Do you have an external battery pack for cameras? i.e. Olympus omd em-5?
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Most "external" battery packs are for portable flash, since if you "tethered" your camera to a power source a lot of portability is sacrificed and the camera would probably need to be on a tripod. There are camera specific units that can be coupled to the bottom of the camera body by the 1/4"x20 threaded tripod socket to double the number of exposures the camera can take. It only takes 10-15 seconds to exchange a second back up battery, so there is minimal advantage, but "Vello", "Phottix", et al make them (for less money then OEM units) as well as Olympus, in your case. Just go to Phottix.com, for example, and searce for your camera model. Back when I shot film and we had to manually advance film, a motor drive was a REAL advantage to faster shooting! Adding a battery to a dSLR won't speed up the exposure rate, just give you a couple hundred extra shots before changing batteries, most of which you won't use since they were likely "spray and pray" shots rather then well "crafted" shots.
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I am in the same boat as you. My camera needs are the same as yours and I have been researching these two cameras as well as the Panasonic DMC-FZ8. Right now I am leaning towards the Panasonic. The Panasonic requires a battery pack instead of AA batteries but Amazon offers the battery packs for $15 - $20. In addition the Panasonic is about $50 cheaper than the Sony and the Canon. My old Olympus has problems with severe shutter lag and poor quality pics on indoor & low light situations.
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No. The 430 series flashes do not have an external battery connector. There is no batter pack available for them.
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Yes, there is a small external flash in the kit. You have to connect it physically to the camera for using it.
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You may charge it's battery from an external power bank easily. It takes the same power as a cell phone. But it seems I didn't use it like a camera during that charging time. You may try it - if the camera works being connected to any USB charger it will work with an external battery. Good luck!
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Hey Chris, not that I've seen. You can't buy extra batteries and replace on the go either. The casing for the camera is completely closed.
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I guess you could. I have had many cameras beginning in the 70's with a monster that included a side pack. I don't really like this camera as there is a battery problem as far as I am concerned. The battery pack didn't work and the extra I bought for it didn't work. My friend said his didn't work either. He said he just used regular batteries. I tried that but wasn't all that excited about it and just wrote the whole thing off as another bad deal I had made in life. More China Junk!
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No. You charge the battery inside the camera, which sucks, but it seems that's how most the manufactures are doing it. I always buy a spare battery and charger for my cameras. You can get these at Amazon for under $30 and they work great.
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No, it does not have an external charger. You have to charge the battery in the camera. I had to purchase a charger separate. The camera is great and takes amazing photos. i would recommend buying just the camera and then getting the accessories separate.
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I don't know. I'm not familiar with the Olympus omd em5. I learnt that my own camera (Lumix FZ200) was compatible by going to a website called Digital Photography Review http://www.dpreview.com. Check out the forums on that site or ask in the forum - they seem very helpful.
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if you put 'chargeable' batteries in it you could charge them but outside of the camera. I don't believe there is anyway to have external power with this camera.
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No. There is no external power source input to this camera. You have to keep the batteries charged. Odd they left that out.
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Not sure if one is available but the camera came with a charger that plugs directly into the camera. Battery lasts an extremely long time so have not found it a problem not to have a spare battery.
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I'm not sure about a battery pack, but it can be plugged into a wall outlet through a USB... Seems to work just fine. Even considered buying a second one to act as a security camera for my front door.
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Yes. Mine came with the sony battery in the box and an additional off-brand 1800mAh battery. I recieved for christmas but still have not opened the "spare". The camera can charge through a typical android phone charger so I have never really needed the spare.
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Yes I have the same camera and it works great. I use it as in extra battery, I have only used it a few times. I have only had it sence the holdays.
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I have the same camera and this battery works just fine. You can also use plain old AA batteries in it but just don't try to charge them. This battery pack is made up of two AA rechargeable batteries.