Sony NPFH100 H Series Actiforce Hybrid InfoLithium Battery for most Sony Camcorders
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Customer Review: Long lasting power (though a huge battery).
Summary: 5 Stars
It's hard to consider a battery this small "huge" compared to how large camcorder batteries have been for all the previous camcorders I have owned, but compared to the tiny size of my new Sony HDR-CX7 memory stick HD camcorder, this battery IS huge.
But, it works well. Gone is the external light display that lets you check the charge of the battery without having to use the camera display (like larger model Sony batteries had), but it still does the job.
The battery that came with my HDR-CX7 wouldn't even get me through a day of taking photos, let alone video, so I needed another battery. I went with the highest capacity I could find -- this NPFH100. It sticks out way too far from the camera, which was designed to let a small battery clip on flush with the back, and this alters the feel of the camera and how you hold it.
With that in mind, perhaps I would have been better off to buy two lower capacity batteries (I can't even zip up my tiny camera bag when I have the CX7 clipped to this battery). Beyond that, though, I know I can shoot all day without needing to recharge, and ultimately that was the important part.
I looked at third party batteries, but I'm not sure I want to true them with my $800 camcorder. I've read too many reports of cell phones or laptops having issues with fires due to battery issues. That doesn't necessarily mean buying "brand name" makes them immune (just ask DELL), but at least I know there's a big company to stand behind the product if there were a problem such as that.
Customer Review: Charge it and forget it!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just received this battery that's going in my Sony HDR-SR11 and so far it seems consistent with what others have been saying about this battery... When I initially popped it into the camcorder as soon as it arrived, it showed 2 bars and 75 mins remaining so I left it in the unit and plugged the DC adapter in, to check and see how long it would take until full charge. I was expecting all day but surprisingly it only took around 3 hours until the charge indicator turned off, signaling a full charge. I turned on the camcorder again after unplugging the power and bam! "351 mins remaining" which put a huge grin on my face :D
I have NOT tested the battery to see if it'll really last ~6 hours but the stock battery was pretty accurate so I have no reason to believe this one's any different, hence a 5 star rating. Granted, the battery is a little heavier and does stick out a little more in the back but this doesn't bother me so it's not a negative for me. Amazon shipped it fast (and free!) and it arrived a day early which was a nice surprise!
Note: I see that it also went down in price to just under $100 (it was $5 more when i bought it.) I'd definitely recommend this battery to anyone who wants to just charge it and forget it!
Customer Review: This is what should of came with my Handycam
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought this for my Sony HDR-SR12, it lasts almost 6 hours which is quite a bit of recording power.
Paid well over $1k for my camera, it came with a battery that lasts about an 1.5 hours.. 1.5 Hours is nowhere near enough, my first few times out with my new camera I became extremely frustrated when I kept finding the battery dead or nearly dead when I needed it most.
With both batteries fully charged, I can now leave the house knowing I am good for almost 8 hours of recording time, more than enough for a full day of recording or a weekend of casual shooting.
Sony desperately needs to include this battery with there higher end cameras, or at least subsidize the cost for people with a brand new camera. This pack is a nessicary requirement for the majority of people buying these High Def camcorders, Amazon's prices are much more reasonable than Sony's.. but that is no excuse.
Customer Review: Great Battery!! It is big, but did not get in my way.
Summary: 5 Stars
This battery is just great (I got a great price on it too!). At first, I has hesitant to buy it because of the comments about its size, and how it made it impossible to use the viewfinder on some user's cameras. I have a Sony HDR SR11, and I didn't think it was a problem. It is almost double the size of the NPFH70, and does stick out from the camera. However, I could still use the viewfinder with no problem. The NPFH100 does rest against my cheekbone if I'm using the viewfinder, but that actually doesn't bother me as it makes it easier to steady the camera. The way I have my camera bag configured, it makes the camera too big to fit in its slot, but for the big difference in battery time, I think its worth the trouble to just switch back in the NPFH70 when I bag the camera (I always carry 2 batteries anyway). I can now go on my first European vacation with no worries that I'll run out of battery time. Yay!Customer Review: Almost ten hours of record/playback time!
Summary: 5 Stars
Went on our 10-day honeymoon with this and never had to recharge it. Even after more than three hours of filming and some playback/editing, we still had enough juice to play it for our families twice. Incredible!
It does stick out from the back of the Handycam quite a bit -- so much that we can't look through the eye-piece. (It juts out about two inches.) But it was a nice surprise that the LCD screen didn't suck that much extra power from the battery.
Another great feature of this battery is how it recharges in the camera when it's plugged in. Completely discharged, the battery took about six hours to charge up.