FYI my D700 cam battery indication thingy doest really work
my battery always show 0
then the battery just die w/o any weird indication
note i actually change these batteries at nsc before
it can charged and showing blinking status on the charger
but doest power up the camera or my LED panel at all
kind of freak me out
i have to purchase addition 2 and now put more AAs in the tray for stand by
I've been using the D2X for past 7 years, and I do kind of trust the battery indicator (2/3 of my EN-EL4/As are at age 4), so I'm kinda puzzled that the camera shows the age of a twice used battery at age 1 at a period of 3 months?
My EN-EL18s for my D4s however are more used and more abused but still at life 0.
It can be charged, and charges still holds, I've been using the same EL-EL15 for the past 2 months now the shutter on the battery charge is about 1.5K @ 30%.
I have the AA tray for D600 as well as plenty of AAs, the EN-EL15 is more of a backup (in case) but still warrants a look into, though not critical.
Fully agree .. using these lithium batt for years, all still level 0. The thing is, I found that many of them will suddendly lose power in a instant, even when it shows that it has 30% power remaining.
That I seriously have not encountered with EL3, EL4/A, EL15 and EL18s.
My two EN-EL15 batteries that I use on my mainstay Nikon D7000 are still "0".
Nonetheless, I wouldn't be too concerned. As long as they can hold a reasonable charge, I certainly won't fret over it.
You can raise this issue to Nikon, although I think they may exchange your batteries solely for customer satisfaction purposes rather than an established policy.
Besides, a battery isn't all too expensive. If you're a professional who cannot take compromises, just get a new one. As long as the battery can last for a day, I don't think it would bother a hobbyist that much. Plus, your wife has the same camera, which can serve as an alternative camera for use.
I'm more interested in the root cause actually, than fretting over it. Last thing I want is the battery suddenly dies (before 1 year) or causes damage to the camera (though it's a back up but I still really like the D600).
Cost is not the issue here, I definitely have back-ups, but just curious on how it happened, or it was a old battery that was left on shelf, recalled and packaged in - thus it aged?
The last EN-EL4A I bought off shelf, in <1 year hit age 1 (after multiple uses), I'm not that worried since I know it can last, and probably it's an old copy that's been around for too long, so I left it be.
Just that this is a 3 months old, twice used, so, kind of worrying.