Customer Reviews

Lenmar DLC3L Digital Camera Equivalent to the Canon NB-3L Battery

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This replacement battery is half the cost of Canon's yet offers longer life. I bought it when I first got my SD10. When one battery runs out, the spare goes in. The Lenmar still works great while the Canon is near end life! I am buying two more since they are so cheap!

DO NOT buy no name batteries on ebay. They do not last worth a darn and are basically a waste of money! Don't do it...

My Canon camera came with a branded battery, and I bought the less expensive (about $10 less at the time!) Lenmar as a back-up rather than another Canon. Using a charger, I alternate batteries, and have experienced no difference in performance between the two. Choosing this one is a no-brainer.

I bought this to carry along as a backup battery for my Canon PowerShot SD500. It performs the same as the Canon NB-3L. I was able to take 100 pictures over 5 days before getting a low battery warning. Like the Canon it drains if left unused in the camera after a week or so.

In the days when the S400 was the cool camera, the Lenmar battery had more mAh than the OEM Canon. And that battery is still in use, approaching its third year.

I got this one at twice the price it is at now, and I have had no regrets even buying it then for $18. You can get two or more at this amazing price but you may not need them unless you don't plan to take your charger.

I always keep the SD 550's huge screen on when taking pictures, and use the SD550 as a digital photo wallet too. I've never needed more than two batteries, they charge so fast.

The lenmar replacement, unlike other notorious "equivalents" like printer cartridges and the like, is definitely as good or better than the OEM battery. If Canon were to sell cameras without the battery, I'd take any discounts and pick up a Lenmar right away.

Christmas 2004 I gave each of my children a new Canon SD camera. After 14 months of continual use taking hundreds of pictures they complained that their cameras were malfunctioning after only 30 minutes use. They wanted to know if the cameras needed replacing. I doubted that all three cameras were worn out and suspected a battery problem. You can't expect a small battery to remain at peak performance when it is constantly under stress. I went to Amazon and ordered 3 new Lenmar DLC3L batteries (they are much cheaper than Canon batteries)...gave them to the kids...and without even charging the new batteries; the problems they were having disappeared. Their cameras are working like they were new.

I bought it to use as a back up battery for my cannon
SD 550 which uses NB3L. It is a perfect replacement !

After reading the many good reviews here, I too bought the Lenmar battery to act as a second battery for my Canon digital camera. I was totally pleased with the excellent performance as many others have noted. The only difference I noticed between the Lenmar and OEM battery was that with lengthy continuous shooting with the LCD screen on the camera case got significantly hotter with the Lenmar battery that with the OEM. This was not a problem until I was shooting on a 101 degree day (with the Lenmar battery in) and suddenly the screen went black. I could view previously taken pictures (LCD OK) but any new photo I tried to take was black. I read later in the manual the upper operating temperature of the camera is 104 degrees. Once the camera cooled it worked again for a while, but the black photo problem continued intermittenly for a few weeks then the camera completely stopped taking photos, no matter what. So, was it the Lenmar battery's extra heat generation pushing the camera over its temperature limit and damaging the circuitry? Would it have happened if the cooler running OEM battery was installed on the hot day? I can't say for sure, but if you use a Lenmar battery I would be careful about operating it on a very hot 100 degree day (e.g. use the viewfinder, not the LCD since that generates heat, or turn the camera off a lot to cool down between shots).

This battery works just like the canon battery that came with my camera. This is a much cheaper option than the canon branded battery.

Why buy Canon's own when you can get this one? Saves $$ and can tell no difference from the orginal battery that came with my Canon SD550. Works great, would buy again.

I bought two of these batteries for my Cannon cameras. They work perfectly and cost less than Cannon brand. Glad I chose them.