The Camera battery compartment door (Page 2): Sorry to hear of the demise of your door. Do other things just "pop off" of this same camera? Super glue might be the solution for your...

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

Royce Moss wrote:

I don't understand why camera manufacturers make the battery compartment door so it comes off the camera. I had a shoot at a football game and the door popped off and I could not find it!! Luckily I always have my backup camera. Why would anyone want to take it off anyway?

Sorry to hear of the demise of your door. Do other things just "pop off" of this same camera? Super glue might be the solution for your pop off problem, tape or rubber bands could also help. Good thing you had your back-up with you. Your planning ahead saved the day. Keep in mind that lots of people remove the door in question, it is required to accommodate a battery grip. Most grips have a design character that allows the door to be safely stored in the grip. If you are shooting many football games in August you may consider adding a grip to your kit. They are quite vesatile and will help you keep track of your door. GL

rdmesser2 Loc: Central Florida

I own a D7000 and use a D7100 at work the battery doors on these cameras will come off as I had on fall off the D7100 at work and had to pick it up of the ground and put it back on later as I was busy taking photos at the time. a little tape will solve the problem.

Erik_H wrote:

Ditto my D7000

Scubie Loc: Brunswick Georgia

Engineers that should be cutting grass. Today we see products that are designed with little quality and common sense.

Royce Moss wrote:

I don't understand why camera manufacturers make the battery compartment door so it comes off the camera. I had a shoot at a football game and the door popped off and I could not find it!! Luckily I always have my backup camera. Why would anyone want to take it off anyway?

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

Scubie wrote:

Engineers that should be cutting grass. Today we see products that are designed with little quality and common sense.

Generally you are correct but in this case you are mistaken. The door comes off for a reason. It snaps off so that you can easily install other accessories like the battery grip or the AC power supply that goes into the battery compartment and has an electric cord that comes out and connects to an AC outlet.

http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Power-Packs/EP-5B-Power-Supply-Connector.html

It also make the door easliy to replace and if you set the camera down with the door open, it unsnaps rather than breaking off. (I've done this a few times) and it is much easier to put a door that unsnaps back on than one that has broken off.

Gifted One Loc: S. E. Idaho

I believe that the camera is fully functional with out the door. The battery has a catch that works without the door in place. I would not use it that way as dirt could get in. But if I were in a pinch I could use it.

J. R.

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Gifted One wrote:

Well - - - so I can place a vertical battery grip on my camera body.

Next question why would anyone want to put a vertical battery grip on their body.

Because they shoot in vertical position i.e. portrait and like the way the camera feels and has dual control vertical and horizontal. I also like a heavier camera.

Sorry you lost your door. I hope it is not an expensive problem. The battery grip has a place to store the door in it.

J. R.

I find that using a battery grip will increase my battery life when shooting time lapses in winter. As the batteries get cold, they lose capacity but a pair of them will last longer than a single battery.

Thanks for the taipan storing the door in the grip. I'll have to look at my grips. I am always misplacing the doors after taking them off.

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Gifted One wrote:

Well - - - so I can place a vertical battery grip on my camera body.

Next question why would anyone want to put a vertical battery grip on their body.

Because they shoot in vertical position i.e. portrait and like the way the camera feels and has dual control vertical and horizontal. I also like a heavier camera.

Sorry you lost your door. I hope it is not an expensive problem. The battery grip has a place to store the door in it.

J. R.

Edited:

I find that using a battery grip will increase my battery life when shooting time lapses in winter. As the batteries get cold, they lose capacity but a pair of them will last longer than a single battery. With 2 pairs of batteries, I can switch about every 5 to 6 hours. A single battery dies under two hours.

Thanks for the tip storing the door in the grip, I'll have to look at my grips. I am always misplacing the doors after taking them off.

Gifted One Loc: S. E. Idaho

that's what happens when you don't read instructions! J. R.

hpucker99 wrote:

I find that using a battery grip will increase my battery life when shooting time lapses in winter. As the batteries get cold, they lose capacity but a pair of them will last longer than a single battery.

Thanks for the taipan storing the door in the grip. I'll have to look at my grips. I am always misplacing the doors after taking them off.

PhotosBySteve

You may not understand why the battery door fell off your camera that you did not specify make or model of. I don't understand why you feel the need to blame ALL camera manufacturers for your misfortune. I have used hundreds of cameras of many different models for over fifty years and have NEVER had a battery door fall off! Not even when I have dropped the camera.

Royce Moss wrote:

I don't understand why camera manufacturers make the battery compartment door so it comes off the camera. I had a shoot at a football game and the door popped off and I could not find it!! Luckily I always have my backup camera. Why would anyone want to take it off anyway?

natron

Its too late to conjecture why they did it, but do buy a replacement soon if you can find it! Once a camera becomes last years model, replacement parts that fall off regularly may become hard to get if the design has changed in the subsequent model.

Scubie Loc: Brunswick Georgia

Uniquely, the 3200 is the only model where the battery door is just a thin piece of plastic...Even the 3300 has a metal backed plastic part....So stupid on Nikons part to make something so inferior.

natron wrote:

Its too late to conjecture why they did it, but do buy a replacement soon if you can find it! Once a camera becomes last years model, replacement parts that fall off regularly may become hard to get if the design has changed in the subsequent model.

MtnMan Loc: ID

PhotosBySteve wrote:

You may not understand why the battery door fell off your camera that you did not specify make or model of. I don't understand why you feel the need to blame ALL camera manufacturers for your misfortune. I have used hundreds of cameras of many different models for over fifty years and have NEVER had a battery door fall off! Not even when I have dropped the camera.

It was a problem with my Nikon D5100 a couple of times, one nearly fatal ( I found it after backtracking a ways on a trail) before I learned.

The only reason it doesn't happen to me anymore on my other Nikons is that I learned to double-check it each time. Their latches also suck (D800 and D5300).

Royce Moss Loc: Irvine, CA

Makes sense now thanks guys for so many replys

n3eg Loc: West coast USA

The ultimate solution for all DSLR users: Make the big camera EVEN BIGGER!!! And this is from DSLR users, who brag over and over about how long their batteries last with their outdated OVFs.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Gifted One wrote:

What camera? I have several canon's and they also are hinged and stay on camera especially when I want to remove them. Such is life.

J. R.

Well duh, they're all are hinged (you need to open them to insert the battery)! But they still need to come off to add the battery grip!