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Subject: [Leica] Third Party M to X adapter
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:24:25 -0700
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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.
>>>> 
>>>> 
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