[Leica] Leica batteries

[Sonny Carter]

AFAIK, only Kyle and Nathan claim success with the cheap batteries.

On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 9:32 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:

> 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
> >>>>
>
>
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