*trips from the mighty shove in the direction of the Welcome Forum*
Yeah, you're right. I definitely planned to but my eye caught sight of this thread before I got there

Thanks for the welcome.
[EDIT] Also, people should be aware that there are two types of EN-EL3e batteries. One which contains the chip the D300 needs to accurately report the battery life and usage and one without. An example of them both can be viewed here (which I found purely through chance btw)
EN-EL3e NOT compatible with D300 -
NIKON EN-EL3e/ NIKON/ Camera Batteries/ Categories/ Digi-Quick.co.uk - Digi-Quick
EN-EL3e that IS 100% compatible with the D300 -
NIKON EN-EL3e for the D300/ NIKON/ Camera Batteries/ Categories/ Digi-Quick.co.uk - Digi-Quick