Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have had 2 or 3 non-genuine batteries, none of them ever worked reliably even before the firmware update. I have not bought an M9 battery (I have 6 across M9, Monochrom and M8) for over 2.5 years, the oldest is nearly twice that age, and they all still work fine. If I am carrying the M9, Monochrome and a few lenses then the battery price, rather than reliability, is not an issue... john -----Original Message----- I think on this list at one point different people reported varying experience with different non-genuine batteries. They might chime in? For sure the Leica ones cost a lot. I guess that the one for the M8/9 was easy to clone or whoever actually made the originals produced a lot of them to different standards? It's interesting that the battery for the M (typ 240) is actually two of the earlier assemblies in one case, but I've not heard of a single non-genuine version anywhere. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 10 February 2015 at 01:19, kyle cassidy on the lug < leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote: > Howdy folks -- > > I've been using 3rd party batteries in all of my cameras since > Australopithecus started banging rocks together -- in Panasonics, > Nikons, and various Leica's with no problem. In fact, I've often > wondered if workers from the OEM shop sneak back in at night and > continue production without labeling them. > > I recently got four off-brand M9 batteries (from two different > retailers) and notice a curious behavior -- when they're fully charged > often the camera will give a "battery low" warning and shut down -- > however voltage meter shows the batteries are fully charged. I'm > wondering if Leica has possibly chipped it's batteries and instructed > the camera not to work with 3rd party batteries (in the same way that > the Keuring coffee-machines recognize imposter K-Cups and refuse to > work with them.) I can think of several possible reasons for this, but > chipping the batteries I think is the most likely. Another option is > that only 3rd party manufacturers who make batteries for Leica cameras are > hucksters, but it seems less likely. > > Any thoughts on this? $130 for a battery is $120 that I could use > toward a plane ticket to photograph something with a battery that's worth > $10. > > Kyle > >