How To Make A Dual External Battery Unit For Your Camera

Filmaker Scott Eggleston is an avid DIYer and loves to create his own little accessories on a very low budget. On this video he looks at a way to easily and cheaply create a a dual external batter setup that can power your camera and external monitor.

This is a pretty straightforward DIY project – take two battery plates and mount the on a mounting plate (wood or metal). If you can find a metal plate with existing holes you can save yourself a lot of time and pain drilling the holes Eggleston did (but you also take much of the DIY spirit out of the project)

Here is Eggleston parts list:

2x Sony F970 Battery Plate w/power cable
8x 4-40 machine screws, 1/2″ in length
2x 1/4-20″ machine screws 3/4″ in length
Mounting plate (wood or metal, even plastic might do)
2x Sony F970 Battery Clones

Tools:

Drill press (for straight pilot holes)
Drill w/various bits
Philips screwdriver
Precision Philips screwdriver

Be sure to watch Eggleston “How to Make a DIY PVC Light Stand for Under $5“. You can also check out many more interesting DIY photography projects here on LensVid.

Iddo Genuth

Iddo Genuth is the founder and chief editor of LensVid.com. He has been a technology reporter working for international publications since the late 1990's and covering photography since 2009. Iddo is also a co-founder of a production company specializing in commercial food and product visual content.