Canon BP-808 Lithium Ion Battery for FS Camcorders (Retail Packaging)

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 2.8 x 1 inches ; 2.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0012IJYYM
• Item model number: 2740B002
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #45 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Batteries & Chargers > Batteries > Camcorder Batteries
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 10, 2008

Product Description

Canon BP-808 Lithium Ion Camcorder Battery Pack 2740B002 Camera Batteries

Customer Reviews

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36 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Original Canon batteries, way overpriced......as always, November 26, 2008

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S. J McCartin (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon BP-808 Lithium Ion Battery for FS Camcorders (Retail Packaging) (Electronics)

I own canon professional SLR's so I know from past experience Canon's policies about third party products that work with their stuff; they fight it tooth and nail and try to keep a monopoly on everything. My SLR's use the venerable 512 battery packs, fortunately somebody was able to reverse engineer those and sell them reasonably instead of the 80 plus dollars Canon wants for an original pack. Don't get me wrong, Canon makes good stuff they just have a really inflated view of what folks are able to pay for things if you ask me. I love my FS100 it's a great camcorder, well worth what I paid for it but the battery packages are outrageously priced for it. Right after we bought the camcorder bestbuy started offering an outfit that included a second battery for what amounts to a bargain...unfortunately I missed out on that. You can find japanese versions of these batteries on ebay but they DO NOT HAVE THE ELECTRONICS in the pack so the camera cannot detect charge and they will not charge on the camera...so far only canon has this battery with all the electronics in it for sale. I bought a third party charger, one of the new batteries I bought (I got two) will not charge on that unit but it does on the camera. Most of us never shoot more than two hours of video anyway(which is battery life in middle quality mode, maybe be shorter in highest quality mode). I feel these batteries are way overpriced and canon needs to stop being quite so stuffy about licensing tech specs so others can sell stuff too...but they do work as advertised and do last as long as they are supposed to in everyday use.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beware of aftermarket batteries for Canon FS, January 21, 2010

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John Ferree (Central NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon BP-808 Lithium Ion Battery for FS Camcorders (Retail Packaging) (Electronics)

I recently purchased a Canon FS 200 which came with a Canon BP-808 battery. At the time of purchase, I also bought two after-market spare batteries (labled "CTA Canon DB-BP808) with charger and two 16 GB flash cards. The Canon battery communicates with the camera so you always know how much recording time you have left. That's a useful feature but not an absolutely necessary one. The real problem with the aftermarket batteries is that, every time I turn the camera on, I get a pop-up message telling me that the camera cannot communicate with the battery and asking if I want to use the battery that is in the camera. That means, every time I turn on the camera, I have to push the toggle right (to choose "yes") and depress the toggle switch to select "yes" - two extra steps to complicate what should be a simple start up. Especially cumbersome when wearing gloves. I recommend the real Canon batteries.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Battery, January 21, 2009

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Frank M. Centa "FMCenta" (Owasso, OK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon BP-808 Lithium Ion Battery for FS Camcorders (Retail Packaging) (Electronics)

This product was received and operated as expected. It is a compliment for the Canon FS11. The camcorder will operate approximately 90 minutes on a full charge. Having a spare is almost manditory. I have been able to continue recording while one battery charges.