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Battery eject problem on Leica SL

Porchpockler

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LeicaR10

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Porchpockler,   It could well be the internal latch malfuctioning.   As you know when you turn the silver release lever, normally the battery semi-ejects. Then you push the battery up and the internal latch releases the battery.  Try moving the battery up while releasing the silver latch at the same time. If that doesn't work, perhaps others might have an idea for you.  Failing that, your SL might need to go to Leica Customer Care to get the battery release repaired.  Also a Leica Store might have an answer for you too.  You might look on Google for a You Tube video for this kind of issue.  Hope this helps.  r/ Mark

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1 hour ago, Porchpockler said:

Anyone ever had trouble ejecting the battery? Nothing that I know of happened to the camera, but suddenly the battery won’t eject. I’m guessing it is a spring issue? Anyone have any ideas or guidance?

 

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LeicaR10

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Porchpockler.  I looked up the Leica SL manual on line.  It illustrates you need to push down on the battery after the silver lever is moved.  You might have tried it already.  I also checked Leica Store Miami Red Dot Forum and Josh Lehrer who works there wrote he never saw a problem with a stuck battery.  Albeit a dated post, he was talking about the S2 that has the same release.  Check out this link.  Apparently another person had a problem and had to send the camera to Germany for repair.  Hope that isn't the case for you.  r/ Mark

Try:  https://www.leica-camera.cn/sites/default/files/documents/2016-06/Leica%2BSL_EN_0.pdf?fdl=1   Go to page 170.

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BernardC

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The mechanism is very easy to figure-out (once you get the battery out): there's a pin and a spring. The lever on the camera moves the pin sideways in a track on the battery. This partially releases the battery. You need to push the battery up slightly to get the pin past a safety catch in order to fully release the battery.

Only a few things can go wrong. The spring at the bottom of the battery chamber should be easy to diagnose: is it bent?

The pin either moves with the lever or it doesn't.

That leaves tolerances. Is the something in your battery compartment that could keep the battery from moving, like a piece of tape? Is the battery swollen? If it is swollen, contact Leica for a possible replacement and dispose of it safely. Is the little track on the side of the battery clean?

You should be able to remove the battery yourself as long as the lever isn't disconnected: release the lever, use a piece of sticky tape to pull the battery our slightly. Grab the battery with you fingernails, push it back in slightly to get past the safety catch, and then pull it out completely.

You could also try using a feeler gauge to move the pin manually. It moves toward the front of the camera (lens side) when you release the lever.

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A friend of mine with the SL2-S had the same problem and the camera needed to go to NJ. They said they hadn’t seen this issue before - perhaps the mechanism can drift from it’s ideal tolerance over time, or the retainer pin can break. If you can’t get it out then contact Leica customer service (it’s August, so be ready to wait event longer than usual if the camera needs to go to NJ…..)

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JulianHalliday

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I have, today, encountered the same problem; in my case, the battery release lever moves freely -- it has not fallen off, but there is no resistance, so it's clearly not actuating the pin. It's distressing that there isn't an alternative release mechanism, since clearly the threaded boss (described somewhere in this or another thread) has disengaged from whatever moves the pin. Reminds me of the time the frame lever fell off my brand spanking new M10 -- just fell off and was lost, within (as I recall) a week or two of receiving the thing. On that occasion, Leica sent me a new lever, and I used an infinitesimal amount of low-hold LocTite on the thread against future disaster.

So, for now, I'm reduced to using only one of my four batteries, though the charging cycle for the camera plugged in seems fairly lengthy. Guess I must contact Leica to see what to do, and my insurance agent to see if my policy covers this sort of event.

 

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We must differentiate between a broken release mechanism and a swollen battery that is stuck. In the last case the battery must be removed as soon as possible  

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