[JMitchell]

Just wondering, in order to save money, whether the Hähnel equivalent of the EN-El4 battery would still give me the 8fps offered by the D300?

Thanks


Jack

[Chris H]

Dunno about that make of battery but I've been buying cheap batteries of ebay and have had no problems ( well not quite true I did get one completely dead one )

I pay about £8 for 3 batteries. I've used them in my 350D and had no probs, now have 2 spares for the 40D but not run a battery flat in that camera yet so can't comment

[JMitchell]

Hehe. I'm not sure I'd go so far as to entrust my D300 to some cheapo eBay batteries (no offence to them), but it's good to hear that they (mostly) work. Thanks

[Chris H]

D300 or 40D

I've been using them for over a year with no probs but if you wish to pay a fortune for exactly the same thing who am I to argue


Just teezin

[Steve]

I've been running my 10D and 20D on 'cheap eBay batteries' since they were new. Not had a single problem and their capacity is quite a lot better than the original Canon ones.

Like C-Man I paid about £8-10 for 3 compared to the £54 that Canon want for one.

[VinnyP]

Be careful the D300 and D3 are very fussy with third party batteries. They have sneaky tricks to detect non Nikon batteries. I have a third party En-EL4 and it worked fine my D2x but is a non starter in the D300 MB10 or D3 Other users have reported similar problems with third party EN-EL4s and 3s Incidentally most third party batteries are 2000mAh but the Nikon ones are 2500 but still a lot more than 25% more expensive.

[VinnyP]

MRDA but Nikon D70s explode from knockoff batteries - Engadget

[JMitchell]

Thanks Vinny, that's interesting. Although, I'd be buying one from Hähnel, who are a reputable company (as you know), sold and even advertised with the cameras in many stores, online and real. They claim full compatibility, so surely they shouldn't not work?

[VinnyP]

Just found a thread on another site where a guy says that his Hahnel batteries don't work with D300 others have reported that Photix and Delkin also won't work. One person suggests that the lenmar will work but I haven't heard of them.

[VinnyP]

As a matter of interest how urgently do you want one and how much are they charging for the Hähnel? I have seen the Hahnel for £59 plus postage and it's only 2000mAh a 2500 mAh Nikon one can be yours from one of the reputable far east companies for about that.

[JMitchell]

yeah I might just stick with the nikon ones to be sure, it's just the frigging charger that's so damned expensive. I really don't want to shell out £100 plus to charge a battery

[VinnyP]

Get in quick as Nikon are discontinuing the "cheaper" MH21 and only doing the MH22 charger