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 Posted: Fri Sep 13th, 2019 16:35
Robert



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 I don't believe there is a significant risk to safety or the camera using an 'after market' battery, that said I have gone to some lengths to try to ensure the battery is of good quality. Seeking confirmation from others as to the reliability of particular vendors.

Geoff makes a good point, when I was looking to use the D3 for winter night time photography the batteries, both genuine and otherwise were performing very badly in sub -10C temperatures.  Four new genuine Nikon EN-EL4 batteries would have cost me £600, even if I had £600 I wouldn't spend it on batteries.  I eventually decided to go with lead acid but that was before I got the D800, which although I haven't yet used it in sub -10C temperatures yet, it is performing much better than the D3 did in similarly cold conditions.  Kielder, or Northern Scotland, later this year will confirm that.



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