Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I see no point in spending oodles of money on equipment, and then nickel and diming on both batteries and good, high quality, fast cards. I find that the originals work very much better, in terms of shots per charge, and last very much longer, especially the Nikon ones. Similarly on cards - after I bought the D500, I also got the fastest Sony XQD cards available, the G series (4x32GB) - they are not inexpensive, but essential to extract performance from a wildlife/sports camera! Because I take my equipment very often into places and on journeys where I cannot conceivably get replacements, I keep at least four batteries, and two chargers for each type with me. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 8:09 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I buy aftermarket batteries for all my cameras (Leica, Fuji, Panasonic, > Ricoh). Some are good, some are not, but since they are so much cheaper > than the original, it still works out better than paying through the nose > for the originals. I shop with a couple of reputable online stores, one in > Denmark that only ships locally, and one in the Netherlands: > https://www.batteryking.nl. I generally avoid ebay and Amazon for this > particular product category. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 28 May 2016, at 13:48, bob catchpole via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > > Hello again, > > How much are folks paying for their rechargeable Leica batteries? > > > > 'Official' M9/M-E batteries are available online for ?89 ( > http://theclassiccamera.com/epages/BT0261.sf/en_GB/?ObjectID=1277764) or > $129 ( > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/461931-REG/Leica_14464_Rechargeable_Lithium_Ion_Battery_f.html), > while 3rd party versions are a fraction of the price. > > What do people advise? In your experience do "you get what you pay for" > or are the cheaper versions ok? > > Thanks,Bob > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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