Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/14

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Subject: [Leica] help me electrocute myself and destroy my new camera!
From: kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy)
Date: Fri Dec 14 09:40:46 2007
 
I know that 8% of you are electrical engineers and 14% of you would like to 
see my camera catch fire -- so let me pose what I'm sure will be a question 
of general interest.

I recently acquired the Leica D1h you've all heard so much about in the 
media -- but it came with no battery charger. Chargers on ebay and Amazon, 
sell for $75 or $150 -- which is absurd. My question is this:

Can I go to radio shack and buy a battery charger whose output is equal to 
or less than 8.7v 1.4a (the specs of the dedicated Leica charger) and just 
alligator clip the positive terminal on hte charger to the positive terminal 
on the battery, do the same with the negative, and eschew the $80 
proprietary connector?

Thanks!

Kyle (next to the smoking house)
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