Will you buy original or 3rd party battery?

What battery will you choose?


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How much does it cost for a BP-511A? where to buy?
 

Just bought a 3rd party battery yesterday... I have ask around my friend who is a professional photgrapher... even for himself will use 3rd party battery... some are really realiable OEM battery... :)

Before that I have called MS, quote me $120 for BP-511A
 

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only if I can afford Original, I will use all original...
 

Just came back from a phototrip. My original Canon LP-E6 worked well for my 5DMkII. Could read the exact shutter count for each battery and also the amount left. My 3rd party batteries, though no questions, have been great workers soldiering on, but seems to die off faster in the cold and what is more, cannot be made to display how much left because of a lack of a chip in them. Note- this phenomenon is only unique to 5DMkII.
Finally I touched down, ran straight away to TCW and bought not one but two LP-E6 cos I foresee myself going to some cold, zero or sub-zero region.
So from now on, for my Canon 5DMkII, it will be original battery.
My 50D leh? Still usng third party battery lah...
 

Why not check out this on-line store which provides OEM battery for most electronic gadgets :

http://worcell.com/index.php

I have not tried it with camera, only with blackberry devices.
 

Hi. I'm using 40D and original battery grip, I got an original battery and a 3rd party battery, why is it sometimes the battery status shows half bar only but the 2 battery are fully charged?

Is it good to mix 2 different batteries (1 original, 1 3rd party) in my battery grip? Thx.
 

Used to buy 3rd party batteries when I was on the 350D, 40D and 1D. No major issues with them.

When I moved over to the 1D Mk III and got the 3rd party battery, the problems came up. First, no proper battery indicator and the fitting was not that good. Then the battery died after the second recharge. Gave up on them ever since.
 

Hi. I'm using 40D and original battery grip, I got an original battery and a 3rd party battery, why is it sometimes the battery status shows half bar only but the 2 battery are fully charged?

Is it good to mix 2 different batteries (1 original, 1 3rd party) in my battery grip? Thx.

Just bought an original battery and used 2 original batteries instead 1 ori and 1 3rd party, and no more problems. In conclusion, it's better to use original batteries if you can afford them. :)
 

Any good 3rd party battery brands to recommend ?
 

i am thinking of getting third party battery too... any recommendation? currently i found phottix thread in the mass sales only...
 

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