{"id":5032,"date":"2012-03-22T19:47:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T18:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tazintosh.com\/batteries-canon-attention-contrefacons-2\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T13:43:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T12:43:35","slug":"canon-batteries-watch-out-for-counterfeits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vpn.tazintosh.com\/en\/canon-batteries-watch-out-for-counterfeits\/","title":{"rendered":"Canon batteries, watch-out for counterfeits!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\r\n\t\tYou certainly know the unofficial<\/em> batteries, called \u201ccompatible\u201d, they are significantly cheaper than the original and sometimes they are not bad. However, note that the manufacturers will avoid the warranty (and sometimes quite rightly) of your product if you used such batteries and encountered a problem. By experience, I have always favored the purchase of original batteries and now I have 5 Canon LP-E6 battery for my two bodies. In this article, I will not talk about batteries \u201ccompatible\u201d, but counterfeit!\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tThere are about twenty days, I ordered one sixth copy to anticipate, among other things, an upcoming trip to Nepal. The battery then received had a different \u201ctouch\u201d that I immediately noticed but since Canon points in the instructions that \u201cThe product specifications and exterior are subject to change without notice\u201d<\/em>, I considered it was likely possible, especially since the battery was in its packaging, manual, cap\u2026 in short, everything complete. Placed in my 5D Mark II or 7D, she \u201cstated\u201d as an LP-E6, with serial number.\r\n\t\tStill, I decided to test its performance. In LiveView mode, LCD brightness to manual and maximum, lens stabilization active and automatic shutdown of the camera turned off, the battery was drained in 40 minutes during a first test, 50 min. for the second. By comparison, my original battery was at 50% of it's capacity after 1 hour and 20 min. So I returned the product for \u201cperformance or quality not adequate\u201d and got a refund. A few days later, I placed a new order from a different store. The second battery was completely identical to the previous one(!), and this has obviously been confirmed by the tests\u2026\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tThe doubt of counterfeiting was then in my mind. While there are aesthetic differences here and there (see the rest of this article), both batteries have been recognized by the camera, everything seemed \u201creal\u201d, and also, they were both purchased on two different stores, as official<\/em> Canon batteries. In addition, some<\/em> talks about this new Japanese regulations \u2014 which I don't know in detail \u2014 that would regulate the power of new batteries.\r\n\t\tCould these two batteries be original? How to ensure?\r\n\t\tSo I started taking reference photographies, studying differences, and I sincerely thank the Bistro<\/a> members for the help, the Canon support and two other stores. I've then been able to get enough certitudes to say that these two batteries are counterfeit.\r\n\t\tSo, to help you make effective identification, you will find below a series of comparisons between such a battery and its original version.\r\n\t\tI'm sure some of you will find those differences obvious, but quite frankly, these fakes really surprised me. They have a very high degree of likelihood and it's certain that many people have them, by ignoring it, especially since many do not keep the packaging, manuals, etc. and\/or do not pay attention to it.\r\n\t\tIf I didn't had the curiosity\/desire to test the battery, I would have been fooled. Instantly and without comparison, I had put away the observed differences in quality (printing of the box, battery plastic, etc.) to a simple reduction of production costs, unfortunately common in many areas.<\/strong> How good will be the tomorrow's counterfeit? <\/span>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t
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The third order was finally good!<\/h3><\/div>
\r\n\t\t\tHopefully, my third order have been the good one, belying the proverb \u201cthings come in threes\u201d.\r\n\r\n\t\t\tI want to thank and congratulate Amazon.fr for their excellent product feedback system, their phone support and their reliability about the authenticity of the products they sell \u201cthemselves\u201d.\r\n\r\n\t\t\tAt the end of this article, you will find a list of sellers to avoid and which to focus. It is based on my own experiences and user feedback following this article.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t