Nikon EN-EL12 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery for Coolpix
May 3, 2018 - Comment
Product Description Nikon EN EL12 – camera battery – Li-Ion Product Type Camera battery Battery Lithium Ion – 1050 mAh General Product Type Camera battery Battery Technology Lithium Ion Voltage Provided &l Product Features Compact rechargeable lithium-ion battery High capacity for long operating life (3.7V 1050 mAh) Consistent power, even in colder conditions Check Out More Nikon Gear Nikon D5100 Digital SLR Camera
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£33.30Amazon.co.uk Price
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Nikon or not Nikon that is the question? I bought two EN EL-12 batteries described as being from ‘Nikon’ via two different suppliers. A1 Deals provided one which looked like the one which accompanied my Nikon P300 camera. It was packaged in a Nikon box. It had a plastic contacts cover. It had the documentation. It looked pristine. Simpleshop2000 provided one which came in a cheap looking sealed plastic bag, no contacts cover, no box, no documentation. The lettering was faded, the contacts looked used, the hologram did not look…
No complaints really, well worth having some spares! I bought these as extra back up for a short holiday, as I’m a bit of a photo addict – they seem fine, they last a long time but take quite a while to charge too! I’ve just noticed that there are some external chargers for these batteries on Amazon – I’ll be getting one of these soon – hopefully they’ll charge quicker than the camera – freeing me up to use the camera with another battery whilst charging spares.
Real Deal Item was quickly sent, well packed and in good condition, It wasn’t cheap, but as it was the real thing from an official main dealer, that’s as expected. It’s in and working in our AW110, and doing fine so far. If it turns out with experience that we need more spare batteries, we may consider other makes, but John Lewis where we bought the camera warned us against using anything but genuine Nikon products. Carmarthen Cameras got the sale as they have a real shop where we could…