Hi,
Its been a long time since I posted on the forum though have remained lurking however I find myself in need of advice.
I have a work colleague who has just purchased a 60D and who is fortunate to be going on safari in couple of months. Naturally I am as Jealous as a jealous thing. He is looking for spare batteries for the camera but has been stopped short of purchase having read reviews that some third party equivalent LP-E6 batteries either cannot be charged with the original charger or do not display charge status info on camera or cannot be registered with the camera. Has anybody who owns an EOS 60D bought replacment batteries that are 100% compatible and if so could you advise where they were purchased?
I have always bought my replacment batteries from 7dayshop and have always been pleased with both the supplier and the resulting purchase but it would seem now that batteries are coded (have an onboard chip) which communicates with the charger and camera when fitted. Is this true and if so does anybody know the reason why canon have chosen to go down this route?
I would be grateful of any advice.
Thanks in advance
Its been a long time since I posted on the forum though have remained lurking however I find myself in need of advice.
I have a work colleague who has just purchased a 60D and who is fortunate to be going on safari in couple of months. Naturally I am as Jealous as a jealous thing. He is looking for spare batteries for the camera but has been stopped short of purchase having read reviews that some third party equivalent LP-E6 batteries either cannot be charged with the original charger or do not display charge status info on camera or cannot be registered with the camera. Has anybody who owns an EOS 60D bought replacment batteries that are 100% compatible and if so could you advise where they were purchased?
I have always bought my replacment batteries from 7dayshop and have always been pleased with both the supplier and the resulting purchase but it would seem now that batteries are coded (have an onboard chip) which communicates with the charger and camera when fitted. Is this true and if so does anybody know the reason why canon have chosen to go down this route?
I would be grateful of any advice.
Thanks in advance
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