Replacement Batteries

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Rob Gibson - 19 Oct 2007 09:21 GMT

Hi,

I have a Nikon D-80, and the battery is showing signs of being tired (will
only charge to about 50%, as shown on the camera's meter).

After trawling the web, it seems I can pay about £40 - £50 for a genuine
Nikon EN-EL3e, or as little as £10 for a non-genuine item.

Does anyone have any comments about the pros-and-cons of genuine/non-genuine
batteries, or experience of cheaper, but reliable, alternatives to the Nikon
one?

To me £50 seems a lot to pay for a battery, but then I don't want risk
frying the camera with a cheapo that's not up to the job.

TIA.

Rob Gibson.

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Martyn - 19 Oct 2007 17:47 GMT

Use a D70S at work and so far this year have taken over 5000 photo's. I've
two batteries for the camera a Nikon battery and a non Nikon one - I get the
same life out of both of them. Just make sure any non Nikon one is of the
same specs i.e. power output etc and it'll be fine. I also use the
batteries till they die and make little or no use of the pop up flash, which
might explain why I get so much life out of them, about 1,000 per cycle.

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