Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Boeing wishes it had better batteries! On 3/14/13 8:25 PM, Richard Man wrote: > I am speaking from real knowledge here: modern batteries do have > protection, embedded processors etc. It's true that some no-name brands > come from the same factories. It's also true that unscrupulous > manufacturers would wholesale copy expensive batteries, think xerox copy > but in the manufacturing sense and sell them much cheaper. They may work as > well, or they may not, depending on how good the copy is. > > I usually do not need more than 2 batteries, no matter how hard I shoot. So > I have 3, since I consistently misplace one of them. > > Since my camera is multi-thousands, the battery cost is the least of it, so > I buy Leica's batteries. One less thing to worry about. None of them has > died. > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> 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/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >