Does the Canon 7D have a "smart" battery that communicates with the charger like the 1D series or is it "dumb"? I'd like to get another battery and there's a good price difference between the Canon brand and a third party battery. Thanks.
cristphoto Goldmember 1,052 posts Likes: 72 Joined Feb 2010 Location: Maryland More info | Apr 23, 2012 09:14 | #1 Does the Canon 7D have a "smart" battery that communicates with the charger like the 1D series or is it "dumb"? I'd like to get another battery and there's a good price difference between the Canon brand and a third party battery. Thanks. 1DX MK II, 5D MKIV x2, 24L II, 35L II, 50L, 85LIS, 100LIS Macro, 135L, 16-35LIS, 24-105LIS II, 70-200LIS, 100-400LIS II
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JohnfromPA Cream of the Crop 11,258 posts Likes: 1527 Joined May 2003 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania More info | Apr 23, 2012 09:20 | #2 Many people have had success with the batteries supplied by SterlingTek. See http://sterlingtek.com/lp66-canon-7d-battery.html
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amfoto1 Cream of the Crop 10,331 posts Likes: 146 Joined Aug 2007 Location: San Jose, California More info | Apr 23, 2012 10:52 | #3 Be a little careful with the really cheap third party batteries. Some of them don't have the onboard curcuitry to support all the functions of the OEM batteries. But somewhat better quality third party batteries pretty much do everything that the OEM ones do. Sterlingtek is one good source. I imagine the third party batteries from reputible online retailers such as B&H and Adorama are good, too. Alan Myers
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andrewrenneisen Member 78 posts Joined Oct 2011 Location: Syracuse, NY More info | Apr 23, 2012 12:11 | #4 Third party batteries have worked fine for me.. just make sure you get them from a reputable source as mentioned above.
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Apr 23, 2012 14:03 | #5 I use Sterlingtek in my 7D and haven't had any issues.
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