Right from the Source
As reported yesterday, a new DSLR will bring about a new battery, the LP-E8. Canon Asia has an MSDS sheet for the battery on their web site.
Link (.pdf): http://support-ph.canon-asia.com/
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You’re right. The only thing I don’t like on 17-55/2.8 is the mechanical build (for the price, if that lens would have cost 650-750$, it would be appropriate). It’s just not simply what would you expect from such high price tag. That’s what bothers me. 17-40/4L is cheaper (for obvious reasons, slower aperture and no IS, but it’s FF so glass amount should be about same), yet much better built. Look at 24-105/4L IS USM, the price is basically the same. Now this is not any general opinion or recommendation, it’s simply that I care about mechanical build, not just optical. I want stuff that I don’t have to be too careful, call me brute, but it’s just that :)
I also probably would not have bought the 17-55 at its normal asking price, but I came across one in a local electronics store while they had a special discount (buy 4 items over 200€ and you get the cheapest one for free). I teamed up with some colleagues and in the end, I payed about 650€ instead of the 850€++ the lens normally costs.
While I like the extra f-stop over my 24-105, it didn’t replace the latter as my favorite lens. I like the 24-105’s added reach for across the room portraits, and most of the time I would use bounce flash anyway indoors. And for true AL the 2.8 is still not enough. I now use it mainly when on vacation and when doing city tours, or when 24mm are just not wide enough.
Bringing out all these new batteries is a nice little money earner for Canon: new batteries, chargers, battery grip etc.. What’s wrong with simple AA batteries! :-)
The Material Safety Data Sheet doesn’t say if it’s chipped.
What’s funny to me is the address of the business on it. Ohta-ku. Otaku means pervert or geek/addict. Figures.
I have used this battery. On first charge I got about 520 photos only. Now I am on 2nd charge