Where to get a spare battery

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for my canon 350d?


im going traveling around the beaches of normandy in june and think im going to need it :) :clap:

any tips where to get one?
 
There are loads of original and after market versions around. Try Googling BP511A and see all the hits you get.
 
It's worth looking at 7dayshop.com they have both Genuine Canon Versions as well as pattern versions. Although there are plenty of other online shops / ebay where you can get either type.

I don't know how much you know about batteries so if you know this forgive me but when buying a pattern battery always look at the specification which consists of 2 things the voltage (e.g. 3.7V) and mAH rating e.g. 1500mAH. Always double check that that the votage is the same as the genuine article. The mAH rating basically tells you how long it will last. Never get on with a lower rating (e.g. 1400mAH) as you will be disapointed, the good news is that quite often you can find larger capacity batteries (e.g. 1650mAH) that last longer, upto a few hundred shots per charge.

Many of the cheapest batteries are significantly lower in mAH's than the genuine and you may only get a few shots off per charge. So watch out.
 
Chappers said:
There are loads of original and after market versions around. Try Googling BP511A and see all the hits you get.
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i take it that is the serial number for the battery i will have :nuts:
 
The BP511a is the battery for my 5D I used as an example sorry. Try just adding 350D battery into Google. I think the 350 takes the smaller NB2L, check your manual for exact type number

Again apologies if I confused you
 
I use Hahnel batteries and they're very good. 2 year guarantee and you can buy two for the price of 1 genuine Canon unit.

Hahnels last a little longer as their mAh capacity is a little larger.

Cheers, Mark
 
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