[Leica] My last aftermarket battery just died

[benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)]

> Somebody on this site said he had opened an M-9 battery. I asked for
> pictures, I would be glad to know more to find a solution.


Several of us have opened these batteries Cedric.  The ones I opened are
long (since 2010) recycled, and seeing as I've not had problems with the
remaining 10+ third parts batteries I currently use, including in the
Monochrom, I haven't worried about it too much, neither do I have any
photos.


> In the meanwhile keep your dead batteries, I don't promise anything,
> but you never know. It took me 6 months to find the solution for the
> 500ELM and another 6 months if not a year to make tests.


Good luck with that.  From memory it should be quite easy to re-pack the
battery.

Marty



>
> Regards
>
> Cedric
>
>
> 2013/3/16 Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com <javascript:;>>:
> > LOL. I'd like to know your cheers; they seem to work very well...
> > :-)
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:01 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at 
> > sfr.fr
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Le 16 mars 13 ? 17:31, Bill Pearce a ?crit :
> >>
> >>
> >>  And are very likely to reduce the resolution of the attached lens.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> That's why I always encourage, cheer or threaten my lenses on a shoot
> >>
> >> Ph
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  -----Original Message----- From: Robert Adler
> >>> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:11 AM
> >>> To: Leica Users Group
> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] My last aftermarket battery just died
> >>>
> >>> What's wrong with UV filters? They take out the haze and protect the
> lens,
> >>> no?
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
> >>> gmail.com
> >>> >wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  Exactly the thought I had, Doug!
> >>>> Everyone has their own assessment and no-one's mind will change.
> Nothing
> >>>> wrong with that but I don't think that the little digs at people who
> >>>> disagree are warranted.
> >>>> Just the facts Ma'am.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> *If you want to take more interesting pictures,
> >>>> stand in front of more interesting stuff* -- Joe McNally
> >>>> Cheers
> >>>> Geoff
> >>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 16 March 2013 07:33, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> > Richard Man wrote:
> >>>> >
> >>>> > >Come on Henning, Leica must make a lot more money on a Himalayan
> rat
> >>>> skin
> >>>> > >covered 50 year anniversary MP Classic than hundreds of batteries
> :-)
> >>>> > >
> >>>> > >
> >>>> > >On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Henning Wulff <
> >>>> henningw at archiphoto.com
> >>>> > >wrote:
> >>>> > >
> >>>> > >> Please, whoever feels this way keep buying Leica batteries. Leica
> >>>> needs
> >>>> > >> the money.
> >>>> > >>
> >>>> > >>
> >>>> > >> On 2013-03-15, at 1:42 AM, Cedric Agie <cedric.agie at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>> > >>
> >>>> > >> > I would be interested by one or more pictures made from the
> dead
> >>>> > >> > batteries you opened.
> >>>> > >> > When opening the dead body, maybe you simply did not see a tiny
> >>>> device
> >>>> > >> > i.e.a few mm or even less with two or more hairthin wires that
> can
> >>>> > >> > also act as a fuse.
> >>>> > >> > Since there is a 3rd contact in the battery and also inside the
> >>>> > >> > charger, I have good reasons to think there is a form of
> >>>> protection
> >>>> > >> > that could go unnoticed, certainly if the inside is inbedded in
> >>>> solid
> >>>> > >> > plastic or even silicone.
> >>>> > >> >
> >>>> > >> > One PC and Laptoplaptop maker I know, a huge company known
> >>>> worldwide,
> >>>> > >> > simply protects their Laptops with an elaborate printed circuit
> >>>> inside
> >>>> > >> > the batterie wich also contains a special code. This code makes
> >>>> the
> >>>> > >> > use of third party batteries simply impossible. Even some
> brands
> >>>> of
> >>>> > >> > inkjet cartridges have a small microprocessor that controls and
> >>>> > >> > regulates the l



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