Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/18

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Subject: [Leica] Leica 14464 Battery......
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 16:20:25 +1200
References: <004a01cd3572$10342890$309c79b0$@earthlink.net> <CAFfkXxt5Yjp=WgVUEXzqL1pY4jvhQOjrK8L4Qs6WHZD07ojQCA@mail.gmail.com>

Here are a couple of handheld snaps of mine:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Chiaroscuro/Misc/M9_battery_01.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Chiaroscuro/Misc/M9_battery_02.jpg.html

john

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

Like this?  Yeah, they changed.  I was worried too, at first.

http://www.popflash.com/accessories/leica-m8/m8.2/m9-original-rechargeable-battery-new/

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On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at 
earthlink.net>wrote:

> I bought some non-OEM batteries ( about $15 each) lately and they were not
> as good as my first ( 2 year ago) aftermarket purchases.  Would not charge
> all the way or at least the camera battery indicator thought so?..They are
> only a few months old? they should have done better.
>
>
>
> I decided to make sure I always had 1 real OEM battery to be sure?..  My
> OEM
> battery shipped with the camera is still going strong but it is 2 ? years
> old.
>
> Bought a new OEM Battery from an EBay supplier last week.  The picture in
> the ad matched my old battery??I figured all OK.
>
>
>
> I got the battery today.  It was in an official silver/black Leica box,
> noted with ?Made in EU?.  Looks like a real OEM Box.
>
> Opened up the box and in a piece of bubble wrap is a Battery.  It is molded
> on the wide face with a bunch of recyclable indicators and a whole bunch of
> Cyrillic printing.  No Leica anything.  The other side ( non-flat) has a
> small sticker that indicates it is for Leica M8.   A big difference to the
> AD picture.
>
>
>
> I compared it to my original M8 battery, shipped with the camera, and there
> is no comparison that it is the same manufacturing process? the old one has
> molded
>
> Printing in the flat side and nothing on the other side.  There is no Leica
> Logo anywhere, but then again, there was none on my older battery either?.
>
>
>
> I am a bit suspicious?.. Russia and other countries using Cyrillic are  not
> part of the EU?. But this may speak to the use of ,,, MADE IN XXXX, in
> Germany, and nothing more.
>
>
>
> I don?t give a care that it is different, made by Gypsies in Romania, or
> otherwise, but I would like to know that it is a real Leica OEM
> product?..with attendant quality.
>
>
>
> Someone that just bought a new M9, preferably in Europe:  Would you please
> look at your battery and reinforce my findings?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Frank Filippone
>
> Red735i at earthlink.net
>
>




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