How to remove battery from Nikon D200?
Got this camera today, second hand off a friend of my dad's who was selling his. Was just working my way through how to use it and it seem I can't get the battery out. When I open the battery cover it doesn't fall out, and if I push it in it doesn't move anywhere.Am I missing a trick?
I didn't put the battery in so it hasn't been inserted wrongly, to the best of my knowledge.
Thanks.
Added (1). No coloured plastic that I can see.
Added (2). I've also given it a massive shake and a few taps as well and it still won't budge.
Is there a release (coloured plastic) to one side?
It should pop out when you open the cover - worst case scenario, the battery has corroded and got stuck, most likely it needs a shake!
Battery Door
The battery door is the weakest point of the D200.It's plastic, has a plastic catch and doesn't latch that tightly. It is gasketed against the weather.
Luckily a reader in the UK writes that when his door broke off that the part only cost £1.12, or about $2.00 USD. That's good: the weak door prevents you from breaking the more expensive camera body.
My battery doors have a tendency to pop open. I discovered that they sometimes don't close all the way and lull me into a false sense of being securely closed.
Be certain the latch snaps fully closed.
Twice I've also accidentally had the door pop open on me while shooting. My finger nudged the catch. I hope that this was because I had not fully clicked it closed. Now that I'm careful it hasn't happened again.
Let's hope in a year we don't all have duct tape holding these closed. It looks the same as my D70 which has never had a problem.
My D200 battery door is flimsier than the door on my three-year old Canon A70 point and shoot. The D200 door pops open with the slightest nudge to the catch. The A70 has a solid two-step latch which will never open unless you tell it to. You have to move the Canon latch one way and then another to open it. The D200 is just a catch.
The D200 battery door isn't smart. You easily may open it with the camera on. You even can run the camera with the door open and let the battery fall out at just the wrong moment. Be careful. Try duct tape if you have to.
There's good news about the D200 battery door. Because of the lack of electrical interlock the D200 runs fine even if the door breaks off. Jam in some wadded-up newspaper and use duct tape to hold it all together, even with no door.
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