Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember the first time I ever tried to lookup something on the internet. And I was paying by the minute! There I am looking at listing of people talking about it on discussion groups. Why would I ever want to read those!? Just give me a reliable source please! A review from a real reviewer, the manufactures specs. A book on it... Later on things changed I was on some of those discussion groups and I'm realizing that when you look at a discussion with 25 people all saying a product crapped out on them after a year then that's better than a reference to an encyclopedia or some expert or bloggers opinion or certainly the hype from the manufacture. Its the direct experience from 25 users. This particular thread here " My last aftermarket battery just died" opened with a guy saying that all 25 of his aftermarket batteries are dead and a pile of people all concurred with the exact same experience. NO ONE came on and said "My aftermarket batteries have been working for me like a brand marked one was for years". Yet it has never the less evolved into quite a controversy. It seems that just like the use of UV filter there are people who are in the mindset that despite all logic and history after buying a premium piece of gear they are going to skimp like crazy on all the stuff which makes it go. So its not logic which is the issue here folks.. On 3/15/13 6:31 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > Exactly the thought I had, Doug! > Everyone has their own assessment and no-one's mind will change. Nothing > wrong with that but I don't think that the little digs at people who > disagree are warranted. > Just the facts Ma'am. > > > *If you want to take more interesting pictures, > stand in front of more interesting stuff* -- Joe McNally > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 16 March 2013 07:33, 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/