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Dummy Battery?


mattprince

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What is the purpose of a dummy battery in this case?
For me a "dummy" is just something you mount in place for the original thing (battery in this case).
Is it some external battery pack you can connect to XT-4 that You mean?

/Bo

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Yeah so I shoot video, and with a dummy battery I could connect a v mount or npf battery plate to it so I could power the camera and the follow focus all from one battery. Plus it would probably reduce the overheating that plagues the xt4. Fuji do sell one for the XT3. 

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OK, then I understand. I'm rather new to X-T4 and Fuiifilm camera. Seems Fujifilm lags behind a little with the X-T4 if the XT-3 had one dummy battery from Fujifilm but not X-T4. A mystery to me why not Fujifilm not already has come out with what You need, the X-T4 has been on the market for quite some time now. 
/Bo

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X-T4 is USB-C Power Delivery, which means that the best solution to powering the camera is the USB-C port.

The X-T3 got dummy battery support because the dummy NP-W126 battery existed already, as it dates back to the X-T1 which needed it for tethering work (no USB charge or external power support).

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But... You can't monitor audio and power the camera from the same usb port. I've tried several splitter options and none of them work; leaving me to monitor audio with their usb dongle and pull that if I have to power the camera with my monitor battery usb out.

When shooting video a camera is fully caged, with matte box, rails and follow focus. You don't want to change a battery out. You pretty much have to tear down your rig to do that...

 

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