Nikon Batteries

PossumCorner

Heard that Nikon have declared a battery recall for D50 and D70 and that it is for USA and parts of EC only. Has anyone any more info as to what the problem is? Or whether this is new news or old news?

Edited to add: just thought of looking on DP Review and predictably there is a slanging match just commenced and in progress on the subject. Gone midnight, so will go to bed now, and read up on it in the morning.

Stef

http://www.nikonusa.com/email_images/nikonusa/service_advisory/battery.html

Hope that helps you find the information you were looking for. I got lucky, just got my D50 and mine isn't one of the batteries affected. Good luck to you too!:):

PossumCorner

Nikon Batteries
Stef thanks for that. Ours seem 'okay' too, so fingers crossed that the codes are right. It seems they have circulated this world wide and doing the right thing. Good to know they care, wouldn't want my camera to catch fire as one of the notifications warns of, even though the fault found was only four in a million.

If anyone is affected by this, DPR thread is worth a look, as it suggests how to do the return and not be left without a battery for longer than necessary, which is apparently not obvious on first glance.

MrBook2

I was not so lucky. My battery has been recalled. I filled out the online forms yesterday and opted to go for the method that sends me a replacement BEFORE I send the recalled one. With any luck it will be here before too long.

--Aaron

jthomas

Sent mine in yesterday. Since I have had the D70 for 7 months now, I'm happy to get a fresh battery for free - and it's the new higher capacity battery that comes with the D70s. :

cmr164

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27550

"About 200,000 batteries have been distributed in the US, and around 710,000 worldwide.

The lithium ion battery pack is included as a power source for Nikon digital cameras SLR D100, D70 and D50 cameras, but is also sold separately."