Nikon EN-EL3e Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery for D200, D300, D700 and D80 Digital SLR Cameras

This is a genuine Nikon battery.

The performance of clones make them a very bad deal. Then there is the risk of failure -- destroying your camera, and anything nearby.

GET the genuine article.

I had a DigiPower battery, which is made in the same factory as some other off-brands. The new features by the "e" version of the EN-EL3 battery did not work with this battery, meaning I had no idea how much charge was left.

In my D80, the off-brand battery would occasionally not work at all. If it did, it would report a full charge regardless of the actual charge. In my D90, the battery reports a fully dead battery regardless of the actual charge. Because of this, the camera does not function- it won't take pictures if it detects a dead battery.

In short, off brand batteries do not work at all with the D90. They work most of the time, but without the battery indicator, on earlier cameras.

The Nikon battery has none of these problems. As others have said, its battery indicator is actually VERY accurate.

What can I say? It performs just as the one that came with the D80. Long life - bought it more as an emergency spare and to rotate so the batteries lasts longer. Legit Nikon product.

We have forgotten and left the camera on all night, we have flashed, flashed, and flashed some more. It has a lot of power and is well suited to the camera.

I almost bought a 3rd party battery for twice as much at local electronics retailer... so glad I decided to check with amazon.com first.