Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/29

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Subject: [Leica] Leica batteries
From: john at mcmaster.fr (John McMaster)
Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 18:57:29 +0000
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Don't care about the others, I have used pattern batteries in them with 
little issue. Leica ones I have tried are useless, are you saying that yours 
is indistinguishable from your original (so quite old) M8 battery? You seem 
to be the only one ;-)

john

-----Original Message-----

Yes I have. Also Fuji, Panasonic and Ricoh. Some of the aftermarket ones are 
indistinguishable from the originals, except for the price.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain


> On 29 May 2016, at 16:32, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
> 
> Has anyone bought an aftermarket Leica fit battery that works as well as a 
> branded one? The one I tried was useless, Tina had several that used to 
> work but do not now..... My original M9 battery still works well and has 
> had many charges over its six year life.
> 
> True, it is cheap to try, but you still need a charged genuine battery 
> with you in case the cheap one dies without warning IMO.
> 
> john
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> I disagree, Gerry. There is Leica quality in their lenses. But their 
> batteries are made by the same companies that make the aftermarket 
> batteries. Certainly worth trying. Just because someone has saved and 
> worked hard to buy a Leica does not mean that s/he has unlimited funds.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> 
>> On 29 May 2016, at 15:42, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I constantly find it amazing that people spend the thousands of dollars 
>> needed to buy Leica cameras and lenses and then try and save a few 
>> dollars on a third-party battery etc. It is generally very false economy.
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>>> On 29 May 2016, at 13:28, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Not trying to be combative.  It's just you got advice from some of the 
>>> heaviest users of Leica around, thanked them, and said you'd figure it 
>>> out yourself.
>>> 
>>> It's maddening newbie behavior.
>>> 
>>> Maybe you might get busy and take pictures and show them?  That would be 
>>> a better introduction. 
>>> 
>>> from my iPad
>>> 
>>> Sonny Carter
>>> 
>>>> On May 29, 2016, at 7:06 AM, bob catchpole via LUG <lug at 
>>>> leica-users.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Sonny,
>>>> The comments and suggestions people made offered information I wasn't 
>>>> aware before. A good reason to ask don't you think?
>>>> 
>>>> Bob
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>   From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>
>>>> To: bob catchpole <bobcatchpole at yahoo.co.uk>; Leica Users Group 
>>>> <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, 29 May 2016, 12:58
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica batteries
>>>> 
>>>> Why ask for advice then, if you plan to make all the same mistakes we 
>>>> did, oops, I mean, "investigate the matter yourself?"
>>>> 
>>>> from my iPad
>>>> 
>>>> Sonny Carter
>>>> 
>>>>> On May 29, 2016, at 5:44 AM, bob catchpole via LUG <lug at 
>>>>> leica-users.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello list,
>>>>> Many thanks to all those who offered helpful comments. In time I'll 
>>>>> probably try out all the options suggested and compare them in terms 
>>>>> of cost and reliability!
>>>>> Bob
>>>>> 



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