DBS: Dead Battery Syndrome
While preparing for a Debutante’s Party shoot last November 22, I noticed that the battery of my aged battle tested Nikon D80 indicates ‘Low Battery’ whenever I insert 2 batteries on the MB-D80 battery grip.
So I checked which of these equipment is busted, I prepared so well for this shoot and I don’t want to mess up. I finally gave up, I slept without finding what’s wrong. What I did was to just use 1 battery even with the MB-D80 attached to the camera, I was able to survive the assignment even being short-handed.
The same thing happened when I shoot a wedding at Imus Cathedral last Saturday, although I was quite confident since I carry 2 cameras (a Nikon D80 and a Nikon D70) whenever I shoot.
Puzzled, I tried to search for a solution to the problem that I am facing, I went back to the photography forum that taught me a lot of things, there I found out about the Dead Battery syndrome (DBS). Apparently, Nikon D80 and D200 users have been hounded by this problem since last year and Nikon has released an upgrade for both cameras firmware (v1.11 for Nikon D80 and v2.01 for Nikon D200). I checked the link to the site where I can download the firmware upgrade and upgraded my cameras firmware.
It solved the problem but also confirmed that one of my batteries finally died.
For Nikon D80 and D200 users, check out the firmware upgrade to avoid the experience that I went through.
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