Fuji Guys Explain Which Battery Power Banks are Best for Your Fujifilm Cameras

August 20, 2020
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Fuji Guy Billy shows you the different battery pack options to power your Fujifilm cameras.

standard 5V power banks will charge your batteries slower and can’t power your camera while you use it. But it’s a cheap alternative to charge your batteries while your camera is turned off
what you should get, is a power deliver battery bank. It can output much higher than 5 volts. For example, the Anker PowerCore+ 26800 PD (which I own, too), can output up to 20V
with higher voltage, you can power your camera
if you want to power your camera, use the USB-C PD (power delivery) connection that is on the power bank
many of those power banks come with high power deliver wall charger
you can connect the wall charger directly to the camera, and it becomes basically your AC Adapter
when you buy a power bank, make sure it states “PD” for “power delivery”

Fujifilm officially recommends the following PD power banks on their website.

Anker Accessories:

Official Fujifilm Power Bank Page

This is the detailed information about the recommended mobile battery for FUJIFILM digital cameras
whichhave the battery charge function via a USB cable.

Recommended mobile battery

Brand	Type
Anker	PowerCore Speed 20000 PD
Anker	PowerCore+26800 PD

* Anker and PowerCore are trademark or registered trademark of Anker Innovations Limited or associated companies.

Applicable models and status of charging battery/supplying power

All the models below have the battery charge function via a USB cable while a camera is off.
And in some of models, power is supplied by the mobile battery while a camera is on (shooting/playback modes)(*1)

Model	Charging battery while a camera is off.	Supplying power while a camera is on.
GFX100	X	X
X-Pro3	X	X
X-T4	X	X
X-T3	X	X
X-T2	X	X
X-H1	X	X
X-E3	X	X
X-T30	X	X
X-T20	X	X
X100V	X	X
X100F	X	X
X100T	X	X
X-T200	X	–
X-T100	X	–
X-A7	X	–
X-A5	X	–
X-A3	X	–
XF10	X	–

*1：If a camera with a charged battery is connected to the mobile battery,
the mobile battery supplies power to the camera, so that the power
consumption of the battery in the camera becomes less. It is very
useful especially for a continuous shooting like a movie, time lapse shooting
and so on. If the camera turns off, a battery charge automatically starts.

How to connect the mobile battery to a camera (recommendation)

(1) Prepare the USB cable to connect a camera and the mobile battery.
* In case of X-T3, use the cable bundled with the mobile battery
or commercial “TypeC to TypeC” cablecertified by USB-IF.
In case of cameras other than X-T3, use a commercial “TypeC to MicroB” cable
certified by USB-IF.

(2) Connect a USB cable to the USB terminal of a camera.

(3) There are two kinds of output ports, USB Standard-A and Type-C on the mobile battery.
In case of charging battery and supplying power, use the output ports of the USB Type-C.

【PowerCore Speed 20000 PD】　　【PowerCore+26800 PD】

Model	Port on a camera	Port on the mobile battery	USB cable to be used(*2)
GFX100	Connect to USB Type-C port	Connect to Type-C port	Type-C to Type-C cable
X-Pro3
X-T4
X-T3
X-T30
X-T200
X100V
X-A7
X-T2	Connect to USB MicroB port	Connect to Type-C port	Type-C to MicroB cable
X-H1
X-E3
X-T20
X100F
X100T
X-T100
X-A5
X-A3
XF10

*2：If you use a commercial cable, use a cable certified by USB-IF.

How to use the recommended mobile battery

(1) Connecting a USB cable to the mobile battery starts supplying power and charging
a battery in a camera.Removing it stops them.
(2) The indicator lamp on a camera is on in green or orange during charging a battery in a camera.
(3) The indicator lamp on a camera is off during supplying power from the mobile battery.
(4) In case of cameras with the tether shooting function, set the PC CONNECTION MODE to
USB CARD READER. Otherwise, a camera may not work correctly.
(5) About charging the mobile battery, refer to the owner’s manual of the product.
* When you don’t use the mobile battery, remove the USB cable from both a camera
and the mobile batteryfor its power save.
* Batteries in a Vertical Battery Grip and Vertical Power Boost Grip cannot be charged through a camera.

Reference

(1) Rough standard of how many times the mobile battery can charge a battery in a camera

Mobile battery	Cameras with NP-W126S/NP-W126	Cameras with NP-95
PowerCore Speed 20000 PD	approx. 5 times	approx. 7 times
PowerCore+26800 PD	approx. 7 times	approx. 10 times

(2)Battery life

Mobile battery	X-T3		X-H1
Mobile battery	Still image	Movie recording(4K/60P)	Still image	Movie recording(4K/30P)
Without mobile battery	approx. 390	Approx. 40 min.	approx. 310	approx. 45 min.
Anker PowerCore Speed 20000 PD	approx. 1500	approx. 320 min.	approx. 1300	approx. 290 min.
Anker PowerCore+26800 PD	approx. 1900	approx. 400 min.	approx. 1600	approx. 290 min.

Fujifilm officially recommends the following PD power banks on their website.

Anker Accessories: