adapter.

Marc :-)

Thanks Marc, appreciate it.

THEMRED7007

jerryc41 wrote:

Literally, a pair of no-name batteries - eBay via Hong Kong, for $12.95 delivered. I hope I didn't overpay. :D

Jerry,
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Wahawk Loc: NE IA

Linda From Maine wrote:

I'm using the Canon charger for both.

Don't remove the Photive right after the light comes on. The initial charge when new should have been in excess of 8hrs to get proper capacity set up. Some instructions will give you a certain time to leave them in the first time and that is usually at least twice the time it takes for the 'green' light to come on. I suspect that yours may improve performance if you left in overnight once.

Phreedom Loc: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Linda From Maine wrote:

I'm not happy with my Photive brand second battery for the SX50. Wondering what batteries you SX50 users have purchased? Thanks much.

Wasabi batteries made with Japanese (not Chinese) lithium cells.
High capacity, 3 year warrantee.
I've used them for over 5 years on all my cameras.
One failed to charge after 2 years, emailed Blue Nook (supplier) and received a replacement in 2 or 3 days for the cost of shipping.
Check out Amazon or eBay.

GeezerGal Loc: Texas

Linda From Maine wrote:

I'm not happy with my Photive brand second battery for the SX50. Wondering what batteries you SX50 users have purchased? Thanks much.

Hi Linda ...

http://www.amazon.com/Batteries-PowerShot-Digital-Protectors-Cleaning/dp/B0064Q4GEA/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1372174352&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=op%2Fteka+sx50+battery

These 1200MaH batteries are the ones I use .... last a long time.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Wahawk wrote:

Don't remove the Photive right after the light comes on. The initial charge when new should have been in excess of 8hrs to get proper capacity set up. Some instructions will give you a certain time to leave them in the first time and that is usually at least twice the time it takes for the 'green' light to come on. I suspect that yours may improve performance if you left in overnight once.

Thanks much. Good info.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Phreedom wrote:

Wasabi batteries made with Japanese (not Chinese) lithium cells.
High capacity, 3 year warrantee.
I've used them for over 5 years on all my cameras.
One failed to charge after 2 years, emailed Blue Nook (supplier) and received a replacement in 2 or 3 days for the cost of shipping.
Check out Amazon or eBay.

Nice. Thanks!

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

GeezerGal wrote:

Hi Linda ...

http://www.amazon.com/Batteries-PowerShot-Digital-Protectors-Cleaning/dp/B0064Q4GEA/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1372174352&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=op%2Fteka+sx50+battery

These 1200MaH batteries are the ones I use .... last a long time.

Thanks much! I do like my free shipping :) although last time it took me 30 minutes to figure out what else to buy ($14 worth) to go over the $25. HA

GeezerGal Loc: Texas

Linda From Maine wrote:

Thanks much! I do like my free shipping :) although last time it took me 30 minutes to figure out what else to buy ($14 worth) to go over the $25. HA

I keep a wish list of stuff to add "next time" ... never a problem to make the Prime limit ... there are sooooooo many things available & you can order them at 2am in your pajamas & the brown truck delivers them to the door ... my kind of shopping.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

GeezerGal wrote:

I keep a wish list of stuff to add "next time" ... never a problem to make the Prime limit ... there are sooooooo many things available & you can order them at 2am in your pajamas & the brown truck delivers them to the door ... my kind of shopping.

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Have you noticed, though, that the free shipping items usually come by USPS on the final leg? Or maybe just to certain areas of country. I had one that was overdue, went down to the post office where UPS had dropped it, they said it was "somewhere" in the back, wouldn't look for it! (it came next day by my regular mailman)

GeezerGal Loc: Texas

Linda From Maine wrote:

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Have you noticed, though, that the free shipping items usually come by USPS on the final leg? Or maybe just to certain areas of country. I had one that was overdue, went down to the post office where UPS had dropped it, they said it was "somewhere" in the back, wouldn't look for it! (it came next day by my regular mailman)

Only really small or light weight stuff comes via USPS & if you "track" your order, you can tell which ones they are. The brown truck driver is on a 1st name basis with us.

ggttc Loc: TN

Linda From Maine wrote:

Thanks much! I do like my free shipping :) although last time it took me 30 minutes to figure out what else to buy ($14 worth) to go over the $25. HA

Isnt that the truth...lol...

It kinda goes like this.

Di, do we need anything from Amazon?
No

Anybodys birthday coming up?
No

Have you started Christmas shopping yet?
It's June

Ya know I think our spatula has seen better days.
Blank stare.

I am going to plug in the photive batteries in and try a long charge. I remember from days past that lithium batteries have some kind of "learning curve"...but I dont know if that is still true.

jgdean Loc: NC, USA

Linda From Maine wrote:

I'm not happy with my Photive brand second battery for the SX50. Wondering what batteries you SX50 users have purchased? Thanks much.

I also have Photive but am getting pretty good mileage from it...
But my camera will time out after about 1 minute to save power...

You may want to check your settings... dunno...

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Linda From Maine wrote:

I'm not happy with my Photive brand second battery for the SX50. Wondering what batteries you SX50 users have purchased? Thanks much.

In my experience it's always best to use OEM batteries (ORIGINALS).

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

GeezerGal wrote:

Only really small or light weight stuff comes via USPS & if you "track" your order, you can tell which ones they are. The brown truck driver is on a 1st name basis with us.

You're too funny!