Canon OEM or Aftermarket battery?

[Moe Sizlack]

I recently got the Rebel XT and am looking at getting a few extra batteries for it. After market ones seem to be selling for about $10 while the Canon NB-2lh batteries are going for $50. Does anyone know if there is a difference between them or are you buying the name. 5x more seems pretty ridiculous. What do you guys use in yours?

 

[xfloggingkylex]

many people here use www.sterlingtek.com batteries

 

[Lars Leber]

Sterlingtek batteries seem to work just as good as Canon OEM batteries.

 

[Big Mike]

Another vote for Sterlingtek :thumbsup:

I have several batteries from there and they are great.

 

[Moe Sizlack]

Good to know. $50 for the Canon ones just seemed outrageous.

 

[Iron Flatline]

Canon (like all manufacturers) outsources battery development and production. It's effectively an after-market product anyway.

 

[Orgnoi1]

I personally go through www.mydigitaldiscount.com which has a good variety of aftermarket batteries...

I use more or less whatever they have for the BP511s and Black Diamond for my NP-E3 (Canon 1-series) batteries...

Currently they have BP511s for $7.99 each... and NP-E3s for around $30... which is a far cry from the $125 that Canon charges for the Canon "brand" NP-E3...