Battery Requirements for Newest Mirrorless Cameras

[dpsaiz]

Do the newest mirrorless cameras require Canon only batteries. I am sure at some point Canon mirrorless cameras will not work with third party batteries due to the use of a chip in genuine Canon batteries that won't be available in third party batteries.

Does anyone know for sure?

[dpsaiz]

It doesn't matter whether that YouTuber was the intended user or not of that expensive flash. The point is the battery didn't come with the flash. At least it didn't in that video which was 4 years old.

I don't care who post the video. I don't care if they're doing it for clicks and views and monetisation when they open up a box and it doesn't come with what you expect it to come with. At least the battery. That's a problem. 

For those of you who drop $6,000 on an R1 and you get one skinny little battery, that's a problem. 

For a $6,000 camera, they ought to include two batteries for the bottom of the line Rebel I can see them including just one.

[dpsaiz]

I went to the college of hard knocks and before I buy something I'll look at how expensive replacements are. 

If I'm going to buy a big ford truck and realise that those tires are $600 a piece, I'd rather buy an import where the tires are $80 a piece. 

It's a problem if I'm going to spend $6,000 on an R1 that comes with one little battery and I'm unable to buy additional batteries. What am I going to do while that one battery is being charged? I've got a $6,000 paperweight that's why some of the most expensive cameras ought to come with at least two batteries and I think most people would agree.

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

I think we've discussed / exhausted this topic.  

If you'd like to make a feature request, you can do so on the Canon USA homepage. Upper left hand corner. Select [+]Feedback, then product.  You can tell Canon why you believe supplying two batteries with their products would be helpful. 

At this point the R1 is not released and worrying about something that hasn't happened is not productive and is merely speculative.  I'd like to suggest that you not worry about things you can't control or that have not actually happened.    I hope things work out for you.

[Tronhard]

Amen to that!

[Steve07]

I have been using the Newer LP E6NH batteries in my R5 for several months now, they work perfectly, good life and the battery health shows in the camera menu. They need to be this latest battery type to wok properly as far as I’m aware. Hope this is useful. 

[kvbarkley]

The unboxer was lying, or bought an unauthorised unit. As already said, the unit comes with a battery and charger: