Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/07

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Subject: [Leica] M9 firmware update and 3rd party batteries
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 18:22:58 +1000
References: <CAFuU78fDnU8PVFgH8nwKsFzEPm77vU_-0H9LHiG50txY9EJS+A@mail.gmail.com> <49E2D15BD1AA4D48A162CFF52611D9AD@billHP> <CAFuU78exZ+hBLfzQNZUU8OKZY5En01KUfSgxYtpt-h_ML9na+A@mail.gmail.com> <CAE3QcF79qP_Q=f7yGNs1Ybdg2L_W1pT9KjB=htciJbXX2ChbMg@mail.gmail.com> <CAFuU78dFW1dGcr8zKNnryhh-DmaMGjiX7ZN28QhCAjpx1=+jYw@mail.gmail.com> <001401cd7471$899a7520$9ccf5f60$@chiaroscuro.co.nz> <CAFuU78cemyALSTc3zXPpV8-DHuxPzg8+nRTuwfJzMSUBBjnjiQ@mail.gmail.com>

Herbert you can read the reported changes in the Improvements PDF with the
UPD file on the Leica website.



Cheers,
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman



On 7 August 2012 18:03, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think I see. I thought the checks for voltage and authenticity were only
> made when the battery was first inserted, but now we seem to be saying that
> the voltage is being checked constantly, so that if it falls below a
> certain threshold the camera may turn off with a warning. The logic behind
> this on Leica's part being that certain sd cards need the additional
> voltage on the circuit to do proper read/writes, whereas my sd cards are
> and have been just fine, third party battery or no.
>
> A kind of background concern of mine is: what if an upgrade addresses
> something I really need (not that I have a clue as to what that may be ...
> everything seems fine).
>
> --
> -Lew Schwartz
>
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