Original battery vs. aftermarket

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Are there any differences? They both do the same thing and have the same voltage and mAh
 
Apart from problems with warranty. Just make sure if sending off for repair etc you provide the original battery.
 
A lot of cameras nowadays have software that recognises legit batteries and will give error messages and shut down when fitted with 3rd party ones. Just check your camera isnt one of them first.
Otherwise, get one from a reputable dealer or ones that are recommended by others.
Allan
 
sure you can't go off buying £2 batteries on eBay shipped out of china but Hama and such really wouldn't sell you crap.
 
Anyone know where to get a good aftermarket battery from? How do you know which to avoid?
 
Using 7dayshop spares myself, but I recently purchased some energizer branded ones from them. I was thinking branded 3rd party should be less risky to use.
 
have a look at amazon too, but not marketplace.
 
Zsev said:
Using 7dayshop spares myself, but I recently purchased some energizer branded ones from them. I was thinking branded 3rd party should be less risky to use.
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I've just purchased an Energizer one from 7dayshop. A lot cheaper than £30-40 for a genuine Nikon battery.
 
While 3rd party batteries are fine for most cameras (used them for my 40D), there are some cameras such as the Canon 5D mkII that require chipped batteries for all functions. Not sure if they work with 3rd party as a single battery (believe they do in a grip) but worth checking.
 
I bought a £10 battery from Fleabay for my Sony. That was delivered from China.
It's just as good as the genuine supplied Sony one. The only way to tell them apart is that Sony is spelt Son in the printing on the battery.:lol:
 
I bought a cheap EN-EL3e from fleabay about 3 months ago as a Genuine Nikon, and it didnt hold its charge very long, which got worse as the months went on, I took the camera into a local camera shop and the owner pointed out the battery was a fake!! I contacted the shop (UK based) and threatened them with legal action and they refunded my £25 quid.

I now only buy my batteries from Amazon cheap
 
allanm said:
A lot of cameras nowadays have software that recognises legit batteries and will give error messages and shut down when fitted with 3rd party ones. Just check your camera isnt one of them first.
Otherwise, get one from a reputable dealer or ones that are recommended by others.
Allan
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Who told you that?
 
I haven't had any experience with aftermarket batteries but from what i've read the aftermarket ones do not last as long as the genuine ones. I always go for the genuine batteries.
 
Bought a no brand battery for my E-P1 for £6 from Amazon. Works absolutely fine, no problems at all. I haven't done any proper tests with it, but it seems pretty close to the official battery in terms of how long it lasts per charge.
 
inaneredstripe said:
none of our canon batteries are original now.
theyre all aftermarket.
higher capacity (mAh, so last longer) and cheaper than the overpriced genuine batteries.
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That's my experience on the 550D. One of the pushes to get it was that my point-and-shoot (another brand) required a 'chipped' battery. Such things can be hacked to a larger cell, though - given enough time and a soldering iron etc...
 
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I use copy LP-E6 batteries in my 5D2 that I got of ebay, you can't tell the copies from the origional bettery they are so identical.

I've read horro stories on the web about LP-E4 copies including 7day ones that dont last long on a charge and fail fairly quickly.

Never heard of a camera that shuts down when it finds a hooky battery ?
 
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Never heard of a camera that shuts down when it finds a hooky battery ?
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When the D300 was first released in 2007 they would not work unless there was a 'chipped' battery. The battery was the same as the one in the D80, the only difference was that the D80 would work with a battery that was not chipped.

The problem was that the copies / third party sellers did not realise this and simply sold the battery as suitable for the D300, they eventually caught on and started chipping the batteries.
 
Definitely third party. So much cheaper, and if you get decent ones, such as 7dayshop, hama, etc, then you shouldn't have any problems.
 
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