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Subject: [Leica] Third Party M to X adapter
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:44:42 +0530
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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.
> >>>>
> >>>>
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