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Hi, I'm Dustin Abbott
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What does a Fujifilm XH2, a Sony A7R Mark 5, and a Canon EOS R5 have in common
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Well, today, the answer is, is that all three of them are running aftermarket
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batteries from the company's small rig. In fact, over the last five weeks, I have been exclusively used
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using these batteries in all of these cameras, and I'm here to report on my findings today
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The premise here is that small rig camera batteries deliver more power and some unique charging options
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at roughly half the price of the original first party brands. That's the claim, but do they hold up in that
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Well, as noted, I've been using them for the last five weeks, and the thing that has stood out to me the most
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compared to any kind of aftermarket batter that I've used before is that on none of these systems
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have I gotten any kind of error mess In fact, that was one of the things that has been the most limiting in the past is getting a dire message popping up, you know, warning you about, you know, either a warranty issue or this accessory is not compatible, etc., etc
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But in this case, these batteries are fully compatible with all three of these brands and they function flawlessly, just like the original OEM batteries
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And on top of that, all of these have a very unique way of charging them, and that is that they have a built-in USBC port, allowing
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them not only to charge directly via USBC, but also there can take a little bit higher current
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for charging through that method, 5 volt at 2.2 amps, and so you can charge them from 0 to 100
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in about 2 hours Now that doesn maybe sound particularly fast but it is faster than the charge rate you can get from the original OEM batteries Now in all three of these cases they have a capacity
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of 2,400 MAAH. And as we'll break it down by each brand, you can see that that gives you a varying
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amount, but always consider a bit more capacity than what the original OEM battery does
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Probably most importantly is that while cameras have become really good for allowing you to charge
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batteries in camera, and in some cases, you know, you're going to charge batteries in camera, and in some cases, you you maybe have a separate charger that you can put the batteries in
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In this case, it really gives you the flexibility that you don't have to tie up your camera
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charging in camera, and a USBC cable, they do come with one, by the way
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but USBC cables and charging bricks have become pretty ubiquitous at this point
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which means that you could have, shoot, multiple cameras, and instead of having to bring along multiple chargers
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you could really have just one cord for which you can charge any of these batteries from
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And so there is certainly flexibility that comes through, that. So let's break it down by each one of these brands and see how they compare with price
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performance, and capacity. Now, in the case of Canon, we have a replacement for Canon's LPE6NH
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battery pack. That has been in, you know, they keep updating the battery pack, but this basic
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form factor of the LPE6 has been around for probably 10 years at this point. And so this is
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a battery that is compatible with a lot of different Canon cameras, because even though they've
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updated the science along the way. They've always been backwards compatible along the way
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And so in this case, as noted, all of these are 2,400 MAHH, and that compares to 2,130 MAAH for the
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original Canon battery pack. And so by my math, that's 270 additional MAH of battery capacity
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meaning that you going to get more shots per charge or longer video runtime And that factor right there can be the big issue If you do shoot video particularly for shooting at higher bit rates higher resolutions
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you can burn through batteries pretty quick. On average, you get about an hour of runtime shooting at 4K60 or 8K
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And byproduct is that you can go through a battery surprisingly quickly
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So having backups is always useful. And in this case, you're getting the replacement battery at the MSRP
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from today. This is from B&H photo, so no sales, just the basic price, $39.99 versus $79 for the original
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Canon battery. So obviously that makes it a really strong value and that you could buy nearly
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two of these for the price of just one of those Canon batteries, get large capacity and more
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options and charging them. I will note one other thing, just kind of a unique observation about
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the design over the other two, and that is that the other two have the USB charge port on the
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end of the battery. This actually has it on the front face and it must have something to do with
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just either the arrangement of the cells in there or probably more likely just the unique place
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where Canon's contact points are. And so that is the one deviation there. Now on Sony, we have a
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replacement for the NPFZ 100 battery pack that was debuted, I believe, on the Sony A7R
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Mark 3 and has been used in the majority of Sony's cameras since that point. So again, the capacity
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for the small rig is 2,400 MAH. The Sony OEM battery pack is 2280
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It's the largest capacity of these three, but still you're getting an additional 120 MAH
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a few more shots, a little longer runtime. Now, this is the most expensive of the three
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It runs today, 4499. That compares to for the original Sony battery And so not quite as much savings but obviously still giving you about difference in price point And so again you could buy two of these for just more than what
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you would pay for just one of the Sony battery packs. Finally, on Fuji, we have a replacement
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for the MPW235 battery pack that has become common over the last about three years in their
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various cameras. In this case, the capacity, $2,400 for small rig. versus 2,200 MAH for the original Fuji battery pack
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So again, 200 MAH, that's going to make a difference. Price difference here is 3590 for the small rig
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versus 6479 for the Fuji battery pack. So once again, a really nice savings to be had there
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Over the last five weeks, I have had zero issues using these batteries
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In fact, it's just like I have the original batteries in there. And while I haven't scientifically clocked in the runtime, I can tell that I'm getting at least as much, if not just a little bit more in terms of the battery capacity that I'm accustomed to having at this point
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And so I really don't see a huge downside. Obviously, I haven't used them long term yet and seen how they held up
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But Small rig does show some really impressive specs in terms of the design philosophy and the engineering in these
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And over the years, I've used a lot of Small rig products. And I've typically been fairly impressed with them all
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So I feel great confidence in using these batteries going ahead and they'll continue to be in my
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cameras as the main battery and I'll use the original OEM batteries as backups as needed
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I'm Dustin Abbott and if you're interested in more information, you can check out the buying links
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in the description down below. Thanks for watching. Have a great day and let the light in
