Canon LP-E8 battery. Can you confirm this is original?

Hello there guys, today i received a new LP-E8 from amazon.de (sold by amazon)
at the pictures below you can see my old one which is the left one (was together with my 550D bought in august 2011) and the new one i received which is the right one.

i am making this thread mainly because of the differences showed in picture 2 and i was wondering if canon changed the lettering on the newer batteries.

Anyone bought recently any LP-E8 and can confirm that i got an original one?

the case i opened for the battery had to be destroyed in order to open (so i guess no a returned fake amazon battery)

weight of the new battery is about 40grams like my old one (my mini scale is analog and not so good)

any help appreciated

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It can and does happen.
Here:http://www.amazon.com …tal-Cameras/dp/B00393THEK

and then this:
http://www.amazon.com …rd_r=13GEM5FXN2​PJ1RDHVCRW

To be sure I'd pack it up in whatever remains of the packaging and follow the Amazon return procedure. If it's misrepresented they'll most likely want to provide the proper product or refund.

The best indication of a genuine battery is probably the Canon hologram on the packaging.

Canon has pictures of a real and counterfeit LP-E8 in their advisory but I can't tell them apart except for the printing shade of gray. However, both of them (and your old one) are made in Japan, and you new one is made in China. So either Canon switched manufacturing of the battery to China, which would account for the new label, or this isn't a very good fake.

(I have one LP-E6 which is says "cell made in Japan, pack assembled in China", and a newer one that says "made in China". Both are real Canon, so yes it looks like they switched.)

NU27D wrote in post #14121229
It can and does happen.
Here:http://www.amazon.com …tal-Cameras/dp/B00393THEK

and then this:
http://www.amazon.com …rd_r=13GEM5FXN2​PJ1RDHVCRW

To be sure I'd pack it up in whatever remains of the packaging and follow the Amazon return procedure. If it's misrepresented they'll most likely want to provide the proper product or refund.

mine is not gray colour and the lettering details seem to be ok.

i just wonder if they make now the batteries in China and also if they totally changed the lettering on the one side which they differ so much.

thanks Giorgos

lar55 wrote in post #14122732
The best indication of a genuine battery is probably the Canon hologram on the packaging.

Canon has pictures of a real and counterfeit LP-E8 in their advisory but I can't tell them apart except for the printing shade of gray. However, both of them (and your old one) are made in Japan, and you new one is made in China. So either Canon switched manufacturing of the battery to China, which would account for the new label, or this isn't a very good fake.

(I have one LP-E6 which is says "cell made in Japan, pack assembled in China", and a newer one that says "made in China". Both are real Canon, so yes it looks like they switched.)

can u give me production dates of your old battery and your new one??

thank you!

Giorgos wrote in post #14125619
can u give me production dates of your old battery and your new one??

If I'm reading it right, the old battery is stamped "2010 11" and the new one is "2011 11". (It looks like a date code, but it is preceded by only Japanese (?) characters, so I'm not sure.)

Not sure if it helps but one is made in Japan and the other is made in China.???

I recommend searching for the battery's serial number and seeing if anything comes up.

I bought a battery off Amazon.ca, but from a reseller. Guaranteed it was real and authentic. It didn't look like the one that came with my camera so I did some research. Just typed in my s/n of the new battery and up pops a post from someone who bought one in China with the same s/n. Did more research and there looked to be more reasons that it was a fake than a real one (marks on the battery, text, etc.). I returned it to the seller who still claimed it was real, so maybe it was, but I just didn't trust it. Got my shipping refunded too!

lar55 wrote in post #14127626
If I'm reading it right, the old battery is stamped "2010 11" and the new one is "2011 11". (It looks like a date code, but it is preceded by only Japanese (?) characters, so I'm not sure.)

similar dates for my batteries too and my newer one also is made in china.
packaging seems to be legit also , although i am waiting answers to my emails to canon.

seems at late 2011 and on some batteries are made in china.
i dont think my battery is a replaced fake because the case in order to be opened it has to be destroyed because it is glued. and i bought it straight from amazon not a reseller.

Ok guys got my answer


Thank you for your email and images. We have reviewed the images and concluded that the LP-E8 shown on the right which you recently purchased is GENUINE.

Canon appreciates your support in its efforts to stop the sale of counterfeits. We encourage you to contact us again in the future should you purchase or become aware o, similarly suspicious product. It is our hope that you will continue to buy only genuine Canon products. Thank you for being a Canon customer.

With best regards,

The Canon Anti-counterfeiting Group