Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Last night I went upstairs and checked, and one of my batteries is marked in Cyrillic, and it is one I bought from Popflash, in OEM packaging. He also sells on Ebay. On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > 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 > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > On May 19, 2012, at 5:47 AM, Frank Filippone 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ http://sonc-hegr.tumblr.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA