Nikon EN-EL1 Rechargeable Battery for Nikon Coolpix 775, 880, 885, 995, 4300, 4500, 4800, 5000, 5400, 5700 & 8700 Digital Cameras

by Nikon

Product Details

Product Manual [167kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 2 x 1.3 inches ; 1.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005219O
• Item model number: 25153
• Batteries: 1 Lithium ion batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 31, 2000

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Always keep a spare battery handy so you never miss an important shot.

• For use with Coolpix Models: 5700, 5000, 4500, 4300, 995, 885, 880 and 775

Product Description

The EN-EL1 is a rechargeable battery for use with the newer series CoolPix Digital Cameras. It can be recharged repeatedly using the EH-21 AC Adapter/Battery Charger.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

63 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for the CoolPix 880, December 5, 2000

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Wes Hodges (Annandale, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nikon EN-EL1 Rechargeable Battery for Nikon Coolpix 775, 880, 885, 995, 4300, 4500, 4800, 5000, 5400, 5700 & 8700 Digital Cameras (Electronics)

If you have a Nikon CoolPix 880 you MUST have this battery. The EL-1 will keep you camera running for about 2 hours and can be recharge with the Nikon AC Adaptor/Charger.

You would better served if you pick up two of these so one can be chargeing while the other is in use. Lots of power packed into a tiny unit. Save the landfills and use a rechargable.

Also this product can save you lots of money, as the standard battery is about $12 to replace.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is the battery for Nikon Coolpix 775, 880 and 995, December 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Nikon EN-EL1 Rechargeable Battery for Nikon Coolpix 775, 880, 885, 995, 4300, 4500, 4800, 5000, 5400, 5700 & 8700 Digital Cameras (Electronics)

You can take a lot of pictures (100+) with the charge on one of these batteries, but its hard to know when your going to run out. Having a second seems a must.

I don' know about the other cameras that use this battery, but the 775 comes with an external charger that charges a battery in less than 2 hours. It also has an interal battery that keeps track of the date & time and is automatically recharged from the fresh EN_EL1 battery. (Some camera settings are lost when you remove the EN_EL1 battery).

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good, August 18, 2004

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P. Yamagata "1000 Peaks" (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nikon EN-EL1 Rechargeable Battery for Nikon Coolpix 775, 880, 885, 995, 4300, 4500, 4800, 5000, 5400, 5700 & 8700 Digital Cameras (Electronics)

I own six of these batteries, and they have all worked fine. I typically go on road trips with some mountain climbing, and I will shoot hundreds of images a day. Generally, I go through about two batteries a day, at this rate. I often camp, so am unable to get to a power source, then have to get a motel room sometimes every other day.

Using my EH-21, I can recharge as many as five batteries a night--they usually take some 1.5 hours to fully recharge. It's so convenient to have the recharge light so I know when the charge is completed.

I hope to upgrade to a higher MP Coolpix, soon, and the added recharger that now comes along with the camera should make for faster recharging, then able to use two at a time.

You do need to keep these babies warm during the night camping, and take them out of the camera while you're not using them during cool or cold nights.

I have to replace a exhausted battery quickly for my Coolpix 880, since if I wait too long, I must reset the camera settings, including the time and date. My Coolpix 2000 does not have this problem.

It's good to have a few batteries since they take up little room in my camera pack, and beginners might be distressed to find with only one or two batteries, you can run out of juice after only a few hundred shots. I do use my LCD display heavily, and am often turning the camera on and off.

Cheers for Nikon that they do not fail to support this product by changing to new types of batteries for their newer models. I plan to get either a 5400 or 8700, later, since they use the same battery type.

These EN-EL 1 batteries last much longer than a set of AA batteries. They have lasted me some hundreds of recharges so far, and I have not had to throw away any of my batteries, going back to 2001.