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Subject: [Leica] My last aftermarket battery just died
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:41:08 -0400

On the ELM there was a conversion for AA's. That I'd like.



On 3/16/13 1:58 PM, "Cedric Agie" <cedric.agie at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm looking for a solution to repair Leica M-8 & 9 batteries.
> I succeeded, more than once,  with cellphones and walky-talkies.
> I even made batteries for my Hasselblad 500ELM without changing
> anything inside the camera and for some professional flashes (Metz,
> Honeywell and Rolleigh),
> And you can't see the difference if you don't know it.
> Somebody on this site said he had opened an M-9 battery. I asked for
> pictures, I would be glad to know more to find a solution.
> In the meanwhile keep your dead batteries, I don't promise anything,
> but you never know. It took me 6 months to find the solution for the
> 500ELM and another 6 months if not a year to make tests.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Cedric
> 
> 
> 2013/3/16 Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com>:
>> LOL. I'd like to know your cheers; they seem to work very well...
>> :-)
>> 
>> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:01 AM, philippe.amard
>> <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Le 16 mars 13 ? 17:31, Bill Pearce a ?crit :
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  And are very likely to reduce the resolution of the attached lens.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> That's why I always encourage, cheer or threaten my lenses on a shoot
>>> 
>>> Ph
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  -----Original Message----- From: Robert Adler
>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:11 AM
>>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] My last aftermarket battery just died
>>>> 
>>>> What's wrong with UV filters? They take out the haze and protect the 
>>>> lens,
>>>> no?
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:31 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
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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>>> 
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>>> 
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>>> 
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