I received my Nikon D300 as a gift in late February. I use a Sigma DC 18-200 mm lens. For the first two weeks it worked wonderfully, but soon after it began having the false battery reading issue, and had had a couple of black frames, with the aperture info being blank on the image info.
I called Nikon and the tech told me that he had to let someone know about my issue, as someone above him was keeping an eye on this particular problem. After, he tried to hint that it was my lens causing the problem. It had no issues when I had the AF and OS off, so it is definately NOT a battery drain issue because of the lens. I also contacted Sigma, and they hadn't heard of an issue with that combination(and, apparently, the person I talked to had the same setup and had no problems, though I'm not sure if that was a factual statement or not).
I did some research into the problems I was having, and found the threads mentioning the exact issues that my D300 was having, and they mentioned that cleaning the contacts may clear it up. I went to the nearby Nikon dealer to have them clean the contacts, I (even though it's not probable) did not want to take the chance of Nikon telling me the issues were from me cleaning it.
After the cleaning, the camera functioned properly for about a week and a half before it started having the same issues again. I'm sure it's not from any temperature issues as the first time it started malfunctioning it had not been outside at all in at least 15 hours, and I was shooting inside at room temperature.
I sent the camera out to Nikon in Melville and have yet to hear anything about what the problem actually is. It's "In Shop". It's only been a week or two, but the images I'm missing are driving me insane. I can't wait to get it back, and I hope they actually fix the problem.
Nikon D300 Issues
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I received my Nikon D300 as a gift in late February. I use a Sigma DC 18-200 mm lens. For the first two weeks it worked wonderfully, but soon after it began having the false battery reading issue, and had had a couple of black frames, with the aperture info being blank on the image info.
I called Nikon and the tech told me that he had to let someone know about my issue, as someone above him was keeping an eye on this particular problem. After, he tried to hint that it was my lens causing the problem. It had no issues when I had the AF and OS off, so it is definately NOT a battery drain issue because of the lens. I also contacted Sigma, and they hadn't heard of an issue with that combination(and, apparently, the person I talked to had the same setup and had no problems, though I'm not sure if that was a factual statement or not).
I did some research into the problems I was having, and found the threads mentioning the exact issues that my D300 was having, and they mentioned that cleaning the contacts may clear it up. I went to the nearby Nikon dealer to have them clean the contacts, I (even though it's not probable) did not want to take the chance of Nikon telling me the issues were from me cleaning it.
After the cleaning, the camera functioned properly for about a week and a half before it started having the same issues again. I'm sure it's not from any temperature issues as the first time it started malfunctioning it had not been outside at all in at least 15 hours, and I was shooting inside at room temperature.
I sent the camera out to Nikon in Melville and have yet to hear anything about what the problem actually is. It's "In Shop". It's only been a week or two, but the images I'm missing are driving me insane. I can't wait to get it back, and I hope they actually fix the problem.