I'm always looking for products that will work internationally - this adapts automatically to different voltages, and seems to charge my batteries efficiently.
The cable is separate, so if you want to get a short one for travel, you can.
I use it for my D50 and D200 - no issues at all. Nikon MH-18a Quick Battery Charger for the EN-EL3e Battery compatible with Nikon D80, D200, D300 and D700 Digital SLR Cameras
This battery charger is exactly the same as the one that came with our Nikon D50. It works perfectly, arrived packaged well and in a timely fashion, and of course, cost less than ordering from Nikon. A no brainer!
I broke my original Nikon charger by dropping it about five feet onto a concrete sidewalk. No visible damage, but it would not work after that. No complaints at this point and I ordered a new one. It arrived and worked fine for a week or two. Then it began to exhibit comnnection problems. Found the contacts where the battery met the charger were weak. Finally bought a Torx screwdriver and opened the cover. The contacts were fastened to the housing with a small spot of glue that pulled away from the housing. I reglued it but was sure it will not hold. Filled the mostly empty part of the housing with foam rubber and reassembled. Works fine now with the foam rubber holding the contacts in the proper position, but you should not have to redesign a new charger.
Works as advertised - identical to the charger that comes with the D200 and D300 cameras. I do not know the standards that they measure against in order to come up with the "Quick" Battery Charger - but that is irrelevant for me. I pop a battery in it the night before a photo shoot and it is ready the next morning...
I realize that there are a host of cheaper knock off brands available at Amazon and at other vendors. However, staying with Nikon branded equipment is a good choice. I used mine recently at 220 volts in Peru and it worked perfectly without a converter. It is well built and the wide range of voltages and hertz settings insures world-wide capabilities. Why buy a knock-off when the real thing is reasonably priced? How much are your photos worth to you?
Does what it says on the box, good price, fast service... Just as well as my original charger is on a different continent to my camera (and me). Once charged these batteries are amazing, seem to last forever, never managed to used one up in a whole days shooting, even with the built in flash. Now why can't my laptop be like that...
As the title says: this charger does what it's supposed to do. I lost my original D90 charger and bought a cheap, non-Nikon, replacement, which didn't charge the battery fully. In the end, I had to go for original Nikon charger. This, of course, doesn't mean there are no third-party chargers which work OK. I just didn't have any luck finding one.
Came promptly as promised. Its the Nikon charger to replace the one that was crushed (no comment). Works just like the "old" one did before it was crushed. I feel these chargers are overpriced, but then again its from Nikon and everything is normally expensive with them.
Bill
This is by far a giant step backwards from Nikon. Really an cheap, inferior product as compared to what it's replacing, the MH-19 Battery Charger, discontinued by Nikon. The MH-19 was a dual battery charger, with both AC and DC charging options.
Although many did complain that it would only charge one battery at a time. (The charging of the second battery would only begin after the first battery completed charging.) Something Nikon should have corrected and come out with a revised model.
Instead, they just discontinued the product, and came out with this cheaper MH-18a model, which will only hold one battery.
So that forces people to purchase 'two' of these for the charging of two batteries for those cameras with expanded battery capacities, such as those using the MD-80.
A better battery charging system? Well, after purchasing 'two' of these, granted, one can now charge two batteries at the same time without that issue the MH-19 had of first charging one battery, then the second.
However the MH-19 did only use one electrical outlet, where using two MH-18a chargers, now a second electrical outlet is needed.
But that is not the worst of all.. By not revising the MH-19 to charge two batteries at the same time, discontinuing that and coming out with a cheaper single battery charger, Nikon once again dropped the ball, taking that giant step backwards.
The MH-19 did have both AC and DC charging options, meaning that you can charge batteries away from an AC source, such as using a vehicle DC source. The MH-19 did come with an internal plug and cord just for this purpose.
However according to Nikon Customer Relations, the MH-18a can be operated AC only.
So now, besides having to purchase two MH-18a chargers, to have that option for location or remote vehicle DC charging, one needs to go out and purchase a vehicle power inverter, with two AC outlets on it.
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