Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know its wrong but think of the battery as part of the "motor" of the camera. I know its wrong but I wonder if its wall wrong. There may be a tiny thread of insane non sensible truth to it. Its always what you don't think. That's my motto. On 3/14/13 7:09 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > This is one of those long standing discussions. Some folks report good > experience with the much cheaper alternates and others not. > In this case Frank bought twelve and they have all died within two years. > Some are prepared to pay much more for the Leica branded ones because > their assessment is that they should be more reliable and the extra is > acceptable for a 6 or $7000.camera and their photography That doesn't make > them suckers. > Everyone will do their own sums on cost/performance. Why not. > > One of my originals (I have 3 in total) is about five years old, one about > four and one three (new with my M9). All continue to work fine. Actually > Leica Camera suggests that 3 years is a reasonable life before replacement > is recommended. > Lower output from old or non-genuine items was the factor that Leica Camera > identified as contributing to card problems(write fails) with the M9, which > is why the latest M9 firmware was introduced. > > > > *If you want to take more interesting pictures, > stand in front of more interesting stuff* -- Joe McNally > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 15 March 2013 07:39, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > >> Except that more often than not, the aftermarket batteries are made at >> exactly the same factory as the original ones. As someone said, a sucker >> is >> born every day. >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:23 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> Fro my Leica digital I used a Leica battery. >>> Fro my Nikon D whatever I used Nikon batteries. >>> I can tell you when the time ever comes for me to buy a seven thousand >>> dollar camera the last thing I'm going to do is go shopping for cheap >> third >>> party batteries. I'll blow a few more hundred and get a couple more >>> batteries with a red dot on it. >>> This thread has come on this list several times and every seeing time the >>> only person who seemed to hold this opinion was me. >>> Now I am feeling vindicated up the yin yang for the tables to have been >>> turned. >>> The only way I've not won out is the fact that using the cheap batteries >> do >>> not seemed to have ruined any cameras. I'd have thought there was a good >>> chance that might happen. >>> >>> I read a book on batteries in photography once it was by the Aaton >> company >>> head engineer or guy own owned the company or both.. >>> A French company who made motion picture cameras and batteries. >>> Gave me a healthy respect for them. But since then the landscape has >>> changed. Its strewn with dead cheap batteries for one. ...Seeping toxic >>> waste into the top soil or water underneath. >>> >>> >>> I like expensive batteries. Silver ones. Light. Lith? >>> I say "give me the most expensive battery you got" then charge me double! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/