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- From: monson@hobo.ECE.ORST.EDU (Ty Monson)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: FM & FE + MD11 or MD12
- Message-ID: <1eef36INN1bj@talon.UCS.ORST.EDU>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 22:11:50 GMT
- Article-I.D.: talon.1eef36INN1bj
- References: <1992Nov18.150742.52251@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Organization: ECE Dept.,OSU,Corvallis
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- In article <1992Nov18.150742.52251@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> sh09@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (STEVEN HIGGINS) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov17.152446.25970@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, eugene@briar.lle.r
- >ochester.edu (Eugene Kowaluk) writes:
- (old Rubin post deleted)
- >>The MD12 drains as much as the MD11, and that's after two trips to Nikon.
- >>
- (deletions)
- >>If you turn on the drive's power, the camera's meter goes on and stays on.
- >>It's only if you leave the drive's power off, and turn on the camera's meter
- >>that it powers itself down.
-
- (delete stuff about FM)
- >
- > Using an MD-11 on an FE or FE2 is possible, but will drain the camera
- > batteries whenever it is switched on. I know, I have one (can you say
- >
- > Thought that the MD-12 fixed this problem with the FE/FE2 while retaining
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- no, see below.
-
- > compatibility with the FM and FM2.
- >
- > Anybody else care to clear this up????
- >~Steve
- >sh09@lehigh.edu
-
- When the MD-12 is on an FE, and it is turned ON,
- the FE meter is on continuously.
- The meter is powered from the camera battery, so the battery drains.
- I don't remember if the automatic meter-off feature of the FE2 remains
- operative or is disabled by the MD-12. But I'll bet Eugene Kowaluk's
- claim that it's disabled is correct.
- In any case, none of these cameras draws power for the meter from the
- motor drive, as is the case with the F3.
-