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Subject: [Leica] My last aftermarket battery just died
From: billcpearce at cox.net (Bill Pearce)
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:31:40 -0500
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And are very likely to reduce the resolution of the attached lens.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Robert Adler
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:11 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] My last aftermarket battery just died

What's wrong with UV filters? They take out the haze and protect the lens,
no?

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Geoff Hopkinson 
<hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote:

> Exactly the thought I had, Doug!
> Everyone has their own assessment and no-one's mind will change. Nothing
> wrong with that but I don't think that the little digs at people who
> disagree are warranted.
> Just the facts Ma'am.
>
>
> *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 16 March 2013 07:33, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Richard Man wrote:
> >
> > >Come on Henning, Leica must make a lot more money on a Himalayan rat
> skin
> > >covered 50 year anniversary MP Classic than hundreds of batteries :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Henning Wulff <
> henningw at archiphoto.com
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> Please, whoever feels this way keep buying Leica batteries. Leica
> needs
> > >> the money.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 2013-03-15, at 1:42 AM, Cedric Agie <cedric.agie at gmail.com> 
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > I would be interested by one or more pictures made from the dead
> > >> > batteries you opened.
> > >> > When opening the dead body, maybe you simply did not see a tiny
> device
> > >> > i.e.a few mm or even less with two or more hairthin wires that can
> > >> > also act as a fuse.
> > >> > Since there is a 3rd contact in the battery and also inside the
> > >> > charger, I have good reasons to think there is a form of protection
> > >> > that could go unnoticed, certainly if the inside is inbedded in
> solid
> > >> > plastic or even silicone.
> > >> >
> > >> > One PC and Laptoplaptop maker I know, a huge company known
> worldwide,
> > >> > simply protects their Laptops with an elaborate printed circuit
> inside
> > >> > the batterie wich also contains a special code. This code makes the
> > >> > use of third party batteries simply impossible. Even some brands of
> > >> > inkjet cartridges have a small microprocessor that controls and
> > >> > regulates the level of the ink. If you refill them half way, you 
> > >> > can
> > >> > continue to work with it. If it reaches the end it warns you and 
> > >> > you
> > >> > cannot refill them anymore, unless you reprogram them with a
> connector
> > >> > from the outside. Most known game, printer and cellphone makers use
> > >> > the same tricks. I will give no names, see the media or make a walk
> > >> > around the Interet. The inkjet trick was discovered and solved by a
> > >> > Russion a few years ago. He gave all details of his reprogramming
> > >> > systhem on the Internet and believe me it works.
> > >> >
> > >> > Its not only technology, it's also a commercial war.
> > >> > They have good reasons to protect the customer indeed, but they 
> > >> > also
> > >> > protect their market.
> > >> >
> > >> > Regards
> > >> >
> > >> > Cedric
> > >>
> > >
> >
> > Maybe we should discuss UV filters instead.
> >
> >
> > Doug Herr
> > Birdman of Sacramento
> > http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> >
> >
> >
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