[Leica] Third party M8/M9 batteries

[Sonny Carter]

I’m using only my A7R3 right now, and I have three Sony batteries for it.
I’ve never gone to the second battery in a day with it.

SonC

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 12:17 AM Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Sonny, fyi, I have only Leica batteries. The others died off.
> The problem with even what I did, is that so many more of the cheap
> batteries can be bought that spares are insignificantly cheap. Carry a few.
>
> I am going through the same issues with the Sony A7 batteries. The
> difference is that the Sony market is pretty gigantic (if only by
> comparison) such that cheapies may be as good as Sony brand.
>
> Sonny, what do you use in your Sony?  I have a mix, but they came with the
> bodies I bought used. Facing up to a trip next year and will need more,
> fresher batteries. Sony?  Other?
>
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> On Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 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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