This is the EOS 630 film camera with the grip removed and the 2CR5 lithium battery half inserted.
EOS Camera Batteries
By the time we get to EOS cameras we
are dealing with electronic devices that require more power. Film is transported automatically, light is measured electronically, the lens aperture is set by
the camera and the lens focuses automatically. And all of this has to be driven by the battery.
It is with the EOS film camera that we start to see the addition of various battery packs and vertical grips being added to the cameras to allow for the use of additional batteries. These are diffent than the motor driven winders A and A2 introduced for the
“A” Series of cameras such as the AE-1. In the EOS series, all of the film advance motors are internal to the camera.
Of course with the switch to digital film transport was no longer a thing. But the cameras were totally electronic. But whereas the film camera batteries were mainly Lithium Metal or Carbon Zinc cells single use cells, the digital cameras saw the rise of the rechargeable Lithium ion and Ni-MH cells.
EOS Film Cameras and Batteries
In the tables below the camera names are the North American designations unless the camera was only available in a different sales area such as Japan or Europe in which case that name will be used.
| Camera | Intro Date | Battery |
| EOS 650 | Mar 1987 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 620 | May 1987 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 750 | Oct 1988 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 850 | Oct 1988 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 630 | Apr 1989 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 1 | Sep 1989 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 1 HS | Sep 1989 | 8 x AA Alkaline batteries |
| EOS RT | Oct 1989 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 10 / EOS 10S | Mar 1990 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 700 | Mar 1990 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS Rebel / Rebel S / EOS 1000 | Oct 1990 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS Elan / EOS 100 | Aug 1991 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS Rebel S II / EOS 1000 S / F | Mar 1992 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS A2 / A2E | Nov 1992 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS Rebel XS / EOS Kiss / EOS 500 | Sep 1993 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS Rebel X | Nov 1993 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 1N | Nov 1994 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 1N HS | Nov 1994 | 8 x AA Alkaline (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 1N DP | Nov 1994 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 5000 / EOS 888 | Jan 1995 | |
| EOS 1N RS | Mar 1995 | 8 x AA Alkaline (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS Elan II / EOS 55 / EOS 50 | Sep 1995 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS Rebel G / New Kiss / 500N | Sep 1996 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS IX | Oct 1996 | 2 x CR123A 3v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS IX Lite / IX 50/ IX 7 | Mar 1998 | 2 x CR2 |
| EOS 3 | Nov 1998 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 3000 / EOS 88 | Mar 1999 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS Rebel 2000 / EOS Kiss III / EOS 300 | Apr 1999 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS 1V | Mar 2000 | 2CR5 – 6v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| with Power Drive Booster PB-E2 | 8 x AA Alkaline or Ni-MH Pack NP-E2 | |
| with Battery Pack BP-E1 | 1 x 2CR5 Lithium + 4 x AA Alkaline | |
| EOS 7 / EOS Elan 7 / EOS 30 or 33 | Oct 2000 | 2 x CR123A Lithium Batteries |
| EOS Kiss III L | Nov 2001 | 2 x CR123A Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS Rebel XS N / EOS 3000N / EOS 66 | Feb 2002 | 2 x CR123A 3v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS Rebel Ti / EOS Kiss 5 / EOS 300V | Sep 2002 | 2 x CR2 Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS Rebel K2 / EOS Kiss Lite / EOS 3000V | Sep 2003 | 2 x CR2 Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS Elan 7N / EOS 7S / EOS 30V or EOS 33V | Apr 2004 | 2 x CR123A 3v Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
| EOS Rebel T2 / EOS Kiss 7 / EOS 300X | Sep 2004 | 2 x CR2 Lithium (non-rechargeable) |
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Notice that all of the batteries, almost, listed for the EOS film cameras are single use non-rechargeable Lithium metal batteries with a few AA alkaline thrown in. Lithium batteries have excellent energy density but are more expensive than standard Carbon-Zinc cells.
EOS Digital Cameras and Batteries
| Camera | Intro Date | Battery |
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