A new camera battery could revolutionize the way you shoot, if the X-Tra battery lives up to its Kickstarter hype
(Image credit: X-TRA)
A boundary pushing new camera battery could be on the way that doubles the output of regular batteries, if a new Kickstarter campaign comes to fruition.
The X-Tra Battery claims to offer twice the capacity of Canon's LP-E6 Li-Ion battery – which has an already impressive charge of 3,700 mAh. The X-TRA will be physically larger in size, poking a small way out of the bottom grip area, but the campaign states that it will hold a charge of 7,200 mAh.
The Kickstarter project was started by Jeffrey Parker, an adventure and landscape style photographer and videographer. His passion for photography led him to building the X-Tra prototype – a camera battery with improved capacity and a built-in charge level that makes it easy to check the current charge without having to insert it into a camera (much like the BP-A30 used by cameras like the Canon EOS C70).
(Image credit: X-TRA)
Dimensions for the battery are 50mm wide and 63mm tall, and range from 32-27mm deep depending on the camera model. The X-TRA can be docked into a smart charging case, which enables it to be quickly charged via USB-C or used as a power bank with 7,200 mAh to charge your phone on the fly if needed.
The Kickstarter campaign has already smashed its initial goal of $10,000 (approximately £7,532 / AU$13,359), with now well over $65,231 (£45,000 / AU$81,777) pledged in good time before its deadline of 17 December.
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You can still make a pledge of $99 to get a single X-Tra battery and charging case, saving 32% off the MSRP price of $145 when they hit retail. Visit the Kickstarter page for all the pledge options available.
The table below lists the currently compatible cameras, but a full list of models that will be supported by the X-Tra will be confirmed before the campaign ends.
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