In article <331d5cee.8750980@129.125.4.15>, aue@phys.rug.nl says...
>"(G Komar) kom1990@icdc.com" wrote:

>>Can anyone explain what the difference is between the MD-11 and MD-12
>>Motor drives ? Particularly with reference to Nikon FE ? Thanks

>The main differnece is that:
>the MD-12 powers the FE completely , and it shuts the power off after
>16 seconds (?)
>If the MD-11 is switched on, it also switches on the lightmeter of the
>FE, but it will not power it. This means that if you forget to switch
>off the MD-11, the lightmeter will drain the FE's battery. (it
>happened to me once ....)
>As a motordrive, both drives are rather good & fast and the MD-11
>makes a bargain motordrive, but do remember to shut it off if you stop
>taking pictures !

Hmmm, hate to say it, but the above is slightly wrong...
The MD-12 does turn the camera power off after a period of time, but
does not actually power the camera... (only the MD-15/FA and MD-4/F3
combinations do that).
Hope This Helps