R D1 batteries

[elijah_free]

Just bought a mint R D1 used. It came with the really fine epson battery. The

seller also included two batteries from powermart. Never heard of them before.

neither of them will charge all of the way. After charging, and I place them in

the camera, the charge indicator shows they only charged around 60% or so. They

last for about 25 shots depending on whether I use raw with jpeg, and if I use

the lcd.

Anyhow, is there a really good replacement battery for the R D1 that will work

as well as the supplied epson battery, or nearly as well. I would appreciate

your feedback and experience in this matter.

I went off shooting today indoors at a museum as it was raining out. The 35 cron

asph. was my lens.

When I have some shots, I will share them on line. Thanks, as always for any help.

regards, elijah

[kelly_flanigan1]

There are new batteries on ebay; same as the stock ones. Search for the battery number on the Epson battery. After a few cycles the stock batteries often last radically longer.

[andrew robertson]

The R-D1 takes the NP-80 or any of its clones. I have 3 generic (1300 mAh) and 3 Epson

(1500 mAh) batteries. The generic ones definitely do not last as long as the Epson brand

ones - maybe 4/5ths as many shots.

 

As much as I enjoy the firmware upgrade, I think it eats batteries a bit more than the

original one. I don't have any data to back this up, other than a gut feeling. I still wouldn't

go back if one could prove the old firmware gave better battery life.

[jay_goldman3]

Look at the R-D1 forum at

 

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=48

 

There havbe been extensive discussions of batteries on the site