JohnJ80 wrote:
Canon is no different than anyone else in buying batteries. Unless they\'ve fired up their own battery factory making cells and I missed it, they are in exactly the same boat as everyone else.
The real world results suggest that your faith in this theory is perhaps unfounded.
Theories are wonderful and useful things. But it is always useful to check them against the real world.
There are undoubtedly far more Canon-branded batteries in use in Canon cameras than there are third-party batteries. If they were suffering from problems at the rates you predict based on your theory, we should be reading quite a few posts by folks whose Canon batteries failed. However, that is not the case. In fact, I can\'t recall a single post complaining about unreliable Canon LPE6 batteries, much less the number we see reporting problematic experiences with the third-party versions.
gheller wrote:
if, in fact, people have had great success with (good) aftermarket batteries (I\'m one of them), why pay 3 - 4x the price just so that they say Canon on them?
As they say, asked and answered. But, one more time...
I am not choosing Canon batteries \"just because they say Canon on them.\" Can we please knock it off with that silliness?
\"People have success with (good) aftermarket batteries,\" including you. (And including me - just not with the LPE6 replacements.) But \"people\" (me and others) have reported a number of issues that draw the level of their reliability into question.
I bought and had good results from some third-party batteries for different cameras and as I have written (repeatedly, ad nauseum) I would buy those other types of batteries from third party sources again. My specific problem - and the problem reported by a large enough number of other users to create legitimate concerns - was with the chipped LPE6 replacement batteries for the 5D2.
I\'m as happy as anyone to save money when I can do so and be assured of getting a high quality and reliable product. However, I\'m unwilling to risk my ability to create my photographs so that I can save a small amount of money on batteries. Relative to the costs of my equipment and the time and monetary costs of producing my photography, the few dollars difference between third-party (which have proven unreliable to me) and Canon (which have been entirely reliable for me) batteries is trivial - far less than 1% of my overall investment.
If you are happy with third-party batteries - and I\'m sure that many of them work well for many people - then so be it. There is a decent chance that they may work fine for you. But after the very real experience I had, which did jeopardize my ability to complete a photographic project in the back-country, I\'m unwilling to take the chance when a reliable product is available for a reasonable price.
It has nothing at all to do with the label on the battery.
JohnJ80 wrote:
Canon is no different than anyone else in buying batteries. Unless they\'ve fired up their own battery factory making cells and I missed it, they are in exactly the same boat as everyone else.
The real world results suggest that your faith in this theory is perhaps unfounded.
gheller wrote:
if, in fact, people have had great success with (good) aftermarket batteries (I\'m one of them), why pay 3 - 4x the price just so that they say Canon on them?
As they say, asked and answered. But, one more time...
\"People have success with (good) aftermarket batteries,\" including you. But people (me and others) have reported a number of issues that draw their reliability into question. I am not choosing Canon batteries \"just because they same Canon on them.\" Can we please knock it off with that silliness?
I bought and had good results from some third-party batteries for different cameras and as I have written (repeatedly, ad nauseum) I would buy those other types of batteries from third party sources again. My specific problem - and the problem reported by a large enough number of other users to create legitimate concerns - was with the chipped LPE6 replacement batteries for the 5D2.
I\'m as happy as anyone to save money when I can do so and be assured of getting a high quality and reliable product. However, I\'m unwilling to risk my ability to create my photographs so that I can save a small amount of money. Relative to the overall costs of my equipment and the time and monetary costs of producing my photography, the few dollars difference between third-party (which have proven unreliable to me) and Canon (which have been entirely reliable for me) batteries is trivial - not even on the order of 1% of my overall costs.
If you are happy with third-party batteries - and I\'m sure that many of them work well for many people - then so be it. There is a decent chance that they may work fine for you. But after the very real experience I had, which did jeopardize my ability to complete a photographic project in the back-country, I\'m unwilling to take the chance when a reliable product is available for a reasonable price.
It has nothing at all to do with the label on the battery.
Dan
Sep 03, 2012 at 10:56 AM
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