sony battery NP-FH70 is not 6.5 hours battery life!

I know what you mean. It sucks how they advertise to be 6.5 hours and you barely even get half of that. Just to play it safe with my HDR-HC7, I bought three NP-FH70s along with the stock NP-FH60. What you really want to do is get the NP-FH100. That will probably give you the 6 hours you want but man it's expensive. Luckily for me, I bought all my Sony accessories at cost. =) It pays to know people that can hook you up.

They all do that. Battery power is quite dependent on a lot of things... ambient temperature, humidity... the way the cam is being used... yadda, yadda. So you can bet they state battery power under the BEST conditions. As a result, what ever they say... take 40% right off they top and you will be a little more accurate.

What ticks me off is that my HC3 isn't even a year old and already the battery is showing signs of wear. Meanwhile, battery in my cell phone is 5 years old and still going strong

I've gone through many Sony batteries on my various Sony cams and yes, they do not seem to last very long. I bought a dual 'quick charger' for my VX2000/FX7/TRV900 batteries, and two of the batteries (about a year old) are already causing a 'warning' indicator to flash on the charger.

But the Sony batteries are nice in that you get a reasonably accurate remaining time indicator. That's better than a simple battery icon.

Wow a 5 year old cell phone!

4 and a 1/2 actually... but yeah... amazingly enough I haven't busted it yet!!

Has anyone tried the NP-FH100?