Alvin's Cables E6NH Dummy Battery to D-Tap Coiled Cable for Canon-R5C

I just wanna say first I’ve always had a good experience shopping with Alvin’s cables in the last 6 or 7 years. He’s even done some custom cables for me. I purchased a Canon R5C a while back and finally needed a dummy battery and picked one up. Upon first installing it into the Canon BG-R10 battery grip battery tray I noticed a problem. It would not seat properly. Like it was too wide or something. I compared it with my original and aftermarket batteries and found as pictured the notch was a little thicker and angled. Rather then sending it back I simply used a box cutter razor blade and carefully shaved a very small portion off. That part I circled that kind of goes up and into a tip. That should not be there. Once I did that it installed just fine and fits snug. I never tried it prior to trimming it in the body without the battery grip. It’s possible it doesn’t affect anything when used that way. Or maybe there’s a bad batch that came out I’m not sure. Hope this helps someone if they are using one with the battery grip in the future and run into the issue when it arrives. Very easy fix. Just to confirm all the features work while using video except when you use 8K 59.94f you have no lens AF but that doesn’t bug me at all. I am using the dtap end into a Blueshape Granite Mini vmount 140Wh for power.

This fit perfectly on my setup. Canon r5 with gimbal r4 pro and V-mount battery under the camera

I’ve had success with their other cables but this one powered my R5c for less than 5 minutes before giving a low voltage warning and wouldn’t even power the camera on after that. Batteries were fully charged. Will return.

It worked as advertised for 2 months of light usage connected to a V-mount battery. After that, the camera reported low voltage and would limit some functions. I tried different, fully charged, v-mounts but all gave the same results. Maybe I got a bad copy but its too late to return it.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: I’m not one to write reviews, although I read them before deciding whether to purchase something or not. With that said, I am not a fan of this dummy battery. I shoot a lot of long form videos (documentaries, interviews, etc) and this dummy battery generates A TON of heat from the battery port where it is uncomfortable to hold my camera. I ended up going back to using a EOM battery and connecting it to a usb-c to v-mount battery.

I used this in conjunction with the NEEWER Mini V Mount Battery to power my EOS R5C during a recent video shoot. Absolutely no issues at all. Highly recommended.

Confirmed working on R5mkII no restrictions on recording or warning messages when using this d-tap dummy. Powered right up!

I got this because of the short cable length as I wanted to use my R5C with a gimbal and I'll be going through a pass-through plate on my RS3 Pro. Works great and totally worth it. Alvin's cables have proven to be a great brand with trustworthy products.

That was an Amazon purchase

Ich habe mir den Dummy Akku für meine R5 C zugelegt. Der Dummy Akku ermöglicht es leider NICHT alle Aufnahmemodi der R5 C zu nutzen. Die Kamera verhält sich wie mit einem normalen E6NH Akku, das heißt kein 8K RAW mit 60 FPS in Kombination mit Automatik Objektiven. Dazu kommt das die Kamera mir trotz vollem V-Mount Akku ständig anzeigt das der Akku fast leer wäre weil die Spannung die der Dummy Akku ausgibt anscheinend nicht ausreichend ist. Für mich nicht das richtige, geht wieder zurück, sehr schade. Positiv ist aber das man, nicht wie mit anderen alten E6 Dummy Akkus, den Akku nicht jedes mal wieder aus der Kamera nehmen muss wenn man sie einmal ausgeschaltet hat.

Everyone knows the R5C is a battery hog. Alvin's cables really knocked it out of the park on this, the build quality is good, the dummy battery works perfectly except the buttery time remaking is grossly underestimated, Canon engineers must have really not expected people to do this because even with a fully charged 98wh v-mount, the camera displays a maximum of "46mins" of battery time, but then proceeds to go for hours and HOURS on one battery! I can get all modes to work except for the 8k60p but, I have another camera for that 😏. Good job, Alvin's!