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Conspiracy theory....

So I have 4 batteries from Battery barn that are VidPro Corp. are compatible with ENEL3e. I also have 2 Nikon ENEL3e.

With my D200 all 6 batteries worked fine. The camera gave me picture number and charge information for all.

With my D300 only the Nikon batteries are recognised. I have fully charged both types but when I put the VidPro Corp batteries in the "battery meter" flashes and indicates that the batteries are depleted.

How do four batteries that are perfectly fine on the D200 become suddenly inadequate on the D300. Or is there something else going on here.......

Has any one else run into this???
 
No mine work fine, of course they'll be those saying that you shouldn't be using aftermarket batteries but when the original cost more than 100 dollars American and the aftermarket cost 24 dollars it's always worth trying the aftermarket ones the ENel4's cost in excess of 190 dollars.

Phillip.

Ps I never buy genuine nikon batteries any more I always find a good quality aftermarket alternative

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Hi,

i have got two different brands of third party batterys. One brand works (lenmar) and the other doesn;t :-( Works fine with the d200 but the d300 says the accu is empty while fully charged. Cant; see what brand this is.

Jeroen
 
tomoo1000 said:
No mine work fine, of course they'll be those saying that you
shouldn't be using aftermarket batteries but when the original cost
more than 100 dollars American and the aftermarket cost 24 dollars
it's always worth trying the aftermarket ones the ENel4's cost in
excess of 190 dollars.

Phillip.

Ps I never buy genuine nikon batteries any more I always find a good
quality aftermarket alternative

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NPS Member

One's life is not measured by the two dates upon your tombstone, but
how you lived the dash in between them
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There are a lot of repuable dealers that sell the Nikon EN-EL3e batteries for $45 US. Aftermarket ones are about $30. For the extra $15 it worth getting the Nikon ones. I know a lot of people who have had problems with after market batteries, but it is pretty rare for some one to have a problem with a Nikon (or Canon) OEM battery.

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Regards,

Jeremy
 
No wonder the battery that my vendor insists compatible with D200 doesn't work in D300. Guess D300 detects something D200 doesn't so the generic battery that used to work in D200 now no longer does. Bummer...
RKinCanada said:
Conspiracy theory....

So I have 4 batteries from Battery barn that are VidPro Corp. are
compatible with ENEL3e. I also have 2 Nikon ENEL3e.

With my D200 all 6 batteries worked fine. The camera gave me picture
number and charge information for all.

With my D300 only the Nikon batteries are recognised. I have fully
charged both types but when I put the VidPro Corp batteries in the
"battery meter" flashes and indicates that the batteries are depleted.

How do four batteries that are perfectly fine on the D200 become
suddenly inadequate on the D300. Or is there something else going on
here.......

Has any one else run into this???
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Charging the battery(aftermarket or OEM) resets the pic. meter in the battery so it would be nice if someone in this thread would recharge their non-working battery and see if it then works in the D300.
 
JeremyN said:
There are a lot of repuable dealers that sell the Nikon EN-EL3e
batteries for $45 US. Aftermarket ones are about $30. For the extra
$15 it worth getting the Nikon ones. I know a lot of people who have
had problems with after market batteries, but it is pretty rare for
some one to have a problem with a Nikon (or Canon) OEM battery.

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Regards,

Jeremy
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Not in the UK I think.

Phillip.

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One's life is not measured by the two dates upon your tombstone, but how you lived the dash in between them
 
I did recharge all the Vidpros on a Nikon Branded charger. None of the Vidpro worked in the D300. I did get a note from the vendor indicating that Nikon may have changed the D300's "device code" (what ever that is) and so the older batteries may not work with D300.
 
Yes, the batteries talk to the camera and Nikon most likely is now checking the battery ID code to different code digits than on previous Nikon bodies. If Nikon blocked out some 3rd party batteries and not others then there could be a lot of flack in the courts over this. This happened with 3rd party printer ink cartridges when Epson added cartridge chips to block 3rd party ink cartrdge purchases.....the courts took care of that!

My Digi Power batteries look indentical to the Nikon OEM. Every molding pattern and brand lettering looks identical. I would say that the two batteries were produced by the same supplier and that could be the case. If they were both dead batteries I would take them apart to see what semiconductor chips and cells were used to prove this even more.
 
RKinCanada said:
Conspiracy theory....
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RKinCanada said:
With my D300 only the Nikon batteries are recognised. I have fully
charged both types but when I put the VidPro Corp batteries in the
"battery meter" flashes and indicates that the batteries are depleted.

How do four batteries that are perfectly fine on the D200 become
suddenly inadequate on the D300. Or is there something else going on
here.......
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Those newfangled batteries that report their state of charge and number of firings must use some protocol to talk to the camera.

Unless they know exactly what that protocol is, the third party manufacturers used some reverse engineering to create the clone batteries. That means there is no guarantee the batteries they built for the D200 will work in the D300.

Many here report various successes with third party batteries, which does not sound like a conspiracy theory to me.

By the way, the EN-EL3e costs $75 here in Montreal. I have two of them, and between themselves they have fired my D200 some 15000 times in about 20 months. The camera's meter still thinks they are new.

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JC
 
--The name brands go out of their way to make you buy their accessories. This is true in all industries.

Usually, there is no difference between aftermarket and OE and when there is, it is short lived. Now, this is not to say there aren't cheap rip-offs available.

One needs to understand something about the product and shop smart.

I know some will scoff, but the facts and 14 years in an aftermarket business back up my claim. Additionally, many times OEs buy aftermarket parts under non-disclosure agreements.

Now, if choose to buy OE, that is your prerogative and more power to you. But please don't try to convince others that OE is the best option.

It may be for the uninformed that can't discern between quality and hype.

joer56
 
I guess I get a little cheesed off when the US & Canadian dollars are nearly at par (1 USD = 1.00535 CAD) and I can find the EN-EL3e Rechargeable for $44 - 49 in the US (and $79 and above in Canada.
 
  • have had safety issues due to overheating. Nikon has not been immune.
Starting with the D200 Nikon introduced batteries with a chip so that as a safety feature the camera could check the battery for safety before accepting it.

It seems your independent battery does not use the same chip as Nikon as your D300 does not accept it.

On UK prices the battery is around £33 plus tax, or less via e-bay. However if the cheaper e-bay copy is not the genuine article (e-bay UK warn that perhaps as high as 80% of cards are not the genuine article) it might look like a Nikon but fail to work in a D300.
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Leonard Shepherd

How many golfers claim their golf club suffers from forward or backward swing each time they miss a putt?
 
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