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ZeiEizh
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 Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:38 pm Post subject: Battery question |
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ZeiEizh wrote:
As I'm planning my trip here, I need a spare battery. As originals cost's like hell, I have to satisfy with a China-battery. I'm looking for a decoded ones because I don't want to carry many chargers.
Now I found a one, but description is at Spanish. As my Spanish skills is from the Fast Show, I don't understand it much. Can you help me?
http://cgi.ebay.com/2600mAh-Bateria-Cargador-para-CANON-5D-Mark-II-7D-LC-E6-/270621998626?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_186&hash=item3f0253fe22
Even it's not a decoded one, it has huge mAh's and car recharger.
Is that a decoded one?
What would be your general suggestion for the topic?
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poilu
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
I got one Chinese battery for my 5DII last year
I never need it until now
the charger is small and light
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Orio wrote:
Battery of the 5DMkII is such a huge improvement over the 5D one!
With the 5D and grip (2 batteries), I could never complete one afternoon of shooting e.g. at the carnival. I always had to switch batteries before the day was ended.
With the 5DII and the grip (also 2 batteries) I can shoot one whole day (morning and afternoon) and remain with half the power still available.
In fact I often did leave the camera on filming a wall before a new day because I wanted to recharge the batteries and I had to have them exhaust first.
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poilu
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
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| because I wanted to recharge the batteries and I had to have them exhaust first |
no need with Li-Ion battery, they have a processor and charger know how to handle them
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
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| because I wanted to recharge the batteries and I had to have them exhaust first |
no need with Li-Ion battery, they have a processor and charger know how to handle them |
Yes, occasionally I do recharge when half charged, but I have read that battery life is longer if they are recharged when almost exhausted (not completely exhausted, always take them off before they power down).
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calvin83
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calvin83 wrote:
If the battery is not decoded at all, you cannot use it on your camera. If it is not fully decoded, you can use it with a third-party charger and it will not give you the battery information on your camera. Most Canon third-party battery will charge on the orginal Canon charger and gives battery information except the new LP-E6.
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martinsmith99 wrote:
I use a 5Dii with a grip. I have a decoded battery and the Canon original and I have only recharged them once since new in July. It seems good on power.
Unfortunately I bought a couple of spares and a 3rd party charger which just sit in the camera bag `just in case'. My OCD won't let me use them as the battery indicator won't work.  
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poilu
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
| ZeiEizh wrote: |
| I'm looking for a decoded ones because I don't want to carry many chargers |
the non decoded charger can also charge the 5DII original battery, so you need to carry only the non decoded charger
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Farside wrote:
| Orio wrote: |
| poilu wrote: |
| Orio wrote: |
| because I wanted to recharge the batteries and I had to have them exhaust first |
no need with Li-Ion battery, they have a processor and charger know how to handle them |
Yes, occasionally I do recharge when half charged, but I have read that battery life is longer if they are recharged when almost exhausted (not completely exhausted, always take them off before they power down). |
That only applied to NiCads. Later chemistries (especially Li-Ion) don't suffer from partial discharging then recharging. You can merrily charge at any level of exhaustion you like (down to 20% charge remaining) and battery life won't suffer. It also seems that it actually extends battery life by having only a 25% - 30% drain before recharging.
I picked up this info from electric bicycle forums, where battery life and handling is everything 
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