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third middle connection on the battery is
only
used by the
camera, and it specifically is used to report the status of the
internal power cells in the battery.
Note: Unlike the NiMH batteries used for the D1 series, the
Lithium-Ion EN-EL3e used with the D300 shouldn’t have to
be “conditioned” prior to use.
Still, it has been observed by many that new EN-EL3e’s
seem to improve slightly with use, which means that they
may have some storage or initialization effects that need to
be rectified.
I would suggest, therefore, that you fully exhaust the battery
(<10% charge remaining) the first two or three times you
use it and make those first charges thorough ones, waiting
until the battery cools before removing it from the charger
(i.e. don’t pop it off the minute the light stops blinking; let it
continue to trickle charge for another few minutes).
Changing Batteries
õ
The EN-EL3e battery is inserted into the camera as follows:
1.
On the bottom of the camera, push the small indented
button (green arrow points to it) on the Battery
Compartment door towards the center of the camera
(towards the PacMan-like symbol). The door should
pop open.
