Okay, just this once.
Rather sooner than anticipated, the DC adaptor pack for my EOS 7D arrived. If you’re wondering what I am on about, it was referenced in this post, Still feeling left behind.
The Neewer box is smaller than I expected. Despite everything being aimed at easy recycling, the box was double wrapped in a polythene bag of some kind.
Unpacking the box unveils three poly bags, each containing a carefully bound cable of one kind or another. The UK three-pin mains cable terminates in an IEC 60320 C7/C8 “figure of eight” plug. This, in turn, connects to the AC/DC transformer box. The business end, which fits the camera’s battery compartment, has a cable that terminates in a round socket, while the transformer box has a matching round plug. I suspect the transformer is common across many items produced by the company. There is the usual legal conformity paperwork, and a tiny instruction leaflet that had nothing to do with the adaptor but is chiefly safety information.
Connecting the adapter to the camera is simple. It slots in to the battery compartment just as a standard battery pack does. The only thing to be aware of is ensuring the attached cable is slotted into the recess in the pack, and exits the camera neatly through the slot in the grip.
The unit, much like the Canon OEM version, is designed with the assumption the camera is mounted on a tripod when powered this way. It may be possible to work hand-held, but I expect the cabling would be in the way more often than not. The relatively short cable lengths would also mean you’d be dragging the transformer box to add to the general weight of camera and lens.
Nothing whatever to do with the adapter, I found the rubberised bung that should keep dirt and damp from the cable exit snapped off. I think that’s entirely down to age and having never been used before. The bung can be pushed back in place. When it inevitably gets lost, I suspect a small piece of duct tape will be found adequate to maintain the basic weatherproofing of the camera.
The Neewer DC Coupler DR-LPE6 does the job, and was inexpensive. I bought mine from the Great South American River site. Sadly, I can’t find the exact unit on Neewer’s own site, but there’s plenty of other fun photographic stuff there. I am a happy customer of their gear, nothing more.