Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/14

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Subject: [Leica] Good M8/8.2/9 Battery Source
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:19:57 +1000
References: <COL119-W458041EF7C48828B77E4BB82A70@phx.gbl> <00cd01ca6577$a6e0e2b0$f4a2a810$@net> <COL119-W8577F4BC2C0EC8F13507682A70@phx.gbl> <p06230908c72505c17524@10.1.16.146>

FWIW the one that came with my M9 has the same part number on it although it
has some different labels ( to my 2 original M8 ones). It is marked 1800mAh.
Greg's source looks like a potential winner.

2009/11/15 Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>

> Hi Greg,
>
> Did you order from the seller I gave you? I've always had excellent service
> from him.
>
> By the way, when the M8 came out it came with 1700mAh batteries, just like
> most of the aftermarket ones. If the M9 now comes with 1900mAh batteries,
> that's a new thing.
>
> Considering that the 3rd party batteries from Hong Kong are 1/10 the price,
> a 10% reduction in capacity isn't going to change the equation much.
>
>
>
>
> At 3:48 PM -0700 11/14/09, Greg Lorenzo wrote:
>
>> Frank,
>>
>>
>>
>> Send me the name of your Ebay vendor that didn't ship and I'll send you
>> mine. Both off-list would be best.
>>
>>
>>
>> BTW, I requested Speedpost shipping (trackable), with me paying the for
>> all extra shipping and handling costs, and I didn't even receive a reply.
>>
>>
>>
>> It is worth noting almost all ebay sourced replacement batteries for the
>> digital M's all have a lower mAh rating.
>>
>>
>>
>> Greg Lorenzo
>>
>>
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Cheers
Geoff
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