Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/19

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Subject: [Leica] Leica 14464 Battery......
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 13:50:47 +0200
References: <004a01cd3572$10342890$309c79b0$@earthlink.net> <CAFfkXxt5Yjp=WgVUEXzqL1pY4jvhQOjrK8L4Qs6WHZD07ojQCA@mail.gmail.com> <000401cd3576$b6eab2e0$24c018a0$@chiaroscuro.co.nz> <00b901cd35b1$0afb5760$20f20620$@earthlink.net>

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
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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
> 
> 
> 
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