3rd party LP-E6 Batteries in Pocket 4K

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3rd party LP-E6 Batteries in Pocket 4K

PostWed Jul 24, 2019 12:43 pm

Uli Plank wrote:My bad experience was with a Patona yellow, the green ones might be worth a try.


I had both yellow and green. Green offer longer shooting, I usually use yellow with video assist (1h of work).
I had since 25-33 minutes with yellow and 45 with green. But depend of lenses and how to use them.
If you had adapter metabone like me and use often the stabilization of lenses the battery work for less time.
I use internal battery only if I need to shoot on gimbal, other time I had GMount and Sony nfp adapter to use a real battery to work.
Pocket4k is excellent camera, but is a cinema camera, very hungry of power :-)


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Re: 3rd party LP-E6 Batteries in Pocket 4K

PostWed Jul 24, 2019 12:56 pm

I'm so tempted to just buy a whole lot of canon batteries to keep the rig small and nimble. I've added a cage and V-lock and gonna add a monitor etc and it's just turning into this large thing.
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PostWed Jul 24, 2019 4:28 pm

d_j_1983 wrote:I'm so tempted to just buy a whole lot of canon batteries to keep the rig small and nimble. I've added a cage and V-lock and gonna add a monitor etc and it's just turning into this large thing.

Meantime I'm worried that even the gigantic/bulky battery grip/sled, when it finally delivers, still won't meaningfully add to the running time. NP-F550 is a miniature battery size compared to the 750s and 950s.
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PostWed Jul 24, 2019 5:13 pm

2600-3000mAh is average capacity of larger Sony NP-F type battery so this capacity is total fake for LP-E6. 1800-1900mAh is real life limit for LP-E6 type battery size.

Try Batmax brand. They are low cost and use original Sanyo cells. I use them about few months with BMMCC and monitor and must seems they holds well.

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PostWed Jul 24, 2019 9:39 pm

Dmitry Shijan wrote:2600-3000mAh is average capacity of larger Sony NP-F type battery so this capacity is total fake for LP-E6. 1800-1900mAh is real life limit for LP-E6 type battery size.

Try Batmax brand. They are low cost and use original Sanyo cells. I use them about few months with BMMCC and monitor and must seems they holds well.

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Ohh that’s great to hear! Does it show the percentage show on the camera?
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PostWed Jul 24, 2019 10:25 pm

d_j_1983 wrote:Ohh that’s great to hear! Does it show the percentage show on the camera?

Yes, it battery shows battery percentage on BMMCC and on SmallHD monitor as well.
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PostThu Jul 25, 2019 12:12 am

Dmitry Shijan wrote:
d_j_1983 wrote:Ohh that’s great to hear! Does it show the percentage show on the camera?

Yes, it battery shows battery percentage on BMMCC and on SmallHD monitor as well.


Oh damn I can’t seem to find it somewhere that ships to Australia :(
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PostThu Jul 25, 2019 1:33 am

Dmitry Shijan wrote:
d_j_1983 wrote:Ohh that’s great to hear! Does it show the percentage show on the camera?

Yes, it battery shows battery percentage on BMMCC and on SmallHD monitor as well.


Silly question : the canon OEM batteries say 7.4V and these say 7.2V. Does that difference matter?

Just saw them on the Aloexpress shopping app!
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PostThu Jul 25, 2019 1:35 am

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PostThu Jul 25, 2019 1:40 am

Dmitry Shijan wrote:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32836831874.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32836923146.html


Aw thank you mate! Just saw them too on the AliExpress app!

Just wondering if that difference in voltage 7.2V vs 7.4V is anything to be concerned about?
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PostThu Jul 25, 2019 2:18 am

Oh my mistake I had a look again and it seems like the OEM LP-E6N is 7.2V :)
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PostThu Jul 25, 2019 12:36 pm

Can’t be true, sorry.


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Re: 3rd party LP-E6 Batteries in Pocket 4K

PostThu Jul 25, 2019 5:36 pm

d_j_1983 wrote:Just wondering if that difference in voltage 7.2V vs 7.4V is anything to be concerned about?


No difference. It is just a average voltage label mark.
Real life batteries output voltage range varies: 5V min. (fully discharged), 7.4V normal, 8.4V max. (fully charged).
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Re: 3rd party LP-E6 Batteries in Pocket 4K

PostThu Jul 25, 2019 8:03 pm

Dmitry Shijan wrote:
d_j_1983 wrote:Just wondering if that difference in voltage 7.2V vs 7.4V is anything to be concerned about?


No difference. It is just a average voltage label mark.
Real life batteries output voltage range varies: 5V min. (fully discharged), 7.4V normal, 8.4V max. (fully charged).


Thanks so much mate!
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PostSat Aug 03, 2019 11:15 pm

Australian Image wrote:Or you could buy a new, genuine, Canon LP-E6 for only AU$25: https://tinyurl.com/y4dozow6. It comes with a money back guarantee!

It sounds too good to be true. :D

I took a chance and ordered one. It came today and just like my genuine Canon battery, it shows 22% left in my BMPCC 4K.

If it's fake, they went to a lot of trouble to make it look real. It's a high precision casting, unlike other fakes. Here it is on the left, next to a genuine one on the right.
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Re: 3rd party LP-E6 Batteries in Pocket 4K

PostSun Aug 04, 2019 2:52 am

I got the new Canon LP-E6 battery from bestdigitalusa (funny, I don't remember Hong Kong as being a part of the USA). It was shipped from Guangdong, China however at $21 USD delivered. I charged it to 87% in camera and then was able to record for 41 min. before it shut off. I recorded to a G-Drive Mobile SSD with a manual focus lens, no IS.

At 30 min. in it registered at 73% capacity. When I turned it on after it had shut off, it registered at 65% capacity and shut down again after recording for 5 sec. It then registered at 1% capacity. Fortunately, it popped out easily.

I was hoping to get more out of a battery with a 2019 02 manufacture date. I guess I got my $21 out of it though.

My other Canon LP-E6 battery was one I bought used from B&H for $30 USD with a 9 rating. The date on it is 2018 04. It charges in camera to 99% and has 36% left at 41 minutes. It displays it's reserve accurately and can record for 1 hour.
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PostSun Aug 04, 2019 1:54 pm

I have found the Ravpower to work in the same way as the original Blackmagic camera.
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