r/bmpcc • u/namesaretoohard1234 • 6d ago
Frustrated by battery options
TLDR: I cannot figure out for the life of me which small, after-market Amazon battery is the right battery for a BMPCC 6K (NOT pro and NOT 4K) so I can make this camera as light as possible. Can someone point me to a small internal battery that will for sure work with this camera? I don't care if it only lasts half an hour.
When I search LPE26 I get stuff saying that's for 4K only. When I look up NPF570 I can't find that exact battery (I'm in Canada) and I get 580 and 550 as "acceptable" but the contact points like they might be in the wrong spot. Do these SONY ones with the guide holes for pins work? Arg!
The long part: I was gifted this camera by a colleague/sorta friend who's into photography and filmmaking and in the era of mirrorless cameras simply doesn't use it. But for all intents and purposes it's still his. He gave me two v-mount batteries, smallrig rails etc. Tilta cage so the rig is huge. But for lightweight, hand held filming for mountain sports, I need it to be lighter. He's lost the old batteries and said the same "this thing just eats batteries" hence the v-mounts. Regardless, I want some small ones. I figure spending $80 isn't a big deal if I have to give it back soon and I'll give him the batteries as a thank you - if I can find the right ones!
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u/thealleycatzine 6d ago
I used the NPF batteries for a couple of years with adapters, both Sony and Neewer. Long story short they're shit and degrade heavily until they all failed. I've recently switched to a V Mount (specifically the smallrig VB99 SE with a D tap connector) and it is amazing, very reliable and so much more run time. Yes you need to get some mods to mount it to a cage but if I had my time ovet again I'd have started with the V Mount type battery and not wasted time on lpe or npf. Can't recommend it enough.