Jan, from a European (well OK, UK) perspective, the price is not bad. I
have seen several MD1 for over Euro200.
Anecdote:-
The only MD2 I have come across is one I saw nearly two years ago in the
window of a small central London used dealer. GBP499 (USD750)! Used, no
charger, who knows what the state of the NiCads would be. I thought there
was a chance that they had the wrong price on. For GBP199 I was interested.
For GBP49... So I went in to ask. After a long search through bits of paper,
the verdict - no mistake.
Two months ago the same MD2 is still there. So that is off the top end of
the scale.
I recommend the M18V grip to overcome the dubious NiCads problem.
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Tom Scales
Sent: 16 May 2003 10:53
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Motor Drive 2 - What to look out for
Jan,
That's at the high end of the price range, but in the range. From my
perspective, the BIG test is whether it holds a charge or not.
As for NiMH, there are instructions for rebuilding the batteries (just
search on battery and MD2), but the consensus is you do NOT want to use
NiMH. I won't repeat the details here, but it is in the archives. There is
a company that will sell you, for a reasonable price, a prebuilt battery
that is pretty easy to put in. Can't remember the URL (somebody jump in),
but I THINK it was www.maxxprod.com You have to tell them it is for an
Olympus Winder (OK, they don't know the difference) and I think it was about
US$35.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Sturm (GMX)" <jan.sturm@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 12:51 AM
Subject: [OM] Motor Drive 2 - What to look out for
> Hi fellow Zuiks,
>
> I recently located a dealer selling a used OM Motor Drive2 & Battery
> Pack for aroun 300 Euros. Do you think that is reasonably priced ?
> What should I look out for, defect-wise ?
> Is replacing the NC Batteries with NiMHs a big issue ?
>
> Thanks very much for all your input and kind regards,
>
> Jan Sturm (who is still looking for a NIB 3 Ti somewhere in
> Europe....)
>
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