EOS 1V (BP-E2) with NiMH accu´s ????

[chris10]

Hello CanON Freaks!!!

 

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I have a question. I use a Canon EOS 1V with the Battery Pack BP-E2 and i use normal Batteries, now i won´t to use NiMH 1700mAh Accus´s Does it work ?? Because the Battery had 1.5V 2000mAh and the Accu had 1.2V and 1700mAh.

 

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Or does only the original Accupack (NiMH) work ?? (So expensive with the charger!!!)

Please help me

 

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thanks

Chris

[joe_austin1]

I have been using the EOS3 with the BP-E2 and NIMH batteries

(1550mah) and they have been working fine. I don't get anything like

the published number of rolls from a set , but I don't get them with

lithium batts either.

[meikel]

Dear Christian,

I have both the 3 and the 1V and they work both fine with BP-E2 and

Lithium batteries, no problems here.

I had a few problems with battery run time with my 3, however I have

found out, that with the Batterery pack, the 3 gains much more rolls

out of each battery set than with the standard handgrip. I also

switched once to the handgrip of the 1V (can be purchased separately)

and found that battery enduracne is much longer also. I my case, it

was a bit extreme, a lithium set (C2R5) lasted with the 300/4,0 IS

only for 4-5 rolls, changing the handgrip it lasted for 20-25 rolls.

I figure there is something wrong with the standard handgrip, as it is

not very costly, switching to the 1V´s standard, might be considered a

valuable option. Hope this helped.

Cheers