Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought about your comments ..... before I bought my first batteries... There is only 1 ( now 2) camera that uses this battery. The volume of sales is so low, I doubt there are 2 suppliers and really doubt about more than 2, of these batteries throughout the world. Given that, I believe these are the same batteries that Leica supplies, at a bargain price. Hong Kong, China or wherever they are made, they have worked for a lot of us. If you travel a bit ( and I know you do, Nathan) then a backup battery is most important. I have 4 aftermarket batteries and they all work fine. Total investment is a lot less than $100. The real question is if these are first quality or rejects.....and for less than 10% of the Leica price, I can live with shortened life expectancy. Frank Filippone red735i at earthlink.net Well, you get what you pay for, including Chinese quality control. I too had an aftermarket battery for my M8 but ended up throwing it out after it refused to hold a charge. However, other cheap batteries I have had worked quite well. Nathan