| Nikon MB-D10 Battery Pack for D300 & D700 | 
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| Brand: Nikon
Category: CE
Buy New: £156.95
New (12) from £156.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 3276
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.3 x 3.5
MPN: 25359
Model: 25359
UPC: 018208253593
EAN: 0018208253593
ASIN: B000VDF5RO
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Compatible with Nikon D300 and D700 | | • | Capable of 8fps (frames per second) shooting | | • | users can power the camera with 8 AA batteries | | • | can be used with the Nikon EN-EL4 or EN-EL4A batte | | • | for extended stability and potential for vertical |
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Product Description
The MB-D10 power grip allows you to take a large number of photos with your Nikon digital reflex camera in a single charge.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good Balance........ June 20, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I partly agree with the points made by the other two reviewers but thought I would write a review for the sake of balance. I love this grip and find myself using vertical shooting more often because of it. (Although I do find I take a few accidental shots if I forget to "lock" the shutter release) The reason for the "balance" in the title is because I find the camera feels more balanced when using lenses such as the 18-200mm VR Nikon. I mean "in the hand balance", when you place the camera down on the battery pack it will fall forward with the weight of the lens.
I agree Nikon should of supplied all the adaptors you need, but then again if you want to use the D3 battery you would also have to purchase a new charger (more expense)
I also agree with the comment about the placement of the battery, however I rarely remove the camera battery as it hardly seems to lose any power. It is not difficult once a month to swap the batteries over. Remember you probably have enough juice for 2000 shots before both batteries are flat.
Don't forget Nikon always name there battery packs after the camera, so the rumour is there's a new Nikon full frame camera due soon.wrapped inside a D300 body (Nikon D10?)
I suggest you try one in the shop attached to the camera and decide that way. Like I say I love it and my D300 feels very small without it attached.
Beautifully made and looks good on the camera, although the extra height of the camera when the grip is fitted makes it a tight squeeze in most camera bags (look for bags that are deep enough for a "pro DSLR")
 Worth having - but only if you use it!!! May 15, 2008
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
Pretty stupid title for a review isn't it? Well not not really. I have a Nikon D2XS, had a 2DHs and also have a D300. Now both the D2XS and 2DHs are pro cameras and as such have larger battery capacity. They last longer then the other Nikon SLRs and are faster. Now the D300 is a great camera but is regarded as a semi-pro/amateur camera and as such some areas in design are cut back. One of these areas which is compromised is the larger battery capacity and to make up for that and a vertical shutter release you need to have the MB-D10. I am a semi-pro photographer and shoot sports and celebrities so I like to have a fast shutter speed for the sports and the ability to shoot vertically for both portraits and for football. The MB-D10 gives me those options. So it fits the bill then? well not entirely.
Being an "add-on" the MB10 doesn't actually feel like part of the camera but rather an addition and as such it does not feel as robust and solid when attached to the D300 as you would expect it too and it does not emulate the feel of the larger cameras being the D2XS and D2Hs. Whilst both of these cameras feel great in your hands when shooting fast and doing vertical shoots the D300 with the MB-D10 does not have the same feel. It does feel like a cheap option, which it is compared to the D3 and the other professional cameras.
Similarly the Multi-Power Battery Pack vertical shutter release also feels somewhat uncomfortable and I cannot put my finger on the reason why. (No pun intended).
My main gripe with the Battery Pack however is that it has additional accessories, which I feel should be standard and added in the price for something, which is not cheap. The Pack does come with 2 options for batteries, being AA battery holder and standard D300 battery holder, but heres where I think Nikon should have added additional accessories. Withy the battery pack added you need another D300 battery if you wish to get the best out of the Pack but - you guessed it you have to buy another battery which can be upto a further 40.00. Also I have additional batteries for the D2XS and these can be used in the Multi-Power Battery pack - but only if you buy the additional holder which again is up to 30.00. I would add that these battery holders are hard to get too and my one has been on order for over 4 months - not great planning.
Now the reason for the heading. In my opinion the D300 feels better and more familiar without the battery pack and to me I feel more comfortable using the normal shutter release when putting the camera in vertical positioning, then using the vertical shutter release on the D300. So I generally don't always attach the D300 Multi-Battery Pack and if I start shooting without it, I don't miss it. I would say that I do need the additional longevity the battery pack gives me so if I am on a long shoot I do attach it but more and more I do not attach it when I am shooting football. So its only a 3 star for me.
Why only 3? May 13, 2008
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a magnificent piece of equipment to compliment the D300 - but why only three stars?
Simple - the designer got it totally wrong when you consider how the batteries are installed.
On the grip for the Nikon D200 the grip housed both batteries and the grip remained connected to the body. With this grip and using two batteries, one remains inside the body of the camera whilst one other is placed within the grip (assuming you're not using AA's). This means having to unscrew the grip each time you want access to the battery within the body to enable you to recharge. Absolutely stupid design idea - let me leave the grip on and access both batteries from one housing - but no.
Other than that gripe the grip is superb. It's now made from the same material as the camera body - magnesium. The grip on the D200 was only plastic.
Would I still buy one even though I believe battery housing design is not intelligent - yes, every time.
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