LP-E6 battery for 5DMKII PRICE!!!!!!

-3% rebate at live.com.

What's the deal with the Phottix LP-E6 listing for around $30 on EBay? Is this a legitimate alternative to the Canon brand?

The auction says the same as all the others. No battery info. I actually have (4) legit LP-E6s but I also have one generic. I had wanted a generic charger as they can charge Canon LPE6s so I could do two at once. Price was $11 but for $7 more I could get one generic battery too. I figured why not. It looks like the orig and seems well constructed. 5D2 gives communication error upon insertion and you over-ride. Works fine but you have no idea how much juice you have and of course cant register it.
So I could use it as an emergency battery while others are charging but nothing like the real thing....
FYI, I paid $79.95 for the first two LP-E6s and then $110 shipped for the last two. Not a cheap hobby.....

who needs a second battery? I shot three assignmets on one battery and there is still lots of energy

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I agree for pics, but I found that running around after my toddler in the park for video really ate up the juice. I have a tiny MKE400 mic and find the combo very convenient for home video stuff. I am likely to have my 5D2 with me anyway, and found myself with the Canon HV10 HD cam at home so decided to jump on the video bandwagon!

I think a lot of consumers basically underestimated the extraneous cost of the video feature in the 5DII. A higher lithium-ion density battery is necessary to run the video feature and therefore costs more. In order to eliminate some of the undesirable audio like motor humming and wind noise from the built in micro, an external micro becomes necessary, etc. Canon, like any other companies, knows how to milk its cow.

dandig wrote in post #6617638
Oh dear.....

http://www.vistek.ca …-pack-for-5d-mark-ii.aspx

I kind of saw this coming but still.....$210 for a battery!?! Yikes! Nearly 3 times the price of the NOINK d700 battery. I'm sure they are going to tell us that chip inside them is very expensive.

uhm. it is $120. not $210

uhm, that was six months ago

This thread i sonly 4 month old. Still I bought mine from Vistek for $120 2 months ago.
Still high though for a battery.

OK, remedial addition for everyone, it was started 3 Nov, so that was 5 months 10 ten days ago.

nontetheredbrain wrote in post #7517316
OK, remedial addition for everyone, it was started 3 Nov, so that was 5 months 10 ten days ago.

Actually isn't it 4 months and 10 ten days?

OK, I give up!

Wow this one of mine is still going eh! haha

Well i'm glad to see the price has come down $100 , that's quite the drop.

Give it a few months...