Tilta Canon LP-E6 Dummy Battery to 5.5/2.1mm DC Female Cable

The Tilta DB-LPE6-DCF21 is a Canon LP-E6 dummy battery with a 104 cm cable ending in a 5.5/2.1 mm DC female socket. It sits in the battery compartment of a body or accessory that runs on LP-E6 and powers it over a cable with a 5.5/2.1 mm DC male plug from a source whose voltage matches the LP-E6 battery. The body runs the whole shoot without a battery swap.

The Tilta DB-LPE6-DCF21 replaces the Canon LP-E6 battery with a cable ending in a DC socket. The dummy battery has the shape and contacts of the original pack, seats in the compartment on the first try and draws its power from outside — from a source with a voltage matching the LP-E6 battery that has a cable with a 5.5/2.1 mm DC male plug.

LP-E6 dummy battery for Canon and Blackmagic

The dummy battery goes into the battery compartment in place of the Canon LP-E6 pack: into Canon bodies that use this battery (EOS R5, R5 C, R6, R6 Mark II, R7), into the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K and 6K, and into accessories powered by LP-E6 such as external monitors or video transmitters. The plastic body of the dummy is ABS, the cable has a rubber jacket and the socket an aluminum-alloy housing; the whole cable is 104 cm long, so the source can sit on the cage or away from it.

5.5/2.1 mm DC socket at the other end

The other end of the cable is a 5.5/2.1 mm DC female socket — the most common size of coaxial DC connector. It takes a cable with a 5.5/2.1 mm DC male plug from a source whose output voltage matches the LP-E6 battery — the dummy itself does not regulate voltage, so the source must deliver what the battery would.

A dummy with a DC socket suits setups where the source changes with the situation: one source on the cage, another on the tripod — the dummy stays in the compartment and only the plug-ended cable is swapped.

Tilta dummy batteries

A dummy battery has the shape and contacts of the original pack, sits in the battery compartment and brings power in by cable from outside — from a V-Mount or Gold Mount plate via P-Tap, from a USB-C PD source, over 2-pin Lemo or a DC output. The body then runs the whole shoot without a battery swap. Tilta's DB series covers Canon LP-E6 and BP, Sony NP-FZ100 and the A9 series and Panasonic GH; this cable is one of them.