[Leica] Leica 14464 Battery......

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Leica Camera reports at least three versions, dating from the M8 release.
Some of the earliest are potentially getting near retirement if not ready
for the Nursing home.. I'll post some more detail on that when I can.

Cheers,
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman



On 19 May 2012 14:20, John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz> wrote:

> Here are a couple of handheld snaps of mine:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Chiaroscuro/Misc/M9_battery_01.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Chiaroscuro/Misc/M9_battery_02.jpg.html
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Like this?  Yeah, they changed.  I was worried too, at first.
>
>
> http://www.popflash.com/accessories/leica-m8/m8.2/m9-original-rechargeable-battery-new/
>
> small-url<
> http://www.popflash.com/accessories/leica-m8/m8.2/m9-original-rechargeable-battery-new/
> >
>
>
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net
> >wrote:
>
> > I bought some non-OEM batteries ( about $15 each) lately and they were
> not
> > as good as my first ( 2 year ago) aftermarket purchases.  Would not
> charge
> > all the way or at least the camera battery indicator thought so?..They
> are
> > only a few months old? they should have done better.
> >
> >
> >
> > I decided to make sure I always had 1 real OEM battery to be sure?..  My
> > OEM
> > battery shipped with the camera is still going strong but it is 2 ? years
> > old.
> >
> > Bought a new OEM Battery from an EBay supplier last week.  The picture in
> > the ad matched my old battery??I figured all OK.
> >
> >
> >
> > I got the battery today.  It was in an official silver/black Leica box,
> > noted with ?Made in EU?.  Looks like a real OEM Box.
> >
> > Opened up the box and in a piece of bubble wrap is a Battery.  It is
> molded
> > on the wide face with a bunch of recyclable indicators and a whole bunch
> of
> > Cyrillic printing.  No Leica anything.  The other side ( non-flat) has a
> > small sticker that indicates it is for Leica M8.   A big difference to
> the
> > AD picture.
> >
> >
> >
> > I compared it to my original M8 battery, shipped with the camera, and
> there
> > is no comparison that it is the same manufacturing process? the old one
> has
> > molded
> >
> > Printing in the flat side and nothing on the other side.  There is no
> Leica
> > Logo anywhere, but then again, there was none on my older battery
> either?.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am a bit suspicious?.. Russia and other countries using Cyrillic are
>  not
> > part of the EU?. But this may speak to the use of ,,, MADE IN XXXX, in
> > Germany, and nothing more.
> >
> >
> >
> > I don?t give a care that it is different, made by Gypsies in Romania, or
> > otherwise, but I would like to know that it is a real Leica OEM
> > product?..with attendant quality.
> >
> >
> >
> > Someone that just bought a new M9, preferably in Europe:  Would you
> please
> > look at your battery and reinforce my findings?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> >
> > Red735i at earthlink.net
> >
> >
>
>
>
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