D200 problem

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I have the official battery grip fitted. When the first battery gets down to 20% the camera locks until I fit a fully charged battery in its place.

I thought that it should change straight over to the second battery that was in the grip, I would have thought that was the whole point of the grip.....:shrug:

I have read both manuals and a couple of books that I have on the D200 but can find no answer, is it something that I need to set up in the camera? The battery info shows in the menu as one full and one nearly down.

I am confused......:cuckoo:

Anyone know the answer please?
 
I`m really struggling with this, if anybody knows, please advise.

Thanks.
 
I have never experienced this issue. Are you experiencing anything out of the norm whilst no grip is installed? If you aren't then I would put it down to a faulty grip. Depending on when you purchased it you might be able to return it to your supplier. Alternatively contact Nikon UK who will be able to assist you in sending it in for a repair.
 
Cheers, grip came from Kerso, but i`ll contact Nikon and see if I should have set something up in the menu.

Thanks.
 
I havent got a grip for my D200, so Not sure of how they work exactly anyway, though I had always assumed that both batteries sat in the 'grip' bit and worked continuously, one after the other - I mean, the charge indicator would show total power of both - is that wrong?
What happens if you swap the discharged one and the charged one over, does it work again? :shrug:
 
I shall try that today, good idea......:thumbs:

I`ve put new batteries in as well to see if one is duff.
 
MB-D200 and MB-D80 multi power battery packs
When two EN-EL3e batteries are used in these multi power battery packs, power is consumed from one battery at a time. The multi power battery packs measure the charge of both batteries when the camera is turned on and then uses battery with the lowest charge. This ensures that there is always enough battery power in reserve to prevent data being lost, due to exhausted batteries. Using this method one battery will be exhausted before the other, this allows recharging of the exhausted battery while continuing taking photographs with the second battery still in the multi power battery pack.
Please remove any exhausted battery from these multi power battery packs if the camera is turned on and off frequently. This will prevent the camera freezing temporarily during shooting as the power is switched from one battery to the other.

From Nikon website.
 
Gareth_R said:
MB-D200 and MB-D80 multi power battery packs
When two EN-EL3e batteries are used in these multi power battery packs, power is consumed from one battery at a time. The multi power battery packs measure the charge of both batteries when the camera is turned on and then uses battery with the lowest charge. This ensures that there is always enough battery power in reserve to prevent data being lost, due to exhausted batteries. Using this method one battery will be exhausted before the other, this allows recharging of the exhausted battery while continuing taking photographs with the second battery still in the multi power battery pack.
Please remove any exhausted battery from these multi power battery packs if the camera is turned on and off frequently. This will prevent the camera freezing temporarily during shooting as the power is switched from one battery to the other.

From Nikon website.
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Think you've missed the point. As the OP points out if one of the batteries run down to 20% the camera will freeze. There is no power transfer to the following full battery.

FYI I have used just one battery half full until it ran dry in my grip without any issues.
 
As far as i can see, you dont have to change anything in the menu, unless you use AA batteries. I can only think of a couple of things to check. Make sure both batteries are EN-EL3e. The contact pins on top of the grip ( part that goes in the batt compartment) are spring loaded, make sure they are clean and springy. Try just one battery and see what happens when it gets down to 20%, and try in both the left and right sides.
Ok, that was three.....
Any luck with the new batteries?
Allan
 
I did`nt see enough to warrant the first battery going down yesterday. I`ll leave it in and see what happens.

Thanks for the input and i`ll keep you informed of the results.....:thumbs:
 
what lens are you using with it, I had a sigma 70-200 F2.8 connected to my D200, when I removed it it killed the camera stone dead, only removing the battery and re-inserting it would bring it back to life again,(this is without a grip) turned out it was a problem with the lens which sigma fixed under warranty, I had a d70 as well and the lens worked OK on that, have you tried it with a different lens on to see if it still does it

Unlikely I know but it's the only power problem i've had on my D200
 
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