Canon BP-808 Lithium Ion Battery for FS Camcorders
March 20th, 2010 Posted in Camcorders
- powers select Canon camcorders including the FS100
- rated at 890 mAh
- compatible with Canon CG-800 battery charger
- warranty: 30 days
Product Description
Never run out of power with this Canon BP-808 Lithium Ion Battery for FS Camcorders. It is rated at 890 mAh and is compatible with Canon CG-800 battery charger. Comes with a 30 day warranty…. More >>
Canon BP-808 Lithium Ion Battery for FS Camcorders
March 20th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
I own canon professional SLR’s so I know from past experience Canon’s policies about third party products that work with their stuff; they fight it tooth and nail and try to keep a monopoly on everything. My SLR’s use the venerable 512 battery packs, fortunately somebody was able to reverse engineer those and sell them reasonably instead of the 80 plus dollars Canon wants for an original pack. Don’t get me wrong, Canon makes good stuff they just have a really inflated view of what folks are able to pay for things if you ask me. I love my FS100 it’s a great camcorder, well worth what I paid for it but the battery packages are outrageously priced for it. Right after we bought the camcorder bestbuy started offering an outfit that included a second battery for what amounts to a bargain…unfortunately I missed out on that. You can find japanese versions of these batteries on ebay but they DO NOT HAVE THE ELECTRONICS in the pack so the camera cannot detect charge and they will not charge on the camera…so far only canon has this battery with all the electronics in it for sale. I bought a third party charger, one of the new batteries I bought (I got two) will not charge on that unit but it does on the camera. Most of us never shoot more than two hours of video anyway(which is battery life in middle quality mode, maybe be shorter in highest quality mode). I feel these batteries are way overpriced and canon needs to stop being quite so stuffy about licensing tech specs so others can sell stuff too…but they do work as advertised and do last as long as they are supposed to in everyday use.
Rating: 3 / 5
March 20th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
What can I say…..you don’t want to get caught without enough juice. So, you have to have the spare battery…..be sure to alternate.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 20th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
This product was received and operated as expected. It is a compliment for the Canon FS11. The camcorder will operate approximately 90 minutes on a full charge. Having a spare is almost manditory. I have been able to continue recording while one battery charges.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 20th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
The FS100 camcorder-great! Amazon -great too! What’s bad is the Canon battery. I bought a backup BP808 battery from Frys Electronics for about $80. It went bad in 1 month. I took it back and they replaced it…great! Now, 5 months later, it happened again and they say call Canon, as they aren’t doing anything with it.Canon says they don’t warranty batteries. ‘So you mean to tell me I have a camcorder that only takes a certain battery that they make, and even if it lasts a week they won’t replace?’ And they said,” yes, but we’ll log your complaint”. Darn right.
DON’T BUY CANON DON’T BUY CANON DON’T BUY CANON DON’T BUY CANON
Rating: 1 / 5
March 20th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Just like the original in my FS100, and even came with a plastic snap-cover. It’s great to have a spare battery and external charger.
Rating: 5 / 5