[Leica] M8 Battery Redux

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

>From this latest incident, i would take a stab at this and say the charger 
>is bad, and the batteries are most likely good, since he had the exact same 
>results.  It has absolutely nothinng to do with the camera.

Gene


-------------- Original message from <larry.k@rcn.com>: -------------- 


> Uh oh, that sounds familiar, the twenty minute battery failure. I'm sorry 
> to 
> hear 
> about your troubles. I will mention this problem in my letter to Leica. I 
> was 
> not 
> going to send along the battery but now I'm thinking that it might be a 
> better 
> idea to send the battery along in case it is a battery problem and needs 
> to be 
> replaced. 
> 
> Could it be the charger?? 
> 
> Trust me, I would have bought a spare battery if I had been able to find 
> on in 
> the last couple of months. I think I will get a battery this week, just as 
> my 
> camera is winging its way back to Germany. LOL. 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Larry 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------- 
> Well, I got my new battery today. They were supposed to overnight it for 
> delivery Saturday, but it got caught somewhere and he didn't get it here 
> till 5 pm. 
> 
> Regardless, I popped it in the charger and waited 3 hours. Yellow light 
> still on. I waited 5 hours. Yellow light still on. 
> 
> Just like last time... Ugh. 
> 
> So I took it out and shot a few pictures. I managed to find the Set menu 
> this time (happy that!) and shot about 20-30 pictures. Then the camera 
> died. 
> 
> Pretty much the same as last time. 
> 
> So here I am again. Dead battery. What must be a dead charger or battery. 
> 
> And I'm pissed. 
> 
> Tomorrow I'll call Leica USA again and get a complete replacement. Sigh. 
> 
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