Replacement Charger for 1Dmk2/1dmk2 ?

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My charger has died !

been looking on ebay for a couple of weeks, to no avail

are there any UK alternatives to canons own charger ?

Al'
 
Cheers Chris,

Was hoping for a cheaper solution, but if no alternative is available then it has to be...

thanks

Al'
 
Ouch! That is expensive... I might be in the same boat soon though, my 1D charger refused to refresh one of the batteries (almost new) this morning :(

I guess you could go cheaper with a RC car battery charger, they can charge all kinds of batteries such as NiMH, LiIon, LiFe, LiPo etc.. I run RC cars and buy them from hobbyking.com and they have all the bells and whistles you'll ever need. Of course there's a downside to this, you have to specify ending voltages, charge amps, etc yourself and solder your own cables usually. But the price is right, around $50 for a charger + power supply and you can run them from a car battery as well.

The 1D batteries have those huge contacts to put charging clips on :) Or you could cannibalize your broken charger by taking the charging leads from it.
 
Ouch money,

I'm sure there was a 3rd party charger available but cant find details,
also cant remember if they come with suitable leads & refresh batteries

Al'
 
may just end up biting the bullet though as have 1dmk2 & 1dsmk2 that will be no good to me without any charge...

Al'
 
Also why not try to get someone to repair the original charger? It's probably just a dried up capacitor or something unless the magical smoke has escaped..

OR you can sell me the 1D2 and 1Ds2 :D
 
Also why not try to get someone to repair the original charger? It's probably just a dried up capacitor or something unless the magical smoke has escaped..

OR you can sell me the 1D2 and 1Ds2
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Had thought about, have newer bodies but hate selling thing that costa packet for peanuts when they have loads life left in them...

Al
 
vaizki said:
Also why not try to get someone to repair the original charger? It's probably just a dried up capacitor or something unless the magical smoke has escaped..
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I reckon the flux capacitor died...
 
It could be as simple as one of the in built fuses that has blown... happened to mine, cost a total of £1.78 to fix (and had 9 fuses still to use!) :)
 
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