Friday, August 5, 2011

Leica M9 Battery Issue

I'm having bizarre battery issues with my M9. Pop in a fully charged battery. Camera says "battery low". No pattern to the issue. Occurs with my two genuine nine month old batteries. Anyone else having this problem? I wrote to Leica Technical who claimed no knowledge of this issue. I have seen some posts on the Internet complaining about this exact same issue. Very sad to see such poor performance in a $7000 machine. Is this „Deutsche Gruendlichkeit"?
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  1. ChatsphotogpilotAugust 15, 2011 at 7:24 AM

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    Chats Chatterjeeposted toLeica Camera
    I'm having bizarre battery issues with my M9. Pop in a fully charged battery. Camera says "battery low". No pattern to the issue. Occurs with my two batteries that are nine month old genuine Leica batteries. Anyone else having this problem? I wrote to Leica Technical who claimed no knowledge of this issue. I have seen some posts on the Internet complaining about this exact same issue. Very sad to see such poor performance in a $7000 machine. Is this „Deutsche Gruendlichkeit“?
    August 5 at 9:49pm · Like ·
    Gil Lavi likes this.
    Chats Chatterjee To add insult to injury, Leica New Jersey wants me to pay to have the camera shipped to them so they can check it out.
    August 5 at 9:49pm · Like · 2 people

    David Henderson Don't get me started about Leica's X1. No wonder there is such demand for the Fuji X100!
    August 5 at 11:09pm · Like

    Kek Kek Li I have both M9 and X1. I love both except the batteries. These batteries really suck big time!
    August 6 at 7:36am · Like
    Chats Chatterjee Yes the batteries do suck very badly.
    August 6 at 9:45am · Like

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  2. ChatsphotogpilotAugust 25, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    BJP: http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2102908/leica-uncovers-m9-battery

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  3. ChatsphotogpilotAugust 25, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    Popular Photography: http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2011/08/does-leica-m9-have-battery-problems-too

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  4. ChatsphotogpilotAugust 25, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    Popular Photography followup to Leica official acknowledgement: http://www.popphoto.com/2011/08/leica-releases-response-to-m9-battery-problems

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