Series 7 S7-SHD Battery Adapter Plate - for Sony PD Series, VX Series, FX-1/7, A1U and Z1U

Comments about Series 7 S7-SHD Battery Adapter Plate - for Sony:

The system works but isn't particularly well made.

I bought 8 sets of these with the SL-50 batteries - and they do the job...mostly.

Several of the adapters proved to be intermittent - and we had to bend out one of the contacts on the back of the units to fix.

Had one that broke in half.

They aren't a perfect machine fit to the camera - takes some force to get them in. Having to remove them to put battery on charge is a pain when dealing with multiple cameras and kits.

But the S7 batteries do drive the cameras for ever. So, they work - but aren't well made and feel a bit of a kludge - kind of quality I'd expect from a no-brand version on an auction site.

Comments about Series 7 S7-SHD Battery Adapter Plate - for Sony:

A couple of months ago I bought a Sony HXR Camcorder Kit from B&H that included a Series 7 battery kit with it. Upon hooking the battery up to the camcorder, the error message "Battery too hot. Shutting down camera" kept appearing. I called the number included with the Series 7 kit and told them the particular problem. They said the adapter was bad and they would send me another. I waited two weeks and it never arrived. I called them back and they gave me the runaround so bad to where I finally just ordered another adapter, the one the Series 7 tech support people said would work with this camcorder. It arrived and the error message it displays upon hooking up the battery is that the battery cannot work with this camcorder.

Comments about Series 7 S7-SHD Battery Adapter Plate - for Sony:

The Sony batteries for my Sony HVR-HD1000U Digital Video Camera cost more than made sense to pay in my opinion. Instead I bought 2 Series7 batteries that required an adapter plate. This adapter plate works just fine.

Comments about Series 7 S7-SHD Battery Adapter Plate - for Sony:

I received two series 7 batteries in a kit with my PANASONIC HVX200. They always worked great. I recently had to use a sony camera for a two week shoot in Hawaii, however the person I rented the camera from needed to use the cameras batteries. I got this adapter for [$] buck and I instantly had 2 sony batteries via the series 7's. The series 7 batteries last longer and they now can power my sony light as well as other sony products.

Comments about Series 7 S7-SHD Battery Adapter Plate - for Sony:

It's hard to rate a product that you absolutely have to have, but this one works well. The battery adapter plate is used for Sony Series 7 batteries.

Comments about Series 7 S7-SHD Battery Adapter Plate - for Sony:

Quite easy to use in the field with the Series 7 batteries [...]. Two clicks to affix battery to camera and bam, 10 hours of recording time. I did have to send one of the two identical batteries back to B&H because the HVR-HD1000U 1080I HDV CAMCORDER I was using rejected it with a "this camcorder doesn't use that battery" message -- strange since the other, identical battery worked with it. Recharger is excellent and easy to use.