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Battery Level
The camera displays battery level as follows:
EN-EL3e Batteries
Control panel Viewfi nder Description
— Battery fully charged.
—Battery partially dis-
charged.
Low battery. Ready
spare batteries.
(blinks) (blinks)
Battery exhausted.
Shutter release dis-
abled.
AA Batteries
Control panel Viewfi nder Description
—
Batteries fully charged.
Low batteries. Ready
spare batteries.
(blinks) (blinks)
Batteries exhausted.
Shutter release dis-
abled.
To ensure that the camera
shows the correct battery
level when AA batteries
are used, choose the ap-
propriate option for Cus-
tom Setting 32 (
MB-D80
batteries
) in the Custom Settings menu for the
D80, or for Custom Setting d12 (
MB-D80 battery
type
) in the Custom Settings menu for the D90.
If the correct option is not selected, the camera
may fail to function as expected.
Battery type Option
AA alkaline (LR6) LR6 AA alkaline
AA Ni-MH (HR6) HR6 AA Ni-MH
AA Lithium (FR6) FR6 AA lithium
AA nickel-manganese (ZR6) ZR6 AA Ni-Mn
Remove the batteries when the MB-D80 is not in
use.
Battery Info
The
Battery info
op-
tion in the camera
setup menu displays
information on EN-EL3e
batteries. See the cam-
era manual for details.
Battery information is listed separately for each
slot. The D80 does not display battery informa-
tion for AA batteries, while the D90 displays the
battery level only.
Note: The illustrations on this page are from the
D80.