D70's Battery Gauge Issue

enivre · 30th December 2004

Hi guys,

Was shooting in Sentosa today, went there with the battery gauge full (but not fully charged, was shooting yesterday) after abt 200 shots the battery gauge dropped by 1 bar... but then very quickly after that (<15mins) the battery just went flat...

Not much of a warning leh... do you guys get this too?

Ervine

jonlou · 30th December 2004

hmmm... based on a fully charge battery, i shot 2000+ pictures with no flash and relatively fast shutter speeds before it died. dun think i experienced ur problem...

did u do a full 8-10hrs charge when u first bought the cam?

Big Kahuna · 30th December 2004

I think this is a trademark of Nikon.....my 4 years old coolpix 800 is like this and Nikon can't seems to get it fix on D70

espn · 30th December 2004

The gauge is the best warning, the moment it stops down to two bars, time to charge. Within moments it can very fast deplete to 1 bar and gone.

epia · 30th December 2004

Ya... it drops extremely fast once it's no longer "full" status... Same with megapower battery.. did full 8-10hrs charge on first use.

quekky · 30th December 2004

u wan more accurate guage then gotta use EN4, can tell u exactly how many shots left to shoot somemore

erictan8888 · 30th December 2004

what is EN4 ??? thx

espn · 30th December 2004

Originally Posted by quekky

u wan more accurate guage then gotta use EN4, can tell u exactly how many shots left to shoot somemore

This is sooooooooooooo helpful

EN4 is D2H's battery, the gauges and battery indicator are on the D2H body.

enivre · 30th December 2004

so even at full gauge it's might just be at the brink of going flat?

espn · 30th December 2004

Gauge the number of shots lor, so far had only once the batteries cleaned up on me whilst shooting. Now a proud owner of a 3rd battery

enivre · 30th December 2004

Yups will get a 2nd one soon.... shoot man I was at eastgear yesterday wondering if I should get a 2nd battery, then I thought should be can take 300 shots bah... so din buy in the end...

I was wrong... doh!

espn · 30th December 2004

300 shots confirm can, did you get a faulty battery? Try conditioning it a few times and see, if still has problem go back to Nikon.

crazypaladin · 30th December 2004

I have obtained 1500+ shots with some preview and some uses of the internal flashes on the D70 before the battery meter starts dipping and very soon it drops to 1 bar and after a few shots out, the battery died.

Like what others have said, to get 1500+ shots with a full charge should be normal...

poohbear · 30th December 2004

honestly i'm not braging abt the battery , while i was in new zealand during the late winter/ early spring time , i need not charge my battery for the 1st 2 days of continuous shooting , bagus lah !!

enivre · 30th December 2004

Hm.. don't think I hit 1500+ leh... nvm will monitor.. if got problem I'll bring it down to nikon...

ibitemynails · 31st December 2004

when it's showing full batt, it actually lasts quite long.
however, when it goes down to 2/3 or 1/3 batt, it dies without much warning...
that's what happened to me when i tried to take pictures of my gramps with her flowers... =*(

sofunny · 31st December 2004

Originally Posted by enivre

Hi guys,

Was shooting in Sentosa today, went there with the battery gauge full (but not fully charged, was shooting yesterday) after abt 200 shots the battery gauge dropped by 1 bar... but then very quickly after that (<15mins) the battery just went flat...

Not much of a warning leh... do you guys get this too?

Ervine

these batteries cannot comapre with those 6-cells and 8 cells laptop batteries. i think nikon is 2 cells.
so once you start to charge the batteries please fully charged. and also finish your battery before your charge them since nikon charge cannot discharge the batteries.

the batteries reading is not accurate based on the voltage, since batteries metering is linear to the voltage, but voltage is not linear to the number of pictures you taken.

Hades · 31st December 2004

Does the third party battery from Eastgear has detrimental effect on the camera?

ellery · 31st December 2004

enivre

plse check on the setting for the amount of time the lcd lights up after shooting, you also need to check how much chimming you are doing ie opening up the file and looking and looking and looking. Even the time duration setting for the meter plays a role in how long the battery lasts.

typically new users get less milage per charge since they review a lot or do functions that run the lcd a lot ie adjustment to the settings, slide show on camera...

2100 · 31st December 2004

Originally Posted by Hades

Does the third party battery from Eastgear has detrimental effect on the camera?

The new 1700mAH cells are good. Claimed that they are Sanyo/Panasonic cells. I have used 2 of them for my last 4 shoots, pretty ok. By OK i mean no problems as in them dying out on me suddenly in the midst or exploding in the camera/charger etc.... I will be going to Indonesia during CNY for some bird and street shooting where i will stress them out.

But I still don't bet on it. I have 3 original batts and i always bring all of them along on important shoots.

30th December 2004	#1
enivre Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,687	D70's Battery Gauge Issue Hi guys, Was shooting in Sentosa today, went there with the battery gauge full (but not fully charged, was shooting yesterday) after abt 200 shots the battery gauge dropped by 1 bar... but then very quickly after that (<15mins) the battery just went flat... Not much of a warning leh... do you guys get this too? Ervine __________________ http://www.ervinelin.com http://www.studiov.com.sg

30th December 2004	#3
Big Kahuna Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,678	I think this is a trademark of Nikon.....my 4 years old coolpix 800 is like this and Nikon can't seems to get it fix on D70 __________________ Takuya Kimura has chosen Nikon. When will you?

30th December 2004	#7
erictan8888 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,221	what is EN4 ??? thx __________________ Hope to learn from everyone here.... http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/TanEric/

30th December 2004	#9
enivre Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,687	so even at full gauge it's might just be at the brink of going flat? __________________ http://www.ervinelin.com http://www.studiov.com.sg

30th December 2004	#11
enivre Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,687	Yups will get a 2nd one soon.... shoot man I was at eastgear yesterday wondering if I should get a 2nd battery, then I thought should be can take 300 shots bah... so din buy in the end... I was wrong... doh! __________________ http://www.ervinelin.com http://www.studiov.com.sg

30th December 2004	#2
jonlou Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: SG Posts: 316	hmmm... based on a fully charge battery, i shot 2000+ pictures with no flash and relatively fast shutter speeds before it died. dun think i experienced ur problem... did u do a full 8-10hrs charge when u first bought the cam?

30th December 2004	#4
espn Deregistered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Planet Nikon Posts: 22,045	The gauge is the best warning, the moment it stops down to two bars, time to charge. Within moments it can very fast deplete to 1 bar and gone.

30th December 2004	#5
epia Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Singapore, Simei Posts: 289	Ya... it drops extremely fast once it's no longer "full" status... Same with megapower battery.. did full 8-10hrs charge on first use.

30th December 2004	#6
quekky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: www.irphotography.com Posts: 1,377	u wan more accurate guage then gotta use EN4, can tell u exactly how many shots left to shoot somemore

30th December 2004	#13
crazypaladin Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Singapore Central Posts: 748	I have obtained 1500+ shots with some preview and some uses of the internal flashes on the D70 before the battery meter starts dipping and very soon it drops to 1 bar and after a few shots out, the battery died. Like what others have said, to get 1500+ shots with a full charge should be normal...

30th December 2004	#14
poohbear Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sengkang Posts: 1,256	honestly i'm not braging abt the battery , while i was in new zealand during the late winter/ early spring time , i need not charge my battery for the 1st 2 days of continuous shooting , bagus lah !!

31st December 2004	#16
ibitemynails Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 56	when it's showing full batt, it actually lasts quite long. however, when it goes down to 2/3 or 1/3 batt, it dies without much warning... that's what happened to me when i tried to take pictures of my gramps with her flowers... =*(

31st December 2004	#18
Hades New Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 8	Does the third party battery from Eastgear has detrimental effect on the camera?

31st December 2004	#19
ellery Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 785	enivre plse check on the setting for the amount of time the lcd lights up after shooting, you also need to check how much chimming you are doing ie opening up the file and looking and looking and looking. Even the time duration setting for the meter plays a role in how long the battery lasts. typically new users get less milage per charge since they review a lot or do functions that run the lcd a lot ie adjustment to the settings, slide show on camera...