Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is Russian. It says "Lithium-Ion battery" and "Made in the People's Republic of China". I very much doubt that this is an original Leica battery. There are global 800 numbers, but the one printed on this one is a US one. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On May 19, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: > John's battery is identical to the battery I received.... complete with > Cyrillic characters and the 800 number. > Sonny's battery is different. > I am looking forward to Geoff's treatise on the subject. ( Yes, > really......) > > Imagine a new collectible category..... M8/M9 Battery variants! ( Not > really) > > Do 800 numbers work in Russia? Europe? Anywhere but the US? > > PS: I realize Cyrillic Is not only a Russian character set. Other > languages use variations on it as well. > Nerdy though it may be, I looked at some Cyrillic alphabets to find a > match and came up with most likely Russian. > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >