rick_helmke Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 I've added an MB200 to my D200 because one battery isn't enough and I need the bigger camera size for my big hands. Anyway, after a long afternoon shooting, filling 3 gigs worth of cards at high JPEG, I expected my batteries to be down even though I got no low power indications. Went home and put the batteries on charge, one topped off quickly, just a few minutes. The other took the full charging time. I've noticed this three or four times now. How does this camera utilize its battery power? Does it draw one down and go to the other as it appears or am I missing something? Both batteries are new and in good condition, I can use either by itself. I'm quite pleased to be able to shoot this much without battery troubles. It ought to get maxed this weekend at Talladega. Rick H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan_cornelius Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 I also have the MB-D200 with my D200 and enjoy it very much! Although I haven't had it long, it seems to me that it first drains one then "moves on" to the other (as you theorized). If you go to the "Set Up" menu (the wrench icon) you can veiw the battery status info for each individual battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethbuckley Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 The D200 uses one battery before using the other one. When the grip is attached there is a new setup menu that is enabled on the D200 that shows the amount of battery left and how many shots have been taken with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_in_PA Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Also, on some rechargers (not sure about Nikon battery chargers) the indicator reads full when it ISN'T full yet! So be sure to leave them in as long as you can before using them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azlan.sharom Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 I don't have a MB200 (yet!) but a friend who does, tells me that if you swapped the 2 batteries about mid-stream... the camera recognizes this and continues to drain the 'in-use' battery before using the 'full' battery. A bit of useless trivia, maybe... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_smith3 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 As already posted, one battery is used at a time. Battery use is greatly impacted by use of the menu/lcd. What you have experienced regarding charging is exactly wht you should experience. Joe Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsd230 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I utilizes one battery at a time. That way if you don't use all the power from one battery all you have to re-charge is the one battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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