 The natural Choice to make |
| Review Date: August 20, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Nils Valentin, Tokyo, Japan |
This is the battery that should come with your video camera by default.
What do you do if you want to record events that last longer than 1.5 hours ? You upgrade the battery, right.
The BP-827 (4.5h) is not simple available yet everywhere so the BP-819 becomes the only choice.
It can last close to 3h and thats enough to capture most events.
(Fireworks, school event of your kid, concerts, theatre etc.).
With the external charger the battery is charged in roughly the same time (3h) with the cameras included charger its taking 4h.
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Terrific buy!
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| Review Date: July 3, 2008 |
| Reviewer: B. Grant, GA |
| This battery is the best investment you can make for your HF-100. Whereas the default battery lasts under an hour, this one lasts easily over two hours with very small extra weight. It is a small larger but I find the larger size really helps me stabilize while using the camera by placing my thumb under the battery. I wouldn't own the HF-100 camera without this battery. |
Size of Batteries
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| Review Date: March 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: C. Brown, |
My BP-819, which works fantastic and most day in Disney lasted the whole day. With original battery being my backup. One thing I could not find on the net was the sizes of the Canon batteries. And the paperwork that came with my Canon BP-819 gives all of the follow dimensions
BP-808 1.2x0.9x1.6in (30.7x23.3x40.2mm) 1.6oz (46g) 890mAh
BP-809 1.2x1.1x1.6in (30.7x27.5x40.2mm) 1.7oz (47g) 890mAh
BP-819 1.2x1.6x1.6in (30.7x39.4x40.2mm) 3.0oz (85g) 1780mAh
BP-827 1.2x2.2x1.6in (30.7x55.7x40.2mm) 4.3oz (121g) 2670mAh
So, from this it should help determine how far the battery will stick out from the back of your camera. And how much additional weight and battery life you will get with each. |
A must-have for the field shooter!
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| Review Date: May 28, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Jerry Tieng, Southeast Asia |
I got two of these and with the stock 809 battery with the camera, I hardly ever run out of juice while shooting in the field. I use 16Gb SDHC's and they make a perfect pair.
2hr battery = 16Gb
My only problem now is storage, storage, storage! |
Regarding battery physical size on an HF S100 . . .
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| Review Date: April 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Kilo, Seattle, WA |
This battery fits very nicely on the Vixia HF S100. Keeping the overall size of the camera/battery combo was vital to me since I already chose to accept a larger camera size (for the larger lens and sensor).
I had a hard time deciding between this and the BP-827. I first got an 827, but when it was clear the 827 was going to stick out the back of this camcorder nearly 2 cm and make it harder to access the record button with my thumb, I chose to go with the BP-819 instead. The HF S100 stock battery, the BP-807, measures 35 mm front to back. The 819 measures 39 mm front to back. And the 827 measures 55 mm. This battery sticks out only 4 mm farther than the stock battery, which is recessed by 2-3 mm from the back of the camera to start with. Therefore this battery only protrudes a couple of mm, and really protrudes less than the camera's record button and mode selection knob. The overall physical size of the camera/819 combo is not noticeably enlarged relative to the stock battery, and the 819 looks like it "belongs" on the camera.
If the physical size of the camera/battery combo is vital to you, I would suggest the 819 over the 827.
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