Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is correct. The box says Made in EU. Maybe the box was made in EU. Hardly interesting compared to where the stuff inside was made. I differ on the second point.... I define OEM as what the manufacturer ( Leica in this case) sells through its marketing channels. Aftermarket to me means the battery that is marketed not by that manufacturer. Apparently, from John and Sonny, we can deduce that Leica now supplies these (to me) weirdly marked batteries when you buy a 14464 battery from their dealers. BTW, Popflash ( Tony Roma's mail order dealership) has a picture of the 14464 that is not quite the battery I just bought, but another version. Certainly not he original. It is not a matter of who made it, as has been pointed out before, Leica does not make these things. It is about the technical specifications and quality assurance aspects that are of interest to me. If Leica is "handling" the product, then I expect it passed some tested criteria of Leica specifications. If it is aftermarket, then it could be either a reject from that inspection stage or not tested at all or tested to a lower standard or just fine. You don't know nor have the reassurance that a big company insisted that it is right. It is for this reason that I bought one $100 OEM battery. It is for cost reasons that I have a bunch of $10-15 batteries. Frank Filippone Red735i at earthlink.net -----Original Message----- It does not say "Made in the EU" on your battery. The EU above the garbage can symbol just indicates that in the EU such batteries may not be thrown away with household waste. The battery is a Chinese aftermarket battery. If someone sold it to you claiming that it was an original Leica battery, you have been cheated. Nathan Wajsman