Nikon D40x battery
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Got mine here: http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/island-online
Presume yours is the EN-EL9, same as the D40?
Yours is the same as the D40. Cost for mine was a whole 97p with the amazing £4 p+p
Battery life is better than the standard ship one
Yours is the same as the D40. Cost for mine was a whole 97p with the amazing £4 p+p
Battery life is better than the standard ship one
Edited by andy_quantum on Friday 15th February 19:34
I bought a spare battery for my camera from....
http://www.i-battery.co.uk/
There are dozens of other on-line suppliers too.
The genuine one was £44, the generic one was £12. The knock-off ones can of course, be crap. But on occasion, the knock off one is actually the branded one, from the same manufacturer, as was the case with mine.
http://www.i-battery.co.uk/
There are dozens of other on-line suppliers too.
The genuine one was £44, the generic one was £12. The knock-off ones can of course, be crap. But on occasion, the knock off one is actually the branded one, from the same manufacturer, as was the case with mine.
I've used cloned batteries in both my 300D and D80. THe canon copies were great, far better life ( I had a few of diffferent capacities), whilst the Nikon ones are usually okay, if they are left a few days with a full charge they are sometimes flat when you come to use them. I think it may be something to do with the chip in them doing odd things.
Balmoral Green said:
Particularly if it comes off the same production line from the same factory as the original, but gets stamped as Kum-Yung Battery Co rather than Nikon.
Right, they say that about knock-off handbags too. Its definitely not true on the handbags and I suspect its no true on the batteries either.Just don't see the point in not buying OEM batteries. They aren't terribly expensive. The one for my D300 was what 35 USD?
I bought a generic battery for my D70 (EN-EL3) and it was better than the original, excellent. However I tried the same trick with the D200 (EN-EL3e) and the generics have an alarming habit of suddenly showing zero charge. The first time one went dead in the middle of a shoot, which was rather alarming, but camera and card were fine. Now if it happens I just stick it back on charge and all's well again.
andy_quantum said:
DanH said:
Just don't see the point in not buying OEM batteries. They aren't terribly expensive. The one for my D300 was what 35 USD?
Ah, thanks for offering. I'll have a proper one then if you're buying
never mind, go ahead and spend less than a pack of duracells on an nimh for an expensive piece of electronics.Edited by DanH on Friday 15th February 22:33
Simpo Two said:
I bought a generic battery for my D70 (EN-EL3) and it was better than the original, excellent. However I tried the same trick with the D200 (EN-EL3e) and the generics have an alarming habit of suddenly showing zero charge. The first time one went dead in the middle of a shoot, which was rather alarming, but camera and card were fine. Now if it happens I just stick it back on charge and all's well again.
That's my experience too (ref my post above). The EN-EL3e clones don't report level of charge properly. Other, non-chipped generics doo seem great though. I shot 3500 shots with the 300D on three partially charged clones in Africa when my charger blew up.Non-chipped - no probs
Chipped - okay as spares, but don't rely on them.
You might try a little more research for your specific camera and battery models - perhaps search on www.nikonians.com - it's not necessarily a simple equation of getting what you pay for!
The reason I say this is that Nikons and batteries are a funny combination - sometimes.
The D1 series clone batteries actually performed better than the originals, according to most people's reports; yet the D2 series - well I don't think anybody in their right mind would use anything but the Nikon own - probably the later and beter "a" versions (better amperehours or something technical!). They're expensive ones for all the technology that goes into them including the chip which communicates with the camera body.
I found no significant problems using a clone as backup on the D70 - but got better performance when using the later "e" designated Nikon own.
The reason I say this is that Nikons and batteries are a funny combination - sometimes.
The D1 series clone batteries actually performed better than the originals, according to most people's reports; yet the D2 series - well I don't think anybody in their right mind would use anything but the Nikon own - probably the later and beter "a" versions (better amperehours or something technical!). They're expensive ones for all the technology that goes into them including the chip which communicates with the camera body.
I found no significant problems using a clone as backup on the D70 - but got better performance when using the later "e" designated Nikon own.
Simpo Two said:
DanH said:
Just don't see the point in not buying OEM batteries. They aren't terribly expensive. The one for my D300 was what 35 USD?
What's your best price for a genuine Nikon EN-EL3e?Edited by DanH on Sunday 17th February 00:40
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