Canon R8 - USB C Power

It is possible to recharge the Canon battery inside the Canon R8 and power the camera itself using the camera's USB-C socket. However all is not immediately clear as to what works and what doesn't work.
To cut to the chase, if you don't want to watch the video, is that you need a mains PSU or a Battery Bank that has USB-C output and which supports PD charging, a suitable charging lead that supports PD fast charging and a genuine (NOT a third party) Canon LP-E17 battery installed in the camera.
USB-A to USB-C powering / charging does NOT work.
Do also note that Canon's LC-E17E mains battery charger will NOT charge a third party battery.
Maximum power-pull from the USB-C is 9 Watts, so an 18w max power bank is perfectly fine. A powerbank with 20,000mAh capacity will last you ages.

[@hugomigueld]

If you have a battery grip from RP or R8, you put the original canon battery in first slot and de 3rd party on second slot so the camera can recognize both batterys as original and charge both of them at same time. be happy

[@hamradioop5777]

Hi, can you provide some more details of this or better still a video demonstrating this? Is this a third party battery grip or a genuine Canon product and how is the charge power being supplied to the grip, is it via a connection on the grip itself, rather than the Canon R8's USB-C. i.e. is it entirely missing-out the Camera's circuitry?

[@vitorpavan1679]

so 18w powerbank with PD will do thew job? goint to try out. I tought i nedd 27w PD

[@hamradioop5777]

As you can see in the video at 9:43, yes it does work providing that you are using a suitable USB-C to USB-C cable and that the powerbank has USB-C output.

[@Drt-91]

Appreciate the upload, mate 👍 thanks for taking the time to do this video

[@matthewalcorn352]

Thanks for this, though I'm not clear under what setup you got the camera to receive power while turned on and recording. Was that done with a specific PD charger? So when I plug my iphone USBC to USBC charger into the R8 and the battery light comes on but when I turn the camera on the battery icon remains while, that's because I lack a PD charger in this case. Does that sound right? Thanks.

[@hamradioop5777]

I've done an off-camera experiment in an attempt to answer your question. I charged a genuine Canon battery, whilst it was inside the Canon R8, using the QBLOC PSU as mentioned in the video and using a USB-C to USB-C charging cable with built-in Watt meter. Specifically I charged the battery until camera's green LED extinguished and the power in Watts displayed zero.
I then switched-on the camera and the camera's green light instantly extinguished. The camera's battery indicator switched-on (the level showed that it was full) and the USB-C watt meter showed 2 to 3 Watts. I started camera video recording and the Watt meter showed 5 to 6 Watts.
I stopped camera recording and switched off the camera. The camera's LED did NOT light and the watts being used on the USB-C cable showed zero Watts.
Although this is a PD capable charger and cable, PD only lit at the start of battery charging. My conclusion, rightly or wrongly, is that providing you have a PD capable USB-C PSU or Power Bank, that is 10 watts capable or higher and you have a suitable USB-C to USB-C charging cable, then it appears that you can run the camera from these external power sources without the genuine Canon battery going flat, providing the Mains doesn't fail or a Power Bank isn't exhausted.

[@Jeevanmn]

Thanks a lot for this video, exactly what I was looking for :)

[@hamradioop5777]

Delighted it was of some use. I think that the Canon R8 is currently the bargain of full frame mirrorless cameras and its small size and weight is remarkable, I do wish however that Canon's lock-down to its own expensive camera batteries has not done them any favours.