canon 5dii battery.

looking to pick up a spare battery, do the aftermarkets work good or do i need to drop $60+ on a canon brand spare?

http://sterlingtek.com …n-5d-mark-ii-battery.html

I've had good luck with the SterlingTek line. Many others use this battery as well. $23 at the link above and also available off Amazon.

I personally never use after market batteries...
But that is just me. I have 2 LP-E6 batteries, and was not able to use them up completely during a day of shooting. As of the After market ones, my friend has a 400D, and uses after market batteries, well they do not last a day.

I run a mixture of OEM and aftermarket cells, and cannot honestly tell the difference. I have both originals and Energizer batteries in my 5Dc, and after five years both types are still delivering healthy output. I alternate a pair of originals and a pair of Hahnels in my gripped 5DII and, again, can't tell the difference.

Depends where you are, but in the UK Hahnel and Energizer batteries are popular; people in the USA seem great fans of Sterlingtek

Aftermarket works the same. Just get the "decoded" ones that will still show battery % in the camera. 2800mAh lasts me all day. I haven't seen anything higher than 2800 though.

thanks for the info.

I've bought many aftermarket and Chinese knock offs, all work great.

NemethR wrote in post #16087537
I personally never use after market batteries...
But that is just me. I have 2 LP-E6 batteries, and was not able to use them up completely during a day of shooting. As of the After market ones, my friend has a 400D, and uses after market batteries, well they do not last a day.

The batteries for the 400D are completely different and have a much lower capacity than the LP-E6. They are good for about half the shots OEM or not.

NemethR wrote in post #16087537
I personally never use after market batteries...
But that is just me. I have 2 LP-E6 batteries, and was not able to use them up completely during a day of shooting. As of the After market ones, my friend has a 400D, and uses after market batteries, well they do not last a day.

So - you need to keep track of the name of his bad batteries. Why? Because there are many brands and a number of them have repeatedly shown that their batteries are every bit as good as the Canon batteries - while sold at a lower price.

So as long as people don't just look at price but do look at name too, then third-party batteries can be an excellent choice.

I use the Sterlingteks in my 6D and cannot tell the difference and they report just like the Canon.

Sterlingtek and Wasabi work as good as Canon for me in the 5d3

SterlingTek still going strong after more than two years.

I've bought two additional SterlingTeks for each of my cameras and they work fine for me. I also bought a SterlingTek charger to replace a lost Canon charger and it works fine also.

m3incorp wrote in post #16092065
I've bought two additional SterlingTeks for each of my cameras and they work fine for me. I also bought a SterlingTek charger to replace a lost Canon charger and it works fine also.

Just bought one of those today myself. $15 shipped from Amazon is definitely worth it to be able to charge 2 batteries at once. (with OEM charger) Almost imperative with a grip.

mike_311 wrote in post #16087145
looking to pick up a spare battery, do the aftermarkets work good or do i need to drop $60+ on a canon brand spare?

I've been buying cheap knock-off non-Canon batteries for years. seemed to perform just as good as the official Canon batteries