Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan.... I bought some 2 years ago from EBay and was very happy with the quality of the aftermarket batteries. At 1/10 the price it was a good deal. They are all starting to die. The batteries I bought a few months ( 2? 3?) ago were no good. They were not a good deal. Most have started to die already. The OEM battery I got with the camera is holding up just fine. It is 2 1/2 years old. In my way of thinking, keeping 1 OEM battery ensures you have 1 working battery you can depend on. Especially on a trip when it it is not always possible to keep batteries charged. I will continue to purchase more aftermarket batteries to augment the one OEM battery. The new OEM battery was $100..... not the $130-150 ++ that dealers MSRP indicates. DTSE sold me the not so good aftermarket batteries for $15 each. YMMV BTW, why doubt anything/everything purchased through EBay is not OEM? Seems a bit harsh. Most of my photographic purchases in the past few years has come from Ebay... including my M8. The M8 came from a registered Leica USA dealer. Frank Filippone Red735i at earthlink.net I doubt that anything you bought from an ebay supplier is OEM. On the other hand, Leica does not actually manufacture batteries, so in a way there are no "Leica" batteries. Both my M8 batteries say "FOR LEICA M8" or something like that. They look identical, but I cannot imagine that I actually spent money on buying the 2nd battery from a Leica dealer. I cannot tell which one is the one that came with the M8 and which one is aftermarket. Just try it and see--what do you have to lose? Cheers, Nathan