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I remember someone - and I think it was Rufus - saying that he got third party batteries for a Canon camera for ~GBP 9 and they were fine.
I'm curious where I would get cheap batteries and what other peoples experiences are with them!
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With my picnic portable Canon S40 - the after market batteries are far far superior to the official Canon batteries.
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While it's not a Canon experience, I bought a generic silver battery for my olympus, and it lasts longer than my eight-month-old original battery does. (It really is generic. There's no name on it anywhere.) I've heard other horror stories; Amazon's reviews are a good place to find them if you're considering an actual brand. So, proceed with caution, but there are some real gems out there.
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Maybe try e-bay or even better go to photography-on-the-net and ask in their buy/sell section. Guranteed someone will come back with info.
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I can't tell you the brand of aftermarket batteries I used to use (coz I don't have them anymore! lol) but I have only ever had good experience with them. I still do not understand why Canon would use shoddy batteries (which is what I call them) when such cheap aftermarket products are far superior. Makes no sense to me.
There are plenty of good ones out there though. Try a search for your battery model on google or e-bay and see what you come up with. SterlingTek sells some decent ones from memory.
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That sounds pretty encouraging.
I've heard from a couple of guys how their cams got "blown up" by crappy batteries, but those were both Nikons.....
thanks for the info!
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I got mine off ebay and they worked fine.
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Actually, my original Canon has never let me down so far! It easily carries through a whole day of shooting.