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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Jack Shen Shen" data-source="post: 184794" data-attributes="member: 15967"><a href="http://nikonites.com/member-9240-backdoorhippie.html" target="_blank">BackdoorHippie</a>: I thought it may be an aftermarket battery issue - but owning and using both aftermarket and Nikon batteries successfully in the D800 and another D7000 without issue, I can safely rule out that it's specifically an aftermarket battery thing.<a href="http://nikonites.com/member-6573-gqtuazon.html" target="_blank">gqtuazon</a>: Thing is, using the battery grip actually makes it work - or are you saying that using an aftermarket battery grip somehow screws with the camera's battery circuitry? That's pretty frightening...<a href="http://nikonites.com/member-15426-kodiak.html" target="_blank">Kodiak</a> Like what qqtuazon said, the problem isn't in the grip itself - it's the battery compartment.<a href="http://nikonites.com/member-13195-cowleystjames.html" target="_blank">Cowleystjames</a> Whoa, I'm not sure if I'd want to shell out the big bucks for such a beefy battery if it that wouldn't work in the camera either...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Michael Jack Shen Shen, post: 184794, member: 15967"] [COLOR=#AC0000][URL="http://nikonites.com/member-9240-backdoorhippie.html"]BackdoorHippie[/URL]: [/COLOR][COLOR=#3E3E3E][/COLOR]I thought it may be an aftermarket battery issue - but owning and using both aftermarket and Nikon batteries successfully in the D800 and another D7000 without issue, I can safely rule out that it's specifically an aftermarket battery thing. [URL="http://nikonites.com/member-6573-gqtuazon.html"]gqtuazon[/URL][COLOR=#AC0000]: [/COLOR]Thing is, using the battery grip actually makes it work - or are you saying that using an aftermarket battery grip somehow screws with the camera's battery circuitry? That's pretty frightening... [COLOR=#AC0000][URL="http://nikonites.com/member-15426-kodiak.html"]Kodiak[/URL] [/COLOR]Like what qqtuazon said, the problem isn't in the grip itself - it's the battery compartment. [COLOR=#AC0000][URL="http://nikonites.com/member-13195-cowleystjames.html"]Cowleystjames[/URL] [/COLOR][COLOR=#3E3E3E][/COLOR]Whoa, I'm not sure if I'd want to shell out the big bucks for such a beefy battery if it that wouldn't work in the camera either... [/QUOTE]

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