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Problem with my D200 and MB-D200/Batteries
Jeffery Patch, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Huntington Beach | CA | USA | Posted: 4:31 PM on 02.24.07 |
->> Over the past couple of weeks I've been having some problems with my D200 and/or it's MBD200 battery grip.
I'll be in the middle of shooting (or focusing/tracking a subject) and suddenly the battery indicator will flash and the camera basically locks up. It works again if I flip the camera on/off. Both of the batteries have plenty of juice and the grip is firmly attached. It happened about 4 or 5 times over 2-3 hours of shooting this morning.
I've tried switching the batteries, taking one or the other out, and I even purchased an off-brand battery to see if it changed it's behavior. Nope. Oddly enough this has only happened while shooting two different baseball that were weeks apart. I've shot multiple basketball games between them and never seen the problem. Could it be overheating? I can't imagine that 70-80 degrees would cause overheating. If so, I can't wait until June!
Unfortunately I haven't been able to use the camera without the grip at a baseball game yet so I can't determine if it's the grip or not.
Anybody else had this problem? Suggestions? I couldn't find anything out about it online.
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Chris Preovolos, Photographer
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Stamford | CT | United States | Posted: 5:32 PM on 02.24.07 |
| ->> This has exact thing repeatedly happened to me when I first got the camera. I was going to return it to Penn Camera, but the problem has mysteriously gone away. I was never able to figure out if it would do this without the vertical grip but like you said, I made sure the grip was attached firmly and that they contacts were clean. I dunno what it was all about. |
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George Bridges, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Washington | DC | USA | Posted: 6:30 PM on 02.24.07 |
->> Had the same thing happen for the first time at a basketball game this week.
Are you using the same lens for basketball and baseball? It was suggested to me to clean the lens and camera contacts for the lens (don't ask me what is has to do with the battery) but it seemed to keep the problem at bay longer than just turning the camera on and off. |
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Jeffery Patch, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Huntington Beach | CA | USA | Posted: 6:38 PM on 02.24.07 |
| ->> I have been using different lenses. Maybe that does have something to do with it. Another thing to throw into the mix, hah! |
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Craig Johnson, Photographer
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Flagstaff | AZ | USA | Posted: 12:12 AM on 02.25.07 |
->> I've experienced the same thing, and I'm fairly sure it only happens when I have two batteries in the grip. Another issue, which may only be the result of turning off/on the camera to "unlock" it, my compact flash card failed ("Card contains no data") every time I've experienced this battery issue. My pc had no problem reading the files so I assume the thumbnail index file, or whatever, gets corrupted in the process.
Neither of these problems has never happened when I use just one battery at a time. Hmmm.
Craig Johnson
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Adam Cairns, Photographer
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Columbus | OH | USA | Posted: 1:07 AM on 02.25.07 |
| ->> This just started happening to me in the past couple of weeks too. I'll try cleaning the contacts on my 80-200, but I'm interested to see if there is something else causing the problem. Everything appears to be tight on the grip. |
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Doug Holleman, Photographer
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Temple | TX | USA | Posted: 2:51 PM on 02.26.07 |
->> It may not be the grip. I've had a similar problem when shooting with my 300/2.8. I had a new mount put on it, and the hole that the little camera mount catch button slips into was bigger than the original, so there was too much play, and the camera contacts would often be out of sync with the lens contacts.
Sometimes you have to just tighten the grip, which often is hard to tell if it's really on firmly. |
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John Plassenthal, Photographer
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Vandalia | OH | USA | Posted: 3:14 PM on 02.26.07 |
| ->> I've had this problem a couple of times and I noticed that if the MB-200 grip isn't real tightly attached, the torque of holding the camera by the grip will sometimes cause poor connection. Between the issue with the battery holder levers and this issue I'm a little disapointed in the MB-200 as it's not up to Nikons usual standards. Whether the problem is in the body or the grip is the big question. |
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Doug Holleman, Photographer
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Temple | TX | USA | Posted: 6:30 PM on 02.26.07 |
| ->> Mine just blew another battery tab, too. And I've hardly used it since I got it back from the last time they fixed a busted tab. Can't they make those things out of metal or hard rubber instead of cheesey model airplane plastic? |
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Jeffery Patch, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Huntington Beach | CA | USA | Posted: 6:42 PM on 03.20.07 |
| ->> Just an update. I cleaned the contacts on my 300mm which was the only lens that was on when I'd have problems. The problem has seemed to go away completely. Go figure. You'd think you'd get the F0 error instead of a flashing battery. |
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Matthew Ginn, Photographer
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Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 3:52 PM on 05.31.07 |
->> I have also been having the same problem with my D200s ... both bodies, various batteries, two different lenses, with and without the MB-D200 (which also has the battery tab problem).
And, both of my bodies and the lens have recently been in the shop for cleaning. Should I clean the contacts again? Any other ideas? |
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Carlos Delgado, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Long Beach | CA | USA | Posted: 4:17 PM on 05.31.07 |
| ->> remember to clean the contacts of the batteries as well |
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John Tucker, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Cordova | TN | USA | Posted: 4:48 PM on 05.31.07 |
| ->> I just bought a new D200 and grip, have not had those problems, but have not had a chance to use it much. Not to swap topics, but how many shots can I expect to get from a fully charged battery? |
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Jonathan Castner, Photographer
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Longmont | CO | USA | Posted: 7:42 PM on 05.31.07 |
| ->> Well John, I shoot RAW and I get about 500 frames on a battery. For that one time I shot JPG I got about 800 frames in and still has some juice on the battery but that is also heavy on the AF and a fair amount of chimping. RAW sucks battery a lot harder than JPG's do. |
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John Mecionis, Photographer
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Port Jefferson Station | NY | USA | Posted: 9:48 PM on 05.31.07 |
->> Here's my solution to the problems with the d200. After you clean the contacts on the body, lens and grip, apply a thin coat of Deoxit Power Booster. You can get it at most radio shacks or it can be ordered online.
Apply it with a lens tissue and then wipe it off. Works like a charm. It's like supercharging your autfocus also. I restore a lot of old radios and this stuff is a godsend. One 25ml bottle will last you a lifetime. I've turned other photographers on to it and they have also had great results.
Try it, just use spareingly. |
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Jason Minto, Photographer
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Dover | DE | USA | Posted: 12:29 PM on 07.23.07 |
->> Over the weekend I had the same problem with my D200. Two full batteries in my MB-200 grip and I kept getting a low battery signal. So I called Nikon Service. They have nothing in their data base for this problem, so they are starting a case file today. I should be receiving a call in 2-3 business days to discuss the problem.
Has anyone else called Nikon about this? |
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