p.14 #1 · Canon R5 Mk II - battery issue in cold weather
Most likely at this point nearly 2 years in there will not be any changes to the R5 II. The R5 III will probably solve the problem by being more power efficient.
p.14 #3 · Canon R5 Mk II - battery issue in cold weather
rscheffler wrote:
This has come up before and it would be interesting to have an R5/R6 series grip option that takes the LP-E19. On the other hand, I do like using the R5II without a vertical grip for 'normal' and casual use. Multiple use cases may overlap on a trip so to have to bring along two battery types and chargers would be somewhat annoying. And that raises another point. The R1, R3, 1DX series cameras come with the charger. If one is strictly an R5/R6 series user, and if a grip that used the LP-E19 become available, having to purchase the charger for it would be expensive, given how overpriced it is. Unless it was bundled more reasonably with the grip. If not, grip ($400), charger ($400) and a battery ($180) would approach $1000. There are aftermarket chargers supposedly compatible with the LP-E19 but it is unclear to me if they're actually just using the LP-E4 charging protocol, which IIRC, will not fully charge the LP-E19.
IMO LP-E19 would be most interesting if it improved the camera's ability to drive the AF of certain lenses, as has been show to be the case with the R1 and R3 vs. R5/R6 series.
Otherwise, for cold weather, if one can tolerate the inconvenience of a cable, powering from a USB-C brick would be far less costly. And a power brick can be used for so many more things likely found in a photographers kit than the LP-E19. ...Show more →
Nikon has a compact USB-C PD charger for the EN-EL18D (similar to LP-E19) that is $120 without a power adapter. Sony also has a PD charger. I think that will be the future.
