ALL: Biggest battery for the AC160/130

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cowbananas

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Does anyone have any good ideas about batteries for the AC 130/160 cameras? I've been using the one that shipped with the camera (VBG6 5400mAh) and I get about two and a bit hours recording from it. Compared to the six hours on the Sony NP-F970 battery that powers my Z1 (2nd cam) , it's not much.
Is the VBG6 5400 the best battery we can get for the AC160?
 
Mine came with a "CGA-E/625, 5400mAh. I get around 3 hours with it, or my Panasonic VW-VBG6's. You just will not get the all-day 8 hours performance that the NP970 gives. So you need to buy another battery as back-up if that is what you need. In my case, that's usually ok. I also plug into the AC, for long shoots if possible.
 
5400mah is about the max capacity a Panasonic battery can deliver (you might see some higher rated batteries from Ebay, but do not believe it) given the physical constrains for it. The Sony F970 is indeed a bit more powerfull at 6700mah (and it is bigger and heavier), but the difference in runtime is mostly due to the camera power drain, not the battery capacity. I think Sony always had that secret souce receipt to make their cameras better than Panasonics and Canons in terms of the power drain.
 
The issue with long shoots and using AC is that in the event of a power failure, you are likely to get loss of data on the SD card(s).
 
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