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Canon BP511A 1390mAh Lithium Ion Battery Pack for Select Digital Cameras and Camcorders

A lithium ion, 1,100 mah rechargable battery for use with select Canon digital cameras and camcorders

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5 Stars Don’t buy the knock off!
It’s worth the money to buy the Canon brand. These batteries are great and last forever even with flash!

5 Stars Great
Shipped on time however USPS dragged their feet with it. Received 2 days later than expected.

Works fine. Charges fine.

5 Stars CANON BATTERY
WORKS GREAT,HOLDS A CHARGE WELL AND 1/2 THE PRICE OF BEST BUY.FOR THE EXACT SAME BATTERY. RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE.

5 Stars Do not buy cheep one~!!

Do not look for cheaper one.

OEM battery works much better and life is more than 3 times longer.

If you take photos in winter, you will regret your choice of cheap brand.

I have bad experience with cheap one. Always Buy OEM battery.

5 Stars Must have with the battery grip!
Bought this because i bought the battery grip for my 40d and it requires 2 batteries to run isntead of one, but then it doubles the shooting time, hell, i can say it triples or quadruples it, haha.

Pricey, but worth every penny.

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Panasonic DMW BCG10PP Battery for select Panasonic digital cameras

rechargeable lithium ion battery * designed for use with select Panasonic digital cameras * rated at 3.6V, 895mAh * ?appoximate weight: 1.6 ounces * warranty: 1 year *

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5 Stars Alert vendor canceled this transaction
As others have noted, Panasonic is updating the firmware for many of its cameras to prevent the use of non-Panasonic batteries. Even though the description and photo for this item indicate that it’s a genuine Panasonic product, it isn’t. It’s a generic battery, and the vendor emailed to inform me of this before shipping. After exchanging a few more emails with me, the vendor decided he didn’t want to take the chance of shipping me a product that might not work, so he unilaterally canceled the order and refunded my money.

At first, I was annoyed … but in retrospect I appreciated the vendor’s initiative in canceling an order that most customers would have ultimately had to return.

Use caution when buying batteries for recent Panasonic products, not just the ZS3. Verify that the firmware you have (or are willing to downgrade to) allows the use of generic batteries. Annoyingly enough, genuine Panasonic batteries are in very short supply. In fact, I haven’t been able to find them in stock anywhere.

5 Stars This is the Panasonic Battery
Ordered this item to have a back up battery for my brand new Lumix ZS3. This battery is the Panasonic battery, identical to the one that came with the camera.

5 Stars Power in time
It’s tough to review batteries because they are a product we simply want to have work as expected…and last as long as possible. I purchased this rechargeable battery as a second to take with us on a vacation to Europe. Our Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1 10MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Black)and their battery worked extremely well for us and I had the charged spare I needed when I needed it…even on top of Mt Pilatus…and long battery life.

1 Star Misleading Picture, Misrepresentation, Misleading Advertising
Beware of sellings selling this battery. The photo clearly shows it is listed as DMW-BCG10PP. This is what I needed for my Panasonic DMC-ZS3 camera.

After careful checking I found this listing and ordered this battery, or so I thought!

The battery arrived with this comment on the packing slip:

“This is DMW-BCG10E, new in the box, shipping same day. It is not DMW-BCG10PP. You can return, but refund only the product, not the postage”

It is great that seller kohno1 can ship the same day new in box a batter, but it is not the battery I see the picture and it is not the battery I ordered!

I tried to put this battery in my camera and sure enough it said this battery cannot be used.

When I order online, if I see a picture that matches what I’m looking for, down to the exact model number, this is what I expect to receive, not some other replacement that they just happen to have in stock hoping I would not notice or care!

I do not go to McDonalds and order a Big Mac, only to be served a hot dog, and told I can return for a refund except the tax, service fee and bun!

So in total I will be out the shipping to me and the shipping back or about $10. Not because of any fault of my own, only because this seller showed one batter in the picture and knowly send a different battery. (why else would they be so specific in their packing slip comments to say they were shipping a different battery!?)

I see now they have listed this product as out of stock! wow, I sure wish they could have marked it out of stock and saved me the hassle, and cost of shipping the wrong batter back!

5 Stars Panasonic Lumix ZS3 battery
Bought this as a back-up battery for my Lumix DMC-ZS3. I wanted the Panasonic brand, not a “universal” substitute, and it was not so easy to find. I needed to trust what I was getting, not being techno savvy enough to buy generic in this case. I am completely satisfied with the product.

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Sony NP FG1 InfoLITHIUM Type G Rechargeable Li Ion Battery Pack for Sony W and H Series Digital Cameras

Stay powered up for a long time. This Sony infoLITHIUM camera battery pack NP-FG1 conveniently shows you how much time is remaining until you need to recharge.There’s no need to feel powerless again when you carry an extra Sony InfoLITHIUM battery pack NP-FG1 for your camera. Only genuine InfoLITHIUM batteries reliably show you exactly how many minutes of power are left, so you’ll never have to worry about unexpectedly running out of charge.

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5 Stars all right by me !!!
Sony’s G series lithium ion rechargeable battery is just what I need for my Sony digital camera! This battery is well made and it lasts a good while (about 420 still photos or roughly 210 minutes of video) before you need to recharge it. The battery also lets you see in your lens just how many minutes of time you have left before the battery needs to be recharged; and that’s an improvement over the last battery for my digital camera which did not show me that extra bit of information.

The battery may be made in Japan and not in America; in case that makes you uncomfortable I can assure you that you won’t be sacrificing any quality. This was actually a replacement battery for one that I lost and I haven’t regretted this purchase in the least. It fits easily into the battery slot in my digital camera and works quite well. Of course, it also provides the juice to let your camera take video clips if your camera is able to do that. The quality of the images is always very good.

Although some note that this battery is costly, as of the time of this writing it’s cheaper on this website than where I bought mine!

In addition, when you’re not using this, keep it in its small plastic battery container that will come with this battery. With proper care this should last you forever.

Good work, Sony!

5 Stars Better than the original!!
I purchased this battery as a back up for my recent vacation and boy was I glad I did. The battery life is waaaaaay better than the original battery that came with the camera (Sony H-20). I really like the fact that it tells you how many minutes you have left. Just as a side note you can get this cheaper elsewhere. Either way it is well worth the investment if you plan on putting your camera through some high usage.

5 Stars Works fine
Arrived in original, sealed retail packaging. Works fine my sister’s Cybershot W150.

Apparently this battery is better than the one the original shipped with. But with the original battery lasting only nine months, I think the original must have had a flaw of some sort. Anyways the new one works fine and is compatible with the charger that the camera shipped with.

5 Stars Great little device
During a recent trip to scenic Colorado, I put this battery to the test, and it passed with flying colors. This device packs an added bonus of displaying how much time you have left on the charge. I got this battery as an extra so I could be recharging one while shooting pictures on the power of the other. The Sony charger is very simple to use. The battery and charger are an excellent combination.

3 Stars Is this Normal?
I bought a SONY NP-FG1 as a spare for my W290, but it acts strange. When I charge it with the charger that came with the camera, the charging LED would stay on for only about 6 seconds, then go off. Knowing that this battery charger is supposed to operate for about 1 hour after the LED goes off, I left it to charge overnight.

However, I did attempt to see if the battery was charged several times in that period, but no luck, the camera would not function with this battery. However, the next day, one time this battery worked. But when I removed it from the camera,put it back in the charger and then tried it later, again it didn’t work. There must be some circuit in this battery that turns off/on the power for it. For I discovered that occasionally when it is put in the charger and removed, it may or may not provide power. By using a voltmeter, 4.2V should be across the – and + terminals after a full charge, but occasionally, it is off (0.6 v). Weird battery, maybe it is defective or maybe the CSGD charger is marginal.

In any case, the SONY technical support rep, who I contacted, had no idea of what this problem could be, has no knowledge of the characteristics of this battery.

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Canon 2590B002 CG 800 Lithium Ion Battery Charger for 800 Series Batteries

Charges Li-Ion Battery 800 Series: BP-808, BP-809(S), BP-809(B) and BP-819. Plugs directly into a power outlet without a cable. Compatible Canon Camcorders: Vixia HF10, Vixia HF100, FS11, FS10 and FS100 Camcorders

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Canon Charger
This charger allows you to recharge canon battery/s without using your camcorder as the charger. Very handy, but pricey. Takes about 90 min to charge the std. BP-809 battery.

5 Stars Handy Charger
Nice, small, compact charger to keep my backup battery ready to use. LED lites show charge status and plug folds into back of charger, no wire to tangle. Highly recommended.

5 Stars Great external charger
This is an excellent alternative than with the in-camera charging or if you have multiple batteries you can charge your extras with this one. I have a total of 3 batteries for my HF100 and this will be a godsend when traveling. Charging batteries with this unit is faster than the vidcam itself.

4 Stars much better than standard battery
This battery should have came with the Canon HG20. I can record for about 3 hours using this battery. I never ran it down so that is just going on the battery meter on the camera’s LCD for remaining battery life. It does stick out the back of the camera because it has more battery cells but it is the same color as the camera and only sticks out a few millimeters. It doesn’t get in the way so don’t worry about that if you have read that it sticks out. The battery life is great but Canon shouldn’t make you pay the exorbitant price for it to get it separately. They should either reduce the price or include it as a substitute to the standard battery which only provides about 1.5 hours of operation. Again, as with my other reviews, only 4 stars because of the price, which is very high.

5 Stars Canon CG800 Charger Review
I am a satisfied owner of this charger. It is simple to use, recharges my camcorder batteries in a timely fashion and best of all, it’s about the size of a small bar of soap. The power plug folds into the charger when necessary making the charger very easy to pack. It weighs practically nothing too.

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