Sony NP-F Series Batteries

[David W. Jones]

So I ordered some Atomos Connect converters which can run off NP series batteries, and wanted to pick your brains on which batteries might be cherry, and which to avoid.

Thanks for the help!

Dave

 

[DNN]

I've worked up the aftermarket battery chain for years and find most aftermarket batteries fall pretty short. Everybody goes on about Wasabi which are a little better than no-name brands at first. But any advantage definitely goes down over time. Most of my NP and Canon Wasabi batteries have been tossed into the recycle pile. Over the past year, I've been using Swit which is half the price of Canon or Sony batteries. Better than Wasabi but still not as good as new OEM batteries. They're about as good as my three year old Canon batteries that I still use. I have Swit NPs, BPs and LP batteries. Overall, they've held up pretty well.

 

[Michael Carter]

Man, I just buy whatever's on Amazon (thought I just bought NPs for the first time last week). But I have similar-sized batteries for my big Panasonic cameras and they've been going strong since, I dunno, 3 years? Four? In the last year I haven't used them as much, but still get 2+ hours. And all the Nikon and NX1 batts from Amazon? I can't tell a diff from the manufacturer stuff.

I know it's a crap shoot but I've had good luck going very generic.