5D Mark II Battery Life

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Afternoon all,

Just wonder how many shots you usually get from one battery on the 5D. I've just done a studio shoot today and my battery was drained quick than i filled my 8GB CF card. I managed to get around 230 shots from one battery whereas my 50D would last for weeks on a single charge.

I was using a 24-70 so IS couldn't be draining the battery either... :thinking:
 
Was that a genuine Canon LP-E6? Mine lasts forever on a single charge (also use non-IS lenses). Were you using live view or video capture? Lots of image reviewing on the LCD maybe?
 
It wasn't a genuine battery btw - maybe i have a dudd? No live view or videos were taken either.

Do you use any non-gen ones? If so, how many shots do you get from them?
 
Both of mine are genuine LP-E6. No experience with third party batteries on the 5D II, sorry :)
 
HybridUK said:
It wasn't a genuine battery btw - maybe i have a dudd? No live view or videos were taken either.

Do you use any non-gen ones? If so, how many shots do you get from them?
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That'll be why, some of the non-genuine ones dont seem to have the capacity of the Canon. Probably not so much a dud as a risk of buying a cheap battery.
 
I best save up and buy another genuine one then lol.

I'd be interested in hearing from a few people who are using third-party batteries though...
 
I normally use Genuine Canon Batts in the 5DII, but did get a couple of the newer 3rd party ones with a 3rd part Grip I purchased,

What I will say about the 3rd party ones is they were rated at 1400Mah rather than the 1800Mah of the original canon ones, using 2 in a grip I have never had any issue with them running out in a day, but do feel they don't hold a solid charge as long as the canon ones,

I have also used 3rd party batts in the 1D IV and they range from poor to truly awful, bad fit and just not anywhere near Canon quality.

Really you get what you pay for, if you are investing in quality kit, invest in decent batteries as well.
 
I have a genuine and a 3rd party in mine and can't tell the difference! I'd say yours is a dud.
 
I have a third party battery and it lasts almost as long as my genuine one - maybe 30-50 shots less..
 
Think i may just be getting in touch with the ebay seller then. :(
 
shot a wedding today, took nearly 1000 pics on it and the battery still had 2/3rds left!!!

it's worth paying the high price for official batteries for 5d2 imo :)
 
Just to let you all know, i managed to get in touch with the ebay seller who acknowledged he had a faulty batch. He's asked for the battery back for swap out from another batch. Hopefully this one will keep ticking a bit longer.

btw - i've ordered a real-i-am just incase. :)
 
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