The Bronine Volkit Charger Made Me Rethink Camera Batteries
Charging is boring and is easily the part of technology, and certainly photography, that I think the least about. But after using the Bronine Volkit, I honestly can say that has changed.
Nikon Stops Including Charging Cable Due to Chip Shortage
The semiconductor shortage is hitting the camera market in unexpected ways. According to an official notice published to Nikon Japan, the company says that it doesn't have the parts necessary to include the adapter that allows Z7 or Z7 II cameras to charge a battery in-camera.
The XTAR SN4 is a 7-in-1 Modular Camera Battery Charger
XTAR has launched a Kickstarter for a modular seven-in-one camera battery charger that promises to save space, time, and money and supports major camera brands and accessories with the promise of more to be added in the future.
This Device Can Charge Four Different Camera Batteries at the Same Time
Very rarely does a photographer only have one type of battery these days. From your camera's battery, to rechargeable AAs, to drone batteries, it can be cumbersome to try and carry a charger for each when traveling. Bronine wants to change that with the Volkit.
Manfrotto Unveils Lineup of Rugged Camera Batteries and Dual-Battery Chargers
Earlier this morning, Manfrotto unveiled its first ever range of batteries and battery chargers. The new lineup includes a set of rugged batteries for Nikon and Canon, as well as a line of dual-battery "ProCUBE" chargers for Nikon, Canon, and Sony, each of which can also charge 4 AA batteries.
Review: ISDT NP2 is a Unicorn of Sony Camera Battery Chargers
I'd never have thought that a trivial accessory like a humble camera battery charger could get me excited. But ISDT NP2 managed to do just that. What can I say? My life is rock-and-roll, champagne, and caviar.
How to Make a Portable DIY Camera Battery Charging Board
The filmmakers over at Threefold have created a DIY battery charging board with a very useful twist: it's portable. And in the video above, they break down exactly how you can build your own version to suit your on-the-go creative needs.
How I Built a Custom Charging Board for All of My Camera Batteries
Recently I became—as I’m sure many of you already are—utterly sick of the endless chargers and cables in my studio. It's a mess of wires that always seem to get tangled and it always ends up looking like Medusa on a bad hair day.
Pronto: An Insanely Fast-Charging Battery Pack That Can Juice Up Your Gear On-The-Go
No matter how much you prepare for every shoot or vacation you embark upon, it’s inevitable that you will one day find yourself holding a dead camera. It happens to the best of us.
And while there are a number of backup chargers out there than can get the job done, none seem to quite stack up to Pronto: a backup that its creators claim can charge itself up to twelve times faster than conventional power banks.
Israeli Start-Up Shows Off Crazy Prototype Battery that Charges In 30 Seconds
If there's one aspect of technology that seems to ignore Moore's law at least a little, it's batteries. Granted, the recent switch to Lithium-Ion improved some aspects, but batteries are still far from where we would like them to be. Hopefully here to help solve that problem is an Israeli start-up called StoreDot.
Juice Up Your Camera Batteries with the Sun Using the Freeloader and CamCaddy
Solar chargers have been around for a while, but not a lot of them can handle the power needs of an SLR battery, and none that we know of can charge virtually any camera battery -- until now that is. The Freeloader Pro and included CamCaddy can do both.