Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I continue to have no problems with the 10 Hong Kong batteries that I have. They charge just like and act just like my 4 Leica batteries. I can't tell them apart without reading the back of the battery. Just lucky, I guess. Tina On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > > > After both Dr. Ted and Tina said that they had had good experiences with > > M8/9 batteries from Hong Kong, I ordered one. I charged up that battery > and > > put it in a drawer. A month later, I put it in the Leica and found that > it > > was dead. OK, I thought, a month is quite a while, though Li ion > batteries > > are not supposed to leak current. I recharged it and put it in the > camera. > > Two days later, it was deader than a doornail. > > > > I guess I got a lemon. Will have to order another one or two; damned if > > I'll pay Leica's price. > > > > All of the ones I bought with Leica branding are working, including the one > that came with the camera. One Leica battery has a broken case and is taped > together, but works just fine. > > None of the Hong Kong brands have ever held a proper charge, nor do they > shown a full charge on the camera lcd. > > Same goes for the Adorama battery. It is somewhat better, but it comes out > of the charger showing about 3/4 on the lcd, and I just use it until I get > nervous. > > p.s. I also buy Sheaffer brand ink cartridges for my pen. ;-) > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com