Dead Battery Issue with D200

Anyone following this report over on the D200 forum at dpr?

Funny thing is that today when I was stacking TC's, using an AFS lens (still set for af/M), I was able to replicate the problem. But the rest of the day of shooting and as soon as I changed to manual on the camera and lens ,no problem. (thats camera reports battery drained and you get several black frames).

If I had been using a system that I knew was "on the edge" this would have concerned me. But It also makes me think that this problem is related to lens and currents in the connection.

But I've got a year if it appears again, however do you know about the Dead Battery and blank frames issues on the D200?

 

I'm pretty sure it must be something in the contacts. I mean I created an artificial weakness by combining a Nikon and Kenko with an AFS lens. And it was only at the point in time that I hadn't turned off AF because I didn't think it would matter at such a "low light" f stop.

Thanks for the listing. Since I Camera is one week old, I will also follow this.

 

I identified my problem to be not turning off the AFS when I stacked my TC's. It was just as you describe, a few blank frames and the batteries showing drained very quickly. Happened with my second battery also. Today I turned off the lens and the camera (remember this is now an F8 lens and the AFS every now and then was trying to focus.

I could not repeat it today with everything turned off. Don't know if this issue is the same with every camera, but mine certianly was related to the AFS trying to focus and thus probably draining the internal battery.

I hope they find the issue with your camera. Keep us appraised on what you find out.

 

I was half shutter releasing for quite long time (maybe 30 seconds) between shots.