[Leica] Leica batteries

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> > On 28 May 2016, at 13:48, bob catchpole via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
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> > Hello again,
> > How much are folks paying for their rechargeable Leica batteries?
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> > '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
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