Replace CR123's with AA's?

[George Richardson]

Hello Rick,

Did you use a dremel tool or sandpaper or both, or not gone that
far yet? It does seem to me that the MB-16 will work with the S2,
but the raised edges only fit the S2 in some places.

Hi Fred,

It seemed to me that it fit pretty good but I will take another
look in the morning.

Rick

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Any chance of a picture

Regards

gr

GR

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GR

 

[Moshe Vainer]

I would also like to see a picture of it, also any reports on how it works...

How about a picture of how it all looks like.

Yes, this would be really nice to see!
Heike

 

[Moshe Vainer]

How about a picture of how it all looks like.

Yes, this would be really nice to see!
Heike

 

[herbert weiss]

Just got s2 price with warranty $2050. Any opinions?

 

[Moshe Vainer]

Herbert, you are in a wrong thread, and you already posted this in many other threads and got replies.

Just got s2 price with warranty $2050. Any opinions?

 

[Heike]

Nearly two weeks later: anybody checked it out meanwhile? I would like to order the MB-16 with the S2 if it works .

Heike

I don't know if this has been discussed before but on my Nikon F80
I have an adapter that replaces the two lithium batteries with four
AA alkalines. The adapter seems to fit on the S2 but I haven't
powered it up yet and I would like a little confirmation that this
is an acceptable solution before I try. Any thoughts?

Rick

 

[James Jones]

Heike,

I am with you, I am dying to see how this idea works if it works at all.

-James

Heike

I don't know if this has been discussed before but on my Nikon F80
I have an adapter that replaces the two lithium batteries with four
AA alkalines. The adapter seems to fit on the S2 but I haven't
powered it up yet and I would like a little confirmation that this
is an acceptable solution before I try. Any thoughts?

Rick

 

[Doug Jones]

I am with you, I am dying to see how this idea works if it works at
all.

Hi James,

I got as far as trying the MB-16 on my S2 yesterday but you will have to file off some plastic bits designed to wrap around the bottom of the F/N 80. An expensive experiment at $Aus 160 plus batteries - I haven't gone ahead at this stage (a lot of CR123As for that!). But I did find out that the camera sensed that the unit was there - in far enough to register that "bateries" were in but not quite far enough to reach the contacts. The camera shut down because it sensed "flat" CR123A bateries and came back to like when the unit was removed.
--
Doug Jones
Canberra
http://www.panamagic.com.au

 

[George Richardson]

I am with you, I am dying to see how this idea works if it works at
all.

Hi James,
I got as far as trying the MB-16 on my S2 yesterday but you will
have to file off some plastic bits designed to wrap around the
bottom of the F/N 80. An expensive experiment at $Aus 160 plus
batteries - I haven't gone ahead at this stage (a lot of CR123As
for that!). But I did find out that the camera sensed that the unit
was there - in far enough to register that "bateries" were in but
not quite far enough to reach the contacts. The camera shut down
because it sensed "flat" CR123A bateries and came back to like when
the unit was removed.
--
Doug Jones
Canberra
http://www.panamagic.com.au

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I think that we are all a little bit left in the air .

Regards

GR

http://www.pbase.com/dickhead/s1