tdz16
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I just recently purchased a D700 and immediately went and bought the Zeikos MB-D10 battery grip and a couple of extra Zeikos EN-EL3e batteries.
The grip controls were working fine and I had been using the camera with the original Nikon battery in the body with no problems. Then I decided to pop one of the Zeikos batteries in the grip. The camera was set to use grip power first, then switch to the body battery after.
It seems that when drawing battery power from the Zeikos batteries, the battery level drains from 100% down to the 80's very quickly and then the "battery low" indicator flashes and it starts kicking me out of menu screens on the LCD and won't let me release the shutter.
The camera works fine with only the nikon battery in the grip or the body and appears to "malfunction", so to speak, when the Zeikos batteries are used in either the body or the grip. The camera also appears to be fine when I used regular AA's in the grip.
So, has anyone else used off brand, particularly these Zeikos EN-EL3e's, in their camera before? Any issues? I'll be heading to the store tomorrow to just pick up some Nikons. I should've just done that in the first place but I had great success with the CTA EN-EL9 batteries in my D40 so I figured I would go off-brand again.
Any input as to similar situations with this battery type or grip would be appreciated.
Thanks,
~Tom
The grip controls were working fine and I had been using the camera with the original Nikon battery in the body with no problems. Then I decided to pop one of the Zeikos batteries in the grip. The camera was set to use grip power first, then switch to the body battery after.
It seems that when drawing battery power from the Zeikos batteries, the battery level drains from 100% down to the 80's very quickly and then the "battery low" indicator flashes and it starts kicking me out of menu screens on the LCD and won't let me release the shutter.
The camera works fine with only the nikon battery in the grip or the body and appears to "malfunction", so to speak, when the Zeikos batteries are used in either the body or the grip. The camera also appears to be fine when I used regular AA's in the grip.
So, has anyone else used off brand, particularly these Zeikos EN-EL3e's, in their camera before? Any issues? I'll be heading to the store tomorrow to just pick up some Nikons. I should've just done that in the first place but I had great success with the CTA EN-EL9 batteries in my D40 so I figured I would go off-brand again.
Any input as to similar situations with this battery type or grip would be appreciated.
Thanks,
~Tom