Nikon D200 Top LCD Display [Problem]

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I've had my D200 a couple of days now and one of the first things I noticed was when I turned it off, the top LCD remained displaying the number of remaining exposures.. Just curious to know if this is normal, whether or not it can be fully turned off without pulling the battery out?

Sorry if this is a silly question but my manual doesn't tell me how to turn it off and I can't find any way of doing it anywhere online so I'm guessing it can't be turned off, but I thought I'd ask about.

Thanks in advance
 
As Andy says it's normal & if you take your cf card out it will show E to indicate empty.
 
It seems to be slowly running my battery down :/ I've ordered a second, so I always have a backup, but if this is going to run it down I don't really want to have to buy 17 batteries just to be sure I don't run out of power in the middle of a shooting session :/
 
JamieBales said:
It seems to be slowly running my battery down :/ I've ordered a second, so I always have a backup, but if this is going to run it down I don't really want to have to buy 17 batteries just to be sure I don't run out of power in the middle of a shooting session :/
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Jamie, its always good to have a back-up. As far as the display draining your battery, its a minimum load on the battery, unless you are leaving your camera for a long time you have got no worries:)
 
Hi Jamie,

I used (still do use from time to time) a D200, I found the battery life to be good, however if you want to cover your bases a little better and do not want to keep checking the battery monitor I would recommend the 2 battery grip. It not only gives you twice the battery capacity, it also makes the camera feel much better, additional shutter button and an almost pro body like feel ta boot!

I am sure I have seen them in the trade section here on TP, link below to first link found on Google:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nikon-B000BY52O4-MB-D200-Battery-grip/dp/B000BY52O4
 
Looked at my d200 at the weekend as I hadn't used it since Xmas as it's a second body and it gad drained the battery by about 15% of the battery so no big deal, I would definately get a spare battery as they are always useful but one of the things I always make sure of when I know I have a shoot coming up is to ensure all my batteries are charged Inc flash batteries and all memory cards are formatted and I go through my bag and ensure everything I will or might need is in it.
 
i reckon the exposure counter on the lcd would probably take over a year to drain the battery (could be 2!), if its going down that quickly its probably ready for the bin
 
When you say it's running the battery down, how quickly are you saying it's losing charge? I've left mine for days at a time, with no noticable loss in battery capacity...
 
Most cameras have an auto power off feature built in, don't they? :thinking:

I'm not sure exactly how old the D200 is, but my Canon 400D (2006 model) has this feature which helps to save the battery if I accidentally leave it on.

As for the top display staying on, I agree with the guys saying it's normal! I know someone with a D300 which always has the top display on.
 
How long is the illumination set to stay on? That may be the cause of the problem if you light it up often.
 
The battery grip is definately something I want.. Mainly because it will enable me to shoot vertically, but also because alongside two Li-ions I can keep a pocket full of AAs as emergency backups. The power was drained 1 bar over the 2 days i've had it since charging the lithium batt fully, but I have taken about 100 shots and been fiddling with the settings for a while... Now I think about it, it doesn't seem too bad, I was just initially concerned that it might have been this display that wore it out a little. Thanks for the response everyone it's bought a few things to my attention and settled my mind haha If I can find a genuine D200 battery grip for a good price i'll be more than happy
 
D200 is renowned for pretty poor battery life, I used to only get a few hundred shots from a battery. If the battery is draining just in standby mode, I suspect it's on its way out - I had a 3rd party one that only held 100 shots which was binned pretty quickly! As mentioned above it should last pretty much forever if its just displaying the exposure count.
 
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