Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Which manufacturer/ebay listing? Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: > > On Apr 17, 2012, at 1:56 AM, Gerry Walden wrote: > > > I can only really comment on the ones for Lumix cameras. A number of > companies offer them but a friend purchased from 3 different sources and > none worked, and he got his money back on them all. The problem is that > camera manufacturers now incorporate circuits into the batteries which are > copyright and cannot be used by third party manufacturers. Whether this > applies to the Fuji I cannot comment, but personally I would be loath to > take the risk unless I was 100% sure that (a) I could get my money back, > and (b) it would not damage the camera. > > > I used a third party battery today when my primary Fuji battery lost > power, so far no problems. > > > Steve > > > > > > Gerry > > > > PS Sorry about the mix-up over your role in safaris. > > > > Gerry Walden > > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > > www.gerrywalden.co.uk > > > > On 17 Apr 2012, at 09:08, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > >> What is the general perception of third party batteries? I have never > >> purchased one to date! > >> Cheers > >> Jayanand > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Steve Barbour < > steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On Apr 16, 2012, at 9:41 PM, Gerry Walden wrote: > >>> > >>>> Howard > >>>> > >>>> Spare batteries are available here at around the ?60 mark. These are > >>> genuine Fuji brand but there are no third party ones available. > >>> > >>> here in the US we have Fuji batts and third party for less than a > quarter > >>> of the price, look at Amazon US.... > >>> > >>> > >>> Steve > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Gerry > >>>> > >>>> Gerry Walden > >>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > >>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 > >>>> www.gerrywalden.co.uk > >>>> > >>>> On 17 Apr 2012, at 03:55, H&ECummer wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I haven't counted how many shots before charging but I would like a > >>> spare battery - as yet unavailable. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >