[Leica] Third party M8/M9 batteries

[Sonny Carter]

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.......
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Sonny
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