I’ve experienced strange issues when the MB-D10 Battery Grip is connected to my Nikon D700 camera.
I’ve only seen the occurrences listed below when the two are connected, otherwise the camera performs perfectly. I believe it’s a compatibility issued between the two:
- the photo display sometimes hangs up when I flipping through photos;
- the CF indicator light will start blinking for no reason; and
- there’s prolonged searching and erratic functioning of AF.
The D700 sees the MB-D10 and reflects it’s battery status accurately.
I’m thinking this may be a D700 firmware issue. The MB-D10 Battery Grip functions perfectly on the D300 and the D700 camera functions perfectly without it attached.
I searched and was able to find one other person having compatibility issues with the D700 and MB-D10. This person was told by his local camera shop it was a D700 firmware issue.
I also remember when the D300 was first released there was a firmware issues between it and the MB-D10.
For now I’ll keep the battery grip off the D700 and wait for Nikon to releases a firmware update at which point I’ll try it again. :-/
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That’s what you call being on the bleeding edge!
I’m sure that Nikon will have a firmware upgrade soon! Until then, you’ll just have to deal with one battery and 5 fps! 
@Paul: Yeah…I think I can manage for a while!
The more I use the D700 the more I like it.
Yesterday (at a wedding!!!) I experienced a problem, which is probably related to this MB-D10 issue. My D700’s buttons on the back-panel died and had no response, the preview screen stayed off and the autofocus was jumping eratically for a few minutes, before it stopped functioning all together!
I could get nothing out of the camera, so my wife suggested that I put in a fresh EN-EL4a battery. This solved the problem luckily and the camera came back to life.
The battery I removed still had 80% power when I checked it on the charger after the event. I popped it back into the camera to see the problem again, but it was ok again. I wonder if there might be a battery overheating issue here as well, maybe?
Oh, and the pic count is completely out. My 86% charged EN-EL4a batteries show 2 pics remaining on the D700 battery display.
I’ll be looking for a firmware update today?! Please let me know of any ideas? I’m very concerned about this. This is my first problem with Nikon gear ever!
@Pieter: When Nikon first released the D300 they were having similar problems involving the MB-D10. That’s why I feel there may be some issues with the D700 as well.
There have been no updates for D700 firmware as of this time but I’m hopeful when they do release an update it will resolve the issues with the MB-D10 battery grips.
Thanks for your comment letting me know others are experiencing this as well. Regards.
I have used the D700 and MB-D10 for several months now with no issues at all.
@Brian: Since doing this post I’ve used the MB-D10 with my D700 and it seems to be for the most part okay. I don’t know if initially it was a poor connection or what.
Thanks for sharing your results.
no worries
A lot of gear doesn’t always operate as desired, and sometimes results do vary by individual products
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