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Subject: [Leica] M8 batteries... I think I am giving up......
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 09:09:37 +0530
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George,
When I am in say the Masai Mara, I take 6 batteries (for 2 identical
bodies), 2 regular chargers and a solar charger - which as Marty said
is slow, but eventually gets the work done in an emergency. The
absolute worst thing that can happen to you on safari is to have no
batteries!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 2:50 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> 
wrote:
> From what I read that may be true for M9 shooters.
>
> With my M8 and both the AC and Auto charger;
> I've never found a two battery "shoot and charge" rotation a problem.
>
> (the R8/DMR is another matter) ;~(
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
> On Jun 7, 2010, at 4:00 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>
>> Yes, but most us mortals use up to 2 at a time, and one extra for
>> insurance
>> is 3 :-)
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> But, as much as I travel in places without electricity, I need at least
>>> 10-15 batteries for most trips. ?There's no way I'd buy 10 Leica
>>> batteries
>>> at Leica prices. ?All of mine (except the original 3) came from Hong Kong
>>> and work just fine.
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:03 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I agree.
>>>> My two Leica batteries, now over 3 years old, have never failed me.
>>>> So as of this moment the batteries cost about $6/month.
>>>> I imagine when (or if) they die - that'll be down to a buck or two a
>>>
>>> month.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> George Lottermoser
>>>> george at imagist.com
>>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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