Were they OEM Canon, or 3rd party? Some 3rd party batteries are... cheaply made, to be nice about it. Depending on the condition of the old OEM batteries (or in some cases, extremely Energizer e2 Photo 2CR3 cells which expired in 2013), you're usually better off running those to the ground with many older DSLRs like this and using the time to find good 3rd party batteries if the OEM one is no longer manufactured.
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Were they OEM Canon, or 3rd party? Some 3rd party batteries are... cheaply made, to be nice about it. Depending on the condition of the old OEM batteries (or in some cases, extremely Energizer e2 Photo 2CR3 cells which expired in 2013), you're usually better off running those to the ground and then retiring them, so you have time to find a good replacement while you have stable OEM's (even if the runtime is not the same). This is especially true if the OEM one is no longer manufactured.
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While you can still buy the BP-511A new from [https://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/battery-pack-bp-511a|Canon] at $57, I did find some used OEM cells [link|https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/used/327022|here].
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While you can still buy the BP-511A new from [link|https://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/battery-pack-bp-511a|Canon] at $57 (may or may not be made anymore), I did find some used OEM cells [link|https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/used/327022|here].
Were they OEM Canon, or 3rd party? Some 3rd party batteries are... cheaply made, to be nice about it. Depending on the condition of the old OEM batteries (or in some cases, extremely Energizer e2 Photo 2CR3 cells which expired in 2013), you're usually better off running those to the ground with many older DSLRs like this and using the time to find good 3rd party batteries if the OEM one is no longer manufactured.
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While you may no longer be able to buy the BP-511A new from Canon, I did find some used OEM cells [https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/used/327022|here].
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While you can still buy the BP-511A new from [https://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/battery-pack-bp-511a|Canon] at $57, I did find some used OEM cells [link|https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/used/327022|here].
Were they OEM Canon, or 3rd party? Some 3rd party batteries are... cheaply made, to be nice about it. Depending on the condition of the old OEM batteries (or in some cases, extremely Energizer e2 Photo 2CR3 cells which expired in 2013), you're usually better off running those to the ground with many older DSLRs like this and using the time to find good 3rd party batteries if the OEM one is no longer manufactured.
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While you may no longer be able to buy the BP-511A new from Canon, I did find some used OEM cells [here|https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/used/327022].
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While you may no longer be able to buy the BP-511A new from Canon, I did find some used OEM cells [https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/used/327022|here].
Were they OEM Canon, or 3rd party? Some 3rd party batteries are... cheaply made, to be nice about it. Depending on the condition of the old OEM batteries (or in some cases, extremely Energizer e2 Photo 2CR3 cells which expired in 2013), you're usually better off running those to the ground with many older DSLRs like this and using the time to find good 3rd party batteries if the OEM one is no longer manufactured.
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While you may no longer be able to buy the BP-511A new from Canon, I did find some used OEM cells [here|https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/used/327022].
Were they OEM Canon, or 3rd party? Some 3rd party batteries are... cheaply made, to be nice about it. Depending on the condition of the old OEM batteries (or in some cases, extremely Energizer e2 Photo 2CR3 cells which expired in 2013), you're usually better off running those to the ground with many older DSLRs like this and using the time to find good 3rd party batteries if the OEM one is no longer manufactured.