50€ battery solution for BMPCC

It's a XTPower MP-10000 power-bank (10.000MAh 12VDC 37Wh)
http://www.amazon.it/XTPower%C2%AE-MP-1 ... ds=mp10000
You will need to build a cable from 2.35/0.7mm (bmpcc) to 5.5/2.1mm (powerbank).


Made a test of the camera outside, temperature was +5°C (41F) constant. Camera loaded with a dead battery. Brightness set at 100%.
Set in ProResProxy, it recorded a 4 hour 39 minutes before switching off.


Merry Christmas!

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thanks for the idea

Grazie !

Jean-David

I've got this, too. Works great. Be sure to set to 12V. Lanporte makes a specific power cable that connects to BMPCC. I only wish it were longer. It's about 26 inches.

...and on their Website you can find it as "B-Ware" - I don't have the exact translation, but it means, that it can have e.g. a scratch on the box etc for a little more than 30,- eur or if it needs more, than there is a box with 50.000 mAh

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It's a XTPower MP-10000 power-bank (10.000MAh 12VDC 37Wh)
http://www.amazon.it/XTPower%C2%AE-MP-1 ... ds=mp10000
You will need to build a cable from 2.35/0.7mm (bmpcc) to 5.5/2.1mm (powerbank).


Made a test of the camera outside, temperature was +5°C (41F) constant. Camera loaded with a dead battery. Brightness set at 100%.
Set in ProResProxy, it recorded a 4 hour 39 minutes before switching off.


Merry Christmas!

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IMGP5222.JPG

I did the exact same thing indoors yesterday (73ish degrees) and only got slightly under 3 hours of record time. WTF!?!

Maybe the Powerbank was not fully charged?

I've got this, too. Works great. Be sure to set to 12V. Lanporte makes a specific power cable that connects to BMPCC. I only wish it were longer. It's about 26 inches.

That cable has a L-shaped connector. Did not work if you have a cage.

The (possibly Chinese) producer of this thingie is an impudent liar. The battery is not 12v 10000ma. It's 3.7v 10000ma (which gives 37Wh).

My 400-Rouble (5-Euro) solution is a notebook battery which gave me 14.8V * 4800 mAh = 71 Wh. Really about 60 Wh since it's bought used. It has 8 18650 cells. And you can charge it with your notebook (I have a drone charger for every imaginable charging task).

I've been using my MōVI M5 batteries to power the BMPCC -- just cut the power cord for the camera and soldered on a JST connector. The M5 batteries are nice compact LiPos and will power the BMPCC for several hours.

The (possibly Chinese) producer of this thingie is an impudent liar. The battery is not 12v 10000ma. It's 3.7v 10000ma (which gives 37Wh).

My 400-Rouble (5-Euro) solution is a notebook battery which gave me 14.8V * 4800 mAh = 71 Wh. Really about 60 Wh since it's bought used. It has 8 18650 cells. And you can charge it with your notebook (I have a drone charger for every imaginable charging task).

its not a lie, maybe you don't know how batteries works.
when you put 3+3+3+3Volt you get 12V

... when mounted in series like a flashlight.


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... when mounted in series like a flashlight.


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exactly

... when mounted in series like a flashlight.

Exactly. And stacked into a pack 4 times thicker that this thingie. Battery of 10AH would be about 10mm thick (For comparison: I have an OQO2 and it's battery is 4500mAh and 5mm thick), the stack of 4 batteries would be 40mm thick.

just to add to the discussion - it's a year I have this battery pack and still working flawlessly.