Customer Reviews 

Must have Assesories
2010-09-02EN-EL3e is a great product and its a must have Accessories as a backup battery for any Nikon DSLR owner.

Glad I bought the Nikon Branded One
2010-08-31I didn't feel like dealing with a cheap aftermarket one. This one seems to be working great compared to my last one that won't hardly hold a charge anymore. This was reasonably priced for the Nikon branded one.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS ITEM
2010-08-20EN- EL3e will disappoint you. They are not covered under any warranty and you will lose your pictures when it goes out.
I purchase mine 6 months ago and it failed. Original batteries last 4 years. The upgrade (EN-EL3e) only last me 6 months.
Nikon does not offer warranty on it own product brand.
I have been a loyal Nikon customer since 1964. Nikon needs to know that they lost me to Cannon for good.
good luck all,

The only choice
2010-08-12What can I say, after trying several after market batteries, I finally gave up. All the after market batteries I tried seemed to loose their charge fairly quickly without even being used, the genuine Nikon battery is holding it's charge when I'm not using it, plus I am getting a lot more shots per battery. I use the battery grip for my D90 and another problem I had with the after market batteries, is that the right battery would run down and the camera would not see the left battery, this problem went away with the genuine Nikon battery.This is just from my experience, I'm not trying to knock and particular after market battery, but for my own use, I'm only going to buy the genuine article from now on.

The logical choice
2010-08-03
Yes, you could buy an off-brand battery for $6. And it would probably work just fine, or in some cases even a shade better. But, you have to consider how much energy is stored in a lithium battery, and how much damage this could do to your cameras electronics if the battery failed, or otherwise shorted out. With the Nikon version you have confidence that the battery has been well made and thoroughly tested (after all you were sufficiently confident that you shelled out $1,000 for one of their cameras!). Are you equally confident that another company can manufacture, test, and package a sophisticated battery for $6, and also make a profit? I'm not. I'd rather pay $30 extra than have to buy a new camera.
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