Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So I have this question, based on Kyle's research: If I have 3 third party M8/9 batteries purchased in about 2007 on eBay, and if I no longer have an M8 or an M9 (or an appropriate battery charger) on which to test them, do I have to wait until Friday to offer them for sale? --Cautious Bob On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:13 PM, kyle cassidy on the lug < leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote: > so ? recap of what i?ve figured out so far: > > 1) I have four third party batteries for my m9 and one ?real? battery. > 2) M9 thinks the third party batteries lose their charge almost instantly > and go to ?battery low? warning that blocks the screen > 3) volt meter thinks the batteries are still charged > > so ? update: > > I discovered while tooling around in the manual that when the ?warning: > battery low? screen comes on, pressing ?set? tells the camera to ignore the > warning and pressing the shutter release immediately after makes it go > away, if not permanently, then for a very long time (like days) after that, > while the battery will still show up on the ?info? section as having a > charge of about 4% it?s actually fully charged and you can continue using > it. The downside is that you don?t necessarily know how uncharged it is > without getting a volt meter out because for some reason the M9 either > can?t or refuses to read the voltage of non-leica batteries consistently > (sometimes it will display the charge accurately, but i haven?t found a > pattern to it yet), although they power the camera fine (people here have > said ?nay? but I?m still thinking there might be some sort of propriatary > chipping in the OEM batteries). So, upside, you can get four M8/M9 > batteries for $40 on eBay, and have enough juice for two weeks of heavy > work without recharging as long as you don?t need to know the exact level > of the charge. > > My experience is that one battery lasts about five days of regular > (~75-200 photos/day) shooting. > > kc > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information