[Leica] Leica batteries

[John McMaster]

Has anyone bought an aftermarket Leica fit battery that works as well as a branded one? The one I tried was useless, Tina had several that used to work but do not now..... My original M9 battery still works well and has had many charges over its six year life.

True, it is cheap to try, but you still need a charged genuine battery with you in case the cheap one dies without warning IMO.

john

-----Original Message-----

I disagree, Gerry. There is Leica quality in their lenses. But their batteries are made by the same companies that make the aftermarket batteries. Certainly worth trying. Just because someone has saved and worked hard to buy a Leica does not mean that s/he has unlimited funds.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain

> On 29 May 2016, at 15:42, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> I constantly find it amazing that people spend the thousands of dollars needed to buy Leica cameras and lenses and then try and save a few dollars on a third-party battery etc. It is generally very false economy.
> 
> Gerry
> 
>> On 29 May 2016, at 13:28, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Not trying to be combative.  It's just you got advice from some of the heaviest users of Leica around, thanked them, and said you'd figure it out yourself.
>> 
>> It's maddening newbie behavior.
>> 
>> Maybe you might get busy and take pictures and show them?  That would be a better introduction. 
>> 
>> from my iPad
>> 
>> Sonny Carter
>> 
>>> On May 29, 2016, at 7:06 AM, bob catchpole via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sonny,
>>> The comments and suggestions people made offered information I wasn't aware before. A good reason to ask don't you think?
>>> 
>>> Bob
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>    From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>
>>> To: bob catchpole <bobcatchpole at yahoo.co.uk>; Leica Users Group 
>>> <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, 29 May 2016, 12:58
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica batteries
>>> 
>>> Why ask for advice then, if you plan to make all the same mistakes we did, oops, I mean, "investigate the matter yourself?"
>>> 
>>> from my iPad
>>> 
>>> Sonny Carter
>>> 
>>>> On May 29, 2016, at 5:44 AM, bob catchpole via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello list,
>>>> Many thanks to all those who offered helpful comments. In time I'll probably try out all the options suggested and compare them in terms of cost and reliability!
>>>> Bob
>>>>