Today we are looking at what we feel is the best aftermarket battery for Sony a6500 cameras currently available on the market right now. As you will probably know, the a6500, as well as a number of other Sony cameras, use the NP-FW50 battery but what you may not know is that the NP-FW50 was initially a very difficult battery for third-party manufacturers to duplicate.
This essentially left a period where the only option was the official Sony battery that can be very expensive. Thankfully though, a number of brands have managed to crack the NP-FW50 and now have their own much cheaper version of the battery available on the market. We have decided to feature two different battery brands in our article as we feel they are both great and either will work with your Sony a6500 and help increase your battery life potential while out and about capturing photographs.
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The RAVPower NP-FW50 Camera Batteries Charger Set
You purchase will include two RAVPower NP-FW50 batteries, the dual battery USB powered battery charger as well as a charging cable. This allows you to extend the battery life of your Sony a6500 almost indefinitely while out and about capturing photographs as when one battery runs out you can just hot swap them on the fly. Many people who own the RAVPower battery systems also choose to pick up a decent budget-friendly power bank (Click here to check for product prices and availability). This allows you to easily keep charging your batteries while away from a regular power outlet by plugging your charger into the power bank as shown in the image below.
Although rare, we have even seen some reports from photographers who do things such as the Appalachian trail where they can be away from a regular power source for weeks or months at a time pick up a USB Solar Charger (Click here to check for product prices and availability) as it can be plugged into both your NP-FW50 batteries to recharge them or into your power bank to recharge it as required helping to increase your battery life even further.
As we mentioned earlier in the article, a large number of the Sony digital camera range use the NP-FW50 as their battery meaning you can use the RAVPower NP-FW50 to also power any of the following cameras that you may also own:-
- Sony A6000
- Sony A6500
- Sony A6300
- Sony A7
- Sony A7II
- Sony A7RII
- Sony A7SII
- Sony A7S
- Sony A7S2
- Sony A7R
- Sony A7R2
- Sony A55
- Sony A5100
- Sony RX10
If you are looking for a cheap NP-FW50 replacement battery that is going to help extend your Sony a6500’s battery life then we feel that the RAVPower pack is the option you should take. It is cheap enough to pick up and adds to your camera accessories without even noticing that you have purchased it while providing you with some high-quality NP-FW50 batteries that are much cheaper than the official Sony ones.
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The video below offers an additional third-party, independent review for the RAVPower NP-FW50 to offer our readers an independent opinion of the product.
The Wasabi Power NP-FW50 Battery and Dual Charger
As the Wasabi Power NP-FW50 is built to the standard NP-FW50 specs, it will also work in any of the following cameras:-
- Sony A6000
- Sony A6500
- Sony A6300
- Sony A7
- Sony A7II
- Sony A7RII
- Sony A7SII
- Sony A7S
- Sony A7S2
- Sony A7R
- Sony A7R2
- Sony A55
- Sony A5100
- Sony RX10
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The video below offers shows some testing between the official Sony NP-FW50 and the Wasabi Power NP-FW50 Battery that some of our readers may find useful.
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