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I bought in December 2016 a new battery for my M240 in the Leica store in Frankfurt
What is written on it is different, but I do not remember which one is the original one (March 2013) and which is the newest one (December 2016) ?

 

the new one Left ? or Right ?

batteries-m240-5569-2.jpg

 

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They are both BP-SLC2. :(  The Indonesian one came with my camera in 2013.

The right one  is the oldest one for you ?

 

ok thank you

 

anyway it was just a small question nothing very important

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The one on the left (manufactured in Korea) matches my only battery which was supplied to a Munich dealer in January 2014. The other battery is the also the correct battery and has been subcontracted to Varta. Usually the reason is that in other regions of the world, particular approvals and label markings are legally required. Notice that the right hand version has at least one approval code (R-41040053) that doesn't appear on the left hand model. All the above doesn't mean that the model originally supplied with your camera can be assumed to be the LH model although Jaap reports that he received the RH model in his kit at the beginning. It depends on where Leica intended the camera to be distributed. I also remember that there was a shortage of spare batteries at launch. (As usual). However, the left hand battery is clearly older and the case shows the signs of use. Isn't that your original?

I don't know of any supplier of Chinese cloned batteries for the M240. Hence the consistently high prices.

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14499 battery from Marsh 2013:

 

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Notice the "inca" trade mark on the bottom image in the previous post. That's a manufacturers trade mark not present on every battery. I'm sure they are subcontracting manufacturing for Leica. It's definitely not present on every battery- mine included.

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I letter every battery I purchase—as well as many SD cards—with a paint marker in order to simplify rotation of them. I have three batteries each for my M-D and Q and I make an effort to make sure they all get use. Perhaps a bit anal bit also perhaps useful.

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