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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 627069" data-attributes="member: 24285">I had two second gen. EN-EL-15's and one of the first gen versions.&nbsp; Nikon Canada is exchanging it for me, they sent me a Purolator prepaid label by email - printed it and gave it and the battery to the courier and it was off to Nikon middle of last week.&nbsp; Should get a new one back sometime before the end of October.&nbsp; Just joking we will see what the turn around time is on this - it did take them a couple of weeks to get my D500 to my local camera shop.&nbsp;&nbsp; I will need to pay attention to the number of shots I get - tend to recharge when it gets low (as in under 20%, unless I have a big day and then it gets topped up.&nbsp; I know that years ago it was always recommended to almost drain rechargeables before recharging as they had 'memory' issues and this would reduce the capacity of the battery.&nbsp; But I understand that all changed with the newer lithium batteries, recharging before they are drained does not hurt.&nbsp; OR so I've been lead to believe.&nbsp; Started with a full charge this a.m. and shot 342 images today, battery now reports 64% left.&nbsp; Today 90% of the shots were with a manual focus lens (Lensbaby Fisheye) so the lens was taking nothing from the battery.&nbsp; I did a little chimping and we reviewed a lot of the images at a restaurant.&nbsp; But at that rate the battery should get to that 1200 shot mark.The other battery issue I've noted is that when the battery is low it will not work.&nbsp; Next time I run the battery down so far the D500 will not turn on, I'm going to drop that battery in one of my other EN-EL15 cameras and see if that camera powers up and if so, what does it say about the battery capacity.&nbsp; When I do that I'll post the results.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 627069, member: 24285"] I had two second gen. EN-EL-15's and one of the first gen versions. Nikon Canada is exchanging it for me, they sent me a Purolator prepaid label by email - printed it and gave it and the battery to the courier and it was off to Nikon middle of last week. Should get a new one back sometime before the end of October. Just joking we will see what the turn around time is on this - it did take them a couple of weeks to get my D500 to my local camera shop. I will need to pay attention to the number of shots I get - tend to recharge when it gets low (as in under 20%, unless I have a big day and then it gets topped up. I know that years ago it was always recommended to almost drain rechargeables before recharging as they had 'memory' issues and this would reduce the capacity of the battery. But I understand that all changed with the newer lithium batteries, recharging before they are drained does not hurt. OR so I've been lead to believe. Started with a full charge this a.m. and shot 342 images today, battery now reports 64% left. Today 90% of the shots were with a manual focus lens (Lensbaby Fisheye) so the lens was taking nothing from the battery. I did a little chimping and we reviewed a lot of the images at a restaurant. But at that rate the battery should get to that 1200 shot mark. The other battery issue I've noted is that when the battery is low it will not work. Next time I run the battery down so far the D500 will not turn on, I'm going to drop that battery in one of my other EN-EL15 cameras and see if that camera powers up and if so, what does it say about the battery capacity. When I do that I'll post the results. [/QUOTE]

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