Canon ACK-E2 AC Adapter for EOS 5D, 10D, 20D, D60, D30 & Digital Rebel Cameras

Product Description:

Canon is a leader in professional business and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. By developing innovative, high-quality business solutions Canon makes it easy to create, manage, and share images and information better, faster, and more efficiently.The ACK-E2 AC Adapter Kit contains AC Adapter AC-E2, AC Cable and DR Coupler DR-400.
Product Details
  • Feature:
  • Save battery life when downloading photos
  • Essential for extended shoots in the studio
  • Compatible with the Canon EOS-10D, EOS-20D, and EOS Digital Rebel Digital Cameras
  • Comes with AC adapter and cable and DR coupler DR-400
  • Binding: Electronics
  • Brand: Canon
  • EAN: 0013803025033
  • IsMemorabilia: 0
  • Label: Canon
  • Manufacturer: Canon
  • Model: 8364A001AA
  • MPN: 8364A001AA
  • PackageQuantity: 1
  • ProductGroup: Photography
  • ProductTypeName: CONSUMER_ELECTRONICS
  • ProductTypeSubcategory: 2300455
  • Publisher: Canon
  • Studio: Canon
  • UPC: 013803025033
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OKAY but Lacking Flexibility and 12v (car) Connection2009-02-15
First, it works mostly as intended - as a device to power Canon DSLR's that use the BP-511 model battery by using 110vAC instead. This is PERFECT for studio work, and I can certainly recommend it for such use.

Since Canon seems to rarely take their gear out into REAL outdoor environments for REAL testing, the ACK-E2 shows it's limitations.

If you happen to be out on the American prairie, deep inside the Mojave desert, or somewhere along a stretch of deserted coastline you're highly unlikely to find an AC outlet on a rock or a tree trunk. So, you have to use a power inverter (12v DC to 110v AC) and run an extension from your car/truck cigarette lighter outlet.

Of course, if you don't want to be tied down to your vehicle you can free yourself with a reasonably light-weight portable 12v battery pack. BUT, you STILL have to have a power inverter for the ACK-E2! No problem, right? Well, unless you carry along a very low-wattage power inverter (50 watts or less), the juice in your 12v battery pack will be sucked away by the power inverter needing to process 12vDC-to-110v-AC-to-7.4vDC. It's a ridiculous waste of energy! Canon should have included a 12vDC cigarette lighter plug to directly power the ACK-E2 for field work!!!

It gets better.

Try using the ACK-E2 in freezing or sub-freezing temperatures. The electrical cord that runs from the BP-511 battery shell of the ACK-E2 is WAY over spec'd (too thick) and freezes into stiff hard rubber below 32 degrees F. This creates a NIGHTMARE at the camera where a tight bend in the cord is REQUIRED to properly insert the battery shell in the camera and close the camera's battery door.

On more than one occasion, I've actually had the cord freeze so hard that it forced the camera's battery door open right in the middle of a shooting sequence - causing the camera to immediately shutdown!!!!!

Now, you might think that using a battery grip on your camera would allow you to use a regular BP-511 battery as backup next to the ACK-E2 - just in case one or the other failed while shooting. Not possible, folks! Canon designs their battery grips so that you cannot mix different power sources. You can use 2x BP-511 batteries at the SAME time in a battery grip but you cannot use a BP-511 and the ACK-E2. You're forced to use one or the other.

Thanks, Canon. It's bad enough to deal with freezing temps (as so many photographers actually do) but the ACK-E2 is a design FAILURE for ACTUAL use in many parts of the REAL world!
AC Power for Canon 40D2009-01-26
Got this for AC power for my Canon 40D.
This is recommended when manually cleaning the camera sensor.
Canon ACK-E2 AC Adapter for various Canon cameras2008-12-22
The adapter allows the camera to be operated on AC power when downloading pictures, displaying pictures, or operating the camera for an extending period of time when AC power is available. The battery door must be closed for the adapter to work.
awesome2008-10-17
This ac adapter for continuous power is everything I wanted to perform tethered photo shoots. It works great and I highly recommend it.
Now I can take long stop action pictures.2008-09-16
I have a "Time Machine" camera control for triggered exposures. In order for it to work, the camera has to be left on. When I had attempted to take stop action pictures of the lunar eclipse the battery was dead before the eclipse was full. If I had this adapter at the time, this would not had been a problem.
Using this adapter I have taken over 100 continuous flash exposures. I have taken stop action exposures continuously for over 12 hours with 6 minute gaps.
I would have liked Canon to have provided another way of powering the camera with ac, but they didn't.

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