Product Description

Sony NP-FH50

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #780 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Sony
• Model: NPFH50.CE
• Released on: 2007-02-21
• Dimensions: .73" h x 1.25" w x 1.77" l, .11 pounds

Features

• Hybrid Lithium-ion cells
• ActiFORCE battery technology for higher capacity
• STAMINA super long battery life

Manufacturer's Description
You never know when one of life's special moments will come around. Be sure your camcorder is always ready to capture the action with Sony batteries. The compact NP-FH50 rechargeable battery pack features InfoLITHIUM & ActiFORCE technologies, which ensure maximum power, minimum charging time and excellent battery performance. It's the perfect battery for newer, ultra-compact camcorders.

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Customer Reviews

Exactly what I wanted for a decent price and a Sony original.
Fact: I have tried 'compatible' batteries from Amazon Market Place. For me they did not work and were returned. This Sony original was my last hope. Since I have first used it I have not had one seconds problem.

For me the compatible route was a mistake as, for me, they discharged far too quickly and did not give me notice of their demise - they just ran out.

This Sony original (as a back up for the original I have) works great.

By all means give the compatibles a go, if it works stick with them. I have spent as much money trying 3 compatibles - I should have just purchased this from the start. I will not make the same mistake again - I will go the original route from the off.

Sony have nobbled the info-lithium chip to ensure you buy this geniune Sony battery
Just bought a Sony HC53E Camcorder. Very annoyingly my old, identical looking, same 7.2v, Sony NP-FP Camcorder batteries from my previous defunct model [Sony HC22E] don't fit this new HC53E camcorder though, thanks to a few mm more plastic on the base lugs and Sony's new [anti-copying] info-lithium chip. Trim the old NP-FPs to fit in the HC-53Es NP-FH slot and the camera says 'incompatible battery' - i.e. it's got an old style info-chip, even though it is a Sony battery of the right shape, voltage and power. So I had to buy one of these `genuine' Sony NP-FH50 as a spare battery [it's the same physical size as the NP-FH30 supplied with the camera, but with a tad more power reserve].

Sony have nobbled the new HC-53E camcorder so that cheaper generic ones can't work without a naff patch cable and thus can't provide the very useful 'time and % battery charge left' graphical info on-screen. This anti-piracy mod isn't to stop others manufacturing batteries and passing them as off as counterfeit Sony's [the 'generic' were always branded], it's simply trying to force you to buy the rather overpriced Sony batteries that can cost over half the price of the entire camcorder. That said I got this Sony NP-FH50 for around £30 from Amazon resellers, which wasn't bad value [although my complete Sony Camcorder + NP-FH30 battery was only £120 from Amazon].

You can recharge these Sony NP-FH50 batteries in the camera, but I bought a £15 generic mains/12v car charger combo, so that I can recharge one battery while filming with another.

Sony NP-FH50 Camcorder Battery
I bought this for my Sony DCR-SR37E as i wanted a spare battery with a little extra capacity than with the one supplied. I also wanted to buy a genuine Sony product as i have heard they work and last a lot better than other makes.

Fully charged this battery lasted over 2 hours, recording in high quality, and came in very useful on a holiday i recently took to Florida.

I would recommend this to anyone, well worth the price.