Nikon MD-12 switch? or is it for an F motor

oneANT · Jul 1, 2014

On the MD-12 the vertical shutter option is a 2pin electrical connector so the MR-2 or MR-3 must have its own internal switch ...is that right?

I have the MD-12 and a switch just arrived, is called a Release Adapter for Nikon and has a conical nose with the button at its center but when screwed to the body the shutter is immovable and has no switch of it own. It has 3 sockets but only one has metal.

Seller call it a generic MR-2 but appears to be not, is something else ...any ideas, is it an F motor drive power adapter because I see another where all three sockets have metal.

Packaging includes the following codes ...

DL-0526P
22113
A6 11

John Koehrer · Jul 1, 2014

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer here, but it's only got one contact on the switch.
The switch relies on two contacts to work. So..........................(!)
It ain't gonna work.

nathantw · Jul 3, 2014

This is what you want for your MD-12:

oneANT · Jul 3, 2014

The MR-2 & 3 are of course the solution but this thing was supposed to be the generic ...which it is not. Have given up trying to work out what it is and have a MR-3 on its way. These Generic whatsits are on ebay as MR-x replacements and clearly they are not so maybe someone else will be able to use this advice when challenging a seller and one that says ...

GENERIC Soft Shutter Release USED MR-3 Type.
As pictured.
Works PERFECTLY.
For Nikon: N2000, N2020, F-301, F-501, N70, N8008s, F-801, F4s, MD-4, MD-11, MD-12, MD-15 ...

But all solved and if someone wants this 'thing' for the price of the post they can PM me.

nathantw · Jul 4, 2014

Are you sure that's not a screw for a shutter cable release? That's what it looks like to me, so if you have a cable release it would come in handy.

John_Nikon_F · Jul 5, 2014

It's the aftermarket version. Only provides a cable release socket for use with a Nikon motor drive, N2020, N8008, etc. Had one in 2005 for my original F3P's MD-4. Allowed me to do long exposures, prior to my discovering that I could just set the camera to "T", then fire it mechanically. I soon replaced it with the MR-2, since I had an AR-2 and wanted to get away from using the AR-8 adapter I'd purchased for my FM2n that I no longer owned.

-J

oneANT · Jul 5, 2014

With the two sockets I figured it was a cable release and wrote to the few sellers on ebay to save someone any trouble and I'm sure now that what I have is a butchered version where someone has removed one of the metal sockets for use in something else.
but thanks all and you too John,we have some terrific nikon knowledge here.

E. von Hoegh · Jul 5, 2014

John Koehrer said:
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer here, but it's only got one contact on the switch.
The switch relies on two contacts to work. So..........................(!)
It ain't gonna work.

Two contacts are there - the metal shell is one of them. Whether it works on the OP's unit is a different matter.

Nikon MD-12 switch? or is it for an F motor

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