Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The math doesn?t work when a battery dies just when you want to take a picture. On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 6:32 PM Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > Every year this subject gets discussed. > I postulated, years ago, that the market for the M8 battery type was > infinitessimal, compared to Nikon/Canon. What correct in the head Chinese > maker would bother for this tiny market? My conclusion was none. So how do > these batteries get made and sold so cheap? My thought is that , in the > case of M8 batteries, that there is a reject rate. That the third party > batteries did not meet some Leica spec. These batteries are sold as > aftermarket items, cheap. It follows they will not last as long as the > Leica spec ones. > As time pases, we have some proof they do not last. > Here is the financial question: if Leica makes a battery that costs > 10-20-30 times the cost of the aftermarket brand , but lasts only 5 times > as long, which is a better buy??? > > And the answer is....... > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA