p.4 #1 · Canon LP-E6N battery-stick with OEM or is generic good enough
A battery use observation with the R6II and BG-R10 grip after shooting one half of a football game at a few degrees below freezing. Grip had one each Canon LP-E6NH and Neewer LP-E6NH. Both batteries have about one month's worth of use, probably under 10 charge cycles.
The camera/grip appears to balance power use from the batteries so that they discharge at a similar rate. Both were at 70% at the half, +/- a percent or two. But the Canon battery was attributed to 30% more images than the Neewer.
For the second half, I installed two Canon LP-E6NH batteries. One was the same age as the Canon battery used for the first half. The other was older, but I'm not sure how much older because it came with a loaner camera. At the end of the game, again, the percentage charge remaining was very similar, but this time so were the number of images attributed to each battery.
I typically mix batteries in the grip - one Canon and one Neewer - so that when in EFCS mode, the camera will maintain peak fps rates for a longer period than using two Neewer batteries in the grip. That said, for the football game I used only e-shutter where this isn't relevant. But it got me curious if the 30% better image count with the Canon battery is an indication of the average performance difference between OEM and third party batteries.
p.4 #3 · Canon LP-E6N battery-stick with OEM or is generic good enough
rscheffler wrote:
A battery use observation with the R6II and BG-R10 grip after shooting one half of a football game at a few degrees below freezing. Grip had one each Canon LP-E6NH and Neewer LP-E6NH. Both batteries have about one month's worth of use, probably under 10 charge cycles.
The camera/grip appears to balance power use from the batteries so that they discharge at a similar rate. Both were at 70% at the half, +/- a percent or two. But the Canon battery was attributed to 30% more images than the Neewer.
For the second half, I installed two Canon LP-E6NH batteries. One was the same age as the Canon battery used for the first half. The other was older, but I'm not sure how much older because it came with a loaner camera. At the end of the game, again, the percentage charge remaining was very similar, but this time so were the number of images attributed to each battery.
I typically mix batteries in the grip - one Canon and one Neewer - so that when in EFCS mode, the camera will maintain peak fps rates for a longer period than using two Neewer batteries in the grip. That said, for the football game I used only e-shutter where this isn't relevant. But it got me curious if the 30% better image count with the Canon battery is an indication of the average performance difference between OEM and third party batteries....Show more →
ES for football and you didn't encounter any RS? If you are curious about performance, look at the objective results of Camnostic which are along the lines of your observations.
p.4 #5 · Canon LP-E6N battery-stick with OEM or is generic good enough
armd wrote:
ES for football and you didn't encounter any RS? If you are curious about performance, look at the objective results of Camnostic which are along the lines of your observations.
The R6II is apparently 14ms sensor scan speed, which is faster than the R6 and R5, which previously were the fastest non-stacked FF sensor cameras on the market.
Rolling shutter can be visible in certain situations, but usually it's a non-issue when images are viewed individually. With football the oblong shape of the ball helps disguise distortion. The only times it's a problem is when the ball is kicked. It will be more of a problem with sports that use round balls and/or sticks or bats.
The rolling shutter effects I most see in my football images are when I shoot vertically and am panning with a running player who suddenly changes direction. There will be a frame or two where the background looks either stretched or compressed, depending on the change of direction. But this is only noticeable when scrolling through sequences. Those frames on their own look fine. So far no problem with leaning backgrounds, obviously distorted limbs, etc.
I posted a few photos where distortion was evident here.
p.4 #6 · Canon LP-E6N battery-stick with OEM or is generic good enough
rscheffler wrote:
A battery use observation with the R6II and BG-R10 grip after shooting one half of a football game at a few degrees below freezing. Grip had one each Canon LP-E6NH and Neewer LP-E6NH. Both batteries have about one month's worth of use, probably under 10 charge cycles.
The camera/grip appears to balance power use from the batteries so that they discharge at a similar rate. Both were at 70% at the half, +/- a percent or two. But the Canon battery was attributed to 30% more images than the Neewer.
For the second half, I installed two Canon LP-E6NH batteries. One was the same age as the Canon battery used for the first half. The other was older, but I'm not sure how much older because it came with a loaner camera. At the end of the game, again, the percentage charge remaining was very similar, but this time so were the number of images attributed to each battery.
I typically mix batteries in the grip - one Canon and one Neewer - so that when in EFCS mode, the camera will maintain peak fps rates for a longer period than using two Neewer batteries in the grip. That said, for the football game I used only e-shutter where this isn't relevant. But it got me curious if the 30% better image count with the Canon battery is an indication of the average performance difference between OEM and third party batteries....Show more →
Just a follow up observation about 9 months later after another football game. Same strategy as before - one Canon LP-E6NH and one Neewer clone in the BG-R10 grip. As before, more actuations were attributed to the Canon battery than the Neewer, but this time the difference was about 50% more for the Canon, which implies a widening performance gap between the two.
Edit - just to clarify, the batteries are the same ones I used last fall and are tens of thousands of actuations and almost a year older.
Other than this apparent widening performance gap, the Neewer batteries have been reliable. No noticeable sudden capacity drop off. They typically run two for half the price of a Canon battery and include a USB dual-battery charger. I have to admit the charger is one of the reasons I bought these (and of the third party options, these appeared to test as the most reliable) and has been useful for in-the-field battery charging from a USB power brick, for both the Neewer and Canon batteries. I'm kind of surprised Canon hasn't tried to make the LP-E6NH's battery charger more versatile given how long this battery model has been used over the decades.
p.4 #7 · Canon LP-E6N battery-stick with OEM or is generic good enough
I've used Wasabi batteries in my Canon DSLRs since the 60D. I can get two of them for 1/3 the price of 1 Canon battery. That said, I'm not sure they are a bargain. They don't stay charged as well when not in use. They offer few shots per charge. They die completely without warning. I will be replacing my current (3 left) Wasabi batteries, when they die, with OEM. Tired of the hassle of having to charge and carry 3 batteries to make sure I get through an afternoon of shooting.
p.4 #8 · Canon LP-E6N battery-stick with OEM or is generic good enough
Hi I'm using a STK LP-E6 Battery for my Canon R7. I read it is equally good as the new E6NH - and it is written capacity 2600mAh
One funny fact is that the name on the back is NOT STK as it is in photos I saw on Amazon for example, but it is written POWWER [with double W] made in china.
I wonder if this is a chinese version of the genuin SterlingTEK battries
p.4 #9 · Canon LP-E6N battery-stick with OEM or is generic good enough
ha1952 wrote:
Hi I'm using a STK LP-E6 Battery for my Canon R7. I read it is equally good as the new E6NH - and it is written capacity 2600mAh
One funny fact is that the name on the back is NOT STK as it is in photos I saw on Amazon for example, but it is written POWWER [with double W] made in china.
I wonder if this is a chinese version of the genuin SterlingTEK battries
Thanks
Hanani
They sell POWWER on Amazon. Anything that isn't genuine Canon is a knockoff. Maybe whoever Sterlingek bought that batch from in China put the wrong customer's brand on it.
