Hello. I have a Nikon F100 with the grip. I would like to use it without it. Serarching the internet I found what I need. It is called MS-13. It uses CR123A batteries. The problem, it cost more than 100€ (at ebay), half of what cost me the camera. It is sold out everywhere. Any idea where I can get it?
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I believe there was a battery holder for AA batteries, which might be easier to find.
Well, the MS-12. I found it but more expensive.
I got the AA holder for mine off eBay for £20 or £25 .
I already had one , but misplaced it amongst everything else .
So I gave up looking and bought another .
They were easy to find and no too expensive to be better off looking for my old one .
I certainly wouldn't pay £100 for a battery holder , I didn't pay that for the whole camera , and it came with the battery holder !
I bought the grip separately.
You could possibly buy a complete, but faulty camera for the battery holder , and then sell the camera on .
There's a complete one on eBay for £90 , but it's not clear what the fault is .
It's listed as faulty battery grip , it might be the camera body at fault rather than the battery insert .
In which case you could sell in the body for £70-£80 and the battery pack won't cost you much more than the import duties of your country .
Certainly worth looking into.
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Hello. I have a Nikon F100 with the grip. I would like to use it without it. Serarching the internet I found what I need. It is called MS-13. It uses CR123A batteries. The problem, it cost more than 100€ (at ebay), half of what cost me the camera. It is sold out everywhere. Any idea where I can get it?
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The MS-12 AA battery holder is way too flimsy designed by Nikon. It just breaks on the edge when you push in the battery a couple times.
The F90X used almost the same design ( not the quarter turn lock but a coin screw) though this one is far more sturdier.
I was trying to find a MS-12 as I like a light camera without a battery pack underneath. Nowhere to find anymore, sadly. The big battery grip
MB-15 High Power Pack can be found easily, costing 100-200€, a lot of money for a plastic part.
I'm now so far as to get rid of the F100 and stay on the F90X forever because of the battery holder issues.
For me, this is the big problem to be solved.The catch is you have to transfer all the metal contacts/spring/etc.. over to the new holder.
The AA holders for the F100, N90, and N8008 are all kind of a problem spot because they are necessary, not made any more, and a relatively complex plastic shape...
The problem, it cost more than 100€ (at ebay), half of what cost me the camera.
Using that logic, the less you paid for the camera, the less you would be willing to spend on it. In my mind, the opposite is true: the less I spent for the camera, the more I can afford to spend repairing it. Personally, I think any time I can buy and repair a used SLR film camera -- one that I enjoy using, and plan to keep -- for a total investment of $300-500(US), I feel like it is worth it, for me.I certainly wouldn't pay £100 for a battery holder , I didn't pay that for the whole camera
For me, this is the big problem to be solved.
I don't shoot Nikon, but the same situation exists with some models of Konica cameras, as described by..
With those Konicas which use detachable AA or AAA battery holder/grips (like the Konica FT-1), this is definitely a weak link. Finding a functional battery grip is becoming increasingly difficult. From what I have seen with the Konicas, it is not so much the plastic battery holders that break, but rather the metal bits which make the electrical connection the camera body getting mangled. And the metal bits are complex in shape, and would be difficult to make by hand. So whether repairing an old part or making a new one, the problem becomes, how to make and replace the metal bits?
Anyone who can solve the problem of repairing/replacing parts like these battery grips is going to be a hero among analog photographers. But we may have to get over the idea that keeping these old cameras going can be done for little or no money. The parts will become available only if/when it is profitable for someone to make them.
There is a tendency for us to calculate if repairs are worth doing releative to what we paid for the camera.
Using that logic, the less you paid for the camera, the less you would be willing to spend on it. In my mind, the opposite is true: the less I spent for the camera, the more I can afford to spend repairing it. Personally, I think any time I can buy and repair a used SLR film camera -- one that I enjoy using, and plan to keep -- for a total investment of $300-500(US), I feel like it is worth it, for me.
No doubt you are correct. Once upon a time, I made jewelry from sheet silver and copper wire. But that was a half-century ago, and my eyes are not as good as they were then.One does not have to fabricate exact replacements for the metal parts. They just need to provide metal surfaces that make firm contact between the battery ends, and from the batteries to the body contacts. Although not for the Nikons discussed in this thread, I have repaired other battery contacts, to function if not to a professional standard, with bendable stiff copper wire and/or pieces cut from thin stainless steel.
No doubt you are correct. Once upon a time, I made jewelry from sheet silver and copper wire. But that was a half-century ago, and my eyes are not as good as they were then.
I have not yet tried to repair the contacts on this Konica FT-1 battery grip. I think I can probably bend the twisted part back into shape. However, if the thin metal breaks, I doubt if I would want to try to fabricate a replacement part from sheet stock. It is not clear to me just how much I could deviate from the original design and still make a reliable electrical contact with the sockets in the camera body.
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If someone were to 3D print the plastic part, would they try to replicate the plastic "pins" that hold the metal parts in place? Or would we forget about the pins and just epoxy the metal parts in place? I use epoxy for many different repairs, and I know there are a few plastics which epoxy does easily bond to.
Plutonius replied to a thread you are watching at Photrio.com Photography Forums.
"I do have the file but without the ability to source metal contacts I never really pursued it. It is a pretty complicate piece."
Yes, you're right! It looks like very delicate plastic - prone to break at specific points.
Hi, why did you delete your post?
no problem. I realized, you're the guy, which created the original F100 metal latch via ebay, as replacement for the last >= 4 years. I might get one into the future.I realized I already replied to this in the past and forgot. I had the files back then and realized the complexity with the contacts and did not pursue further.
The MS-12 AA battery holder is way too flimsy designed by Nikon. It just breaks on the edge when you push in the battery a couple times.
The F90X used almost the same design ( not the quarter turn lock but a coin screw) though this one is far more sturdier.
I was trying to find a MS-12 as I like a light camera without a battery pack underneath. Nowhere to find anymore, sadly. The big battery grip
MB-15 High Power Pack can be found easily, costing 100-200€, a lot of money for a plastic part.
I'm now so far as to get rid of the F100 and stay on the F90X forever because of the battery holder issues.
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