[Leica] Third party M8/M9 batteries

[B. D. Colen]

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. 

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> 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.......
>> 
>> 
>> 
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