Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great! I love that one! :-) Always so many new insights. :-) On 2013-03-15, at 2:33 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Richard Man wrote: > >> Come on Henning, Leica must make a lot more money on a Himalayan rat skin >> covered 50 year anniversary MP Classic than hundreds of batteries :-) >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Henning Wulff <henningw at >> archiphoto.com>wrote: >> >>> Please, whoever feels this way keep buying Leica batteries. Leica needs >>> the money. >>> >>> >>> On 2013-03-15, at 1:42 AM, Cedric Agie <cedric.agie at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I would be interested by one or more pictures made from the dead >>>> batteries you opened. >>>> When opening the dead body, maybe you simply did not see a tiny device >>>> i.e.a few mm or even less with two or more hairthin wires that can >>>> also act as a fuse. >>>> Since there is a 3rd contact in the battery and also inside the >>>> charger, I have good reasons to think there is a form of protection >>>> that could go unnoticed, certainly if the inside is inbedded in solid >>>> plastic or even silicone. >>>> >>>> One PC and Laptoplaptop maker I know, a huge company known worldwide, >>>> simply protects their Laptops with an elaborate printed circuit inside >>>> the batterie wich also contains a special code. This code makes the >>>> use of third party batteries simply impossible. Even some brands of >>>> inkjet cartridges have a small microprocessor that controls and >>>> regulates the level of the ink. If you refill them half way, you can >>>> continue to work with it. If it reaches the end it warns you and you >>>> cannot refill them anymore, unless you reprogram them with a connector >>>> from the outside. Most known game, printer and cellphone makers use >>>> the same tricks. I will give no names, see the media or make a walk >>>> around the Interet. The inkjet trick was discovered and solved by a >>>> Russion a few years ago. He gave all details of his reprogramming >>>> systhem on the Internet and believe me it works. >>>> >>>> Its not only technology, it's also a commercial war. >>>> They have good reasons to protect the customer indeed, but they also >>>> protect their market. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Cedric >>> >> > > Maybe we should discuss UV filters instead. > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Henning Wulff henningw at archiphoto.com