Canon 70D: charging the battery

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All Canon DSLRs normally have extremely long battery times. My old Canon 400Ds battery would last weeks without charging. I was slightly concerned that with the upgrade to the 70D and all the features it has I might need a second battery, but it seems to have a long battery life as well. The only feature that really consumes battery is filming, and even so I got a good 2 to 3 hours out of it.

The source of all this power is the proprietary Canon battery pack. The charger is also Canon, supplied with the camera. It's been slightly upgraded vs, the 400D one, with a LED feature to show how charged the battery is during the charge cycle. Below a video on those modes...