Get a Grip
Thursday, 23rd October 2008
I’m wondering if anybody else has issues with a Nikon D300 and the MB-D10 battery grip when using AA’s?
I first noticed this back in the summer when I bought 2 party packs of Duracell AA’s from Costco. I’d load up the MB-D10 and nothing. Tried everything, and nothing. The D300 would not show that there were any batteries in the grip.
So, I switched to The energizer’s. They worked! Okay…..I have a camera/grip combo that prefers energizers. But I don’t think so…I’ve just spend about a half an hour trying to get the camera to recognize the MB-D10 Grip with the fresh energizers. I know it has something to do with the connectors on the bottom.
What worked for me this time was:
- Turn D300 off
- Take out D300 battery
- Install MB-D10 with AA’s (Batter pack is recognized)
- re-install D300 batter
- re-install MB-D10 grip
I hate stuff that doesn’t just work. I’m just using this thing as a hobby, so farting around with the gear sometimes is half the fun. But what if you’re a pro? And you’re out in the cold?
Wait – nevermind. I’ve answered my own question. You’d have a D3 and you wouldn’t have to worry about Grips or motor drives. :)
If anybody out there has a better fix for this I don’t know about, please share.
Jim
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Robert Andersson
Thursday, 4th December 2008 at 4:10 am
Thanks for this solution.
Have experienced exactly the same issue. Will try it as soon as I can. Was just about to return it to the store…
/Robert