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I bought this battery to replace a spare battery for my canon 40D. it performs well and charges without any issues. but it doesnt hold as much of a charge as my oem canon battery. from what i notice, i can probably get about 500 shots off one charge. i feel like it self discharges very quickly too. i can leave my canon battery in the body for a week without seeing much loss of charge, but this battery seems to suffer more in the same scenario. either way, it makes a very good spare.

This was a very good price for a replacement battery that is sold by several major online photo stores at a considerably higher price. Works great.

Great battery for the price... It cost a lot less then a Canon battery and works just as well. I only gave it 4 stars because you can't use the Canon EOS battery cover, for me it just wont stay on, really no biggie.

This is my favorite brand of camera battery for my Canon DSLR cameras. They have performed better for me than Canon Brand batteries at a much lower price. I would recommend this battery.

I have used 3 different Canon xxD cameras and have accumulated several model BP511 batteries of varying brands since 2003. The only Canon brand batteries I use are the ones that were supplied with the cameras - I do not buy Canon batteries because they are way overpriced. The 1500mAh CTA battery (model DB-BP511) has been an excellent performer. I would not hesitate to buy another one.