I made a BP-A30 battery grip for the Canon R5 C R5C

[MDXFILMS]

I made a battery grip for the R5C using the canon BP-A 30 batteries. Now I have 8k 60p no limitations, and battery anxiety is also nonexistent now 😂. Also getting about 2 1/2 hours of use. Thought I would share this because if I can make this you can too. Also canon can make this too. Canon or whoever please steal this idea make it better. 

made of; NEWEER battery grip, 12v to 9v converter, canon DR-E6C converter, AND Dolgen BPA engineering battery plate. 

I had to create a metal piece to connect the battery grip to the battery plate, and I had to solder it in two different places. I also use a tripod plate/shoe to add more pressure to keep it in place. 

I have use this on my professional shoots to great success. I bought a second camera R5C and made a second battery grip for my two camera shoots.

The only other thing that’s on my wish list for this camera is shooting in a 8K 60P in the HEVC format

 

[will4m]

This is fantastic!  Quite an elegant solution using the DR-E6C inside of the battery grip – when I saw the first picture, I was expecting that there was a USB-C cable hanging off the side out-of-site, but this looks clean!

Do my eyes deceive me, or is the battery charge level being displayed on the camera's display?

P.S. Canon / any 3rd party, please do make a version of this where the battery can be fully recessed inside of the grip – I think such a product would find a lot of happy customers!

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

Remarkable and quite ingenious.  

[MellowMover]

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[ayars]

wow! ...can I buy one from you...? 

[huylu]

Hi, what is the spec for the output for the R5C-specific dummy dc connector? I am trying to see if I can solder a Dtap with a booster to get the correct voltage. 

[MDXFILMS]

9 volt is what I set it too. 

[Marlow]

Anton-Bauer has a D-Tap to Canon 9V DC-barrel cable for the DR-E6C (B&H sells those). 9V is the target, that you want to achieve. 

[Marlow]

This is fantastic. I guess, this could also be done with a BG-R10. If I see this right, there are no modifications to the grip itself, so buying a second battery tray (it that can be got as spare part) would give you the option of also using the battery grip like normal. 

Can you show the underneath of the battery grip on how you mounted the battery plate to the grip ?

[MDXFILMS]

With the new canon LP-E6P battery this fixes the battery problem. I would look into getting that with a grip to get about 90-110min of filming time. But if you want the BPA battery option look for the new battery plate from  

Accsoon Toprig BC08 BP-A Mounting Plate

then you can add that and have lots of power options using the BPA battery. I built a special metal plate out of spare parts to attach the battery plate to the battery tray then sliding it in to fit on the back of the grip.