timbop wrote:
screwing up an expensive camera to save a few bucks on a battery doesn\'t make sense, IMHO.
Why bother messing with it?
I\'m not one to shy away from third-party options when they work. I used third-party batteries with my old 5D and I use them currently with my Fujifilm X-E1.
However, several attempts to try third-party batteries from a reliable supplier for my 5D2 were unsuccessful and at this point I would no longer bother. It may well be that someone has now produced versions that are more likely to work and be reliable, but I cannot afford to find myself out somewhere doing photography and discover that my batteries don\'t work.
As others have pointed out, it seems like a false economy to carry thousands or tens of thousands of dollars of high end gear into the field, sometimes traveling great distances... and then risk the ability to shoot in order to save a fe bucks on batteries.
Dan
Jul 25, 2013 at 08:55 AM
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