Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Although...that happens with every battery sometime. That said, there really does seem to be a difference between Fuji OEM batteries and nonOEMs, more noticeable in the more recent cameras. So I?d assume it?s true with Leicas as well. Sent from my iPhone > On May 22, 2018, at 7:42 PM, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > The math doesn?t work when a battery dies just when you want to take a > picture. > >> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 6:32 PM Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> >> wrote: >> >> Every year this subject gets discussed. >> I postulated, years ago, that the market for the M8 battery type was >> infinitessimal, compared to Nikon/Canon. What correct in the head Chinese >> maker would bother for this tiny market? My conclusion was none. So how >> do >> these batteries get made and sold so cheap? My thought is that , in the >> case of M8 batteries, that there is a reject rate. That the third party >> batteries did not meet some Leica spec. These batteries are sold as >> aftermarket items, cheap. It follows they will not last as long as the >> Leica spec ones. >> As time pases, we have some proof they do not last. >> Here is the financial question: if Leica makes a battery that costs >> 10-20-30 times the cost of the aftermarket brand , but lasts only 5 times >> as long, which is a better buy??? >> >> And the answer is....... >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information