[Leica] A cautionary tale

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

In general, Fuji's updates are always worth installing, IMHO.
Cheers
Jayanand

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> On 24-Aug-2014, at 3:04 pm, "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> That's a very useful piece of info for all digital camera owners, Herb. 
> BTW I have a X100S just over a year and I love it - a great camera. Mind 
> you I haven't bothered downloading the software upgrade that came some 
> months ago. My pc is from 2005 and I've been intending to upgrade for a 
> couple of years, but circumstances have meant I haven't bothered. I'll 
> rearrange everything when I move into my new house.
> 
> Anybody else out there with an X100S think it's worth doing as a matter of 
> priority?
> 
> Douglas
> ps I liked Bob's pic of you.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 8:36 AM
> Subject: [Leica] A cautionary tale
> 
> 
> Yesterday my M9 went nuts. First it claimed that my SD card was full when 
> in fact it only had about a dozen shots on it. Then it recanted, but when 
> I tried to delete a trial shot of the wall that I took just after it 
> recovered, I saw that I had no choice but to delete all. I was impossible 
> to switch to "delete single".
> 
> After uploading the contents of the SD card to LR, I put it back in the 
> camera and tried to delete all. It went through the motions, showing a 
> moving progress bar, but when it was done, none of the shots had actually 
> been deleted.
> 
> Because I probably would not see the camera again for several months after 
> sending it to Leica, I ordered a X100S to tide me over. I?ve had a secret 
> yen for this camera as a carry around always camera for some time.
> 
> Now, I?ve been a computer software guy since 1958, but somehow, I just 
> hadn?t thought of a digital camera as a computer. This very afternoon, it 
> occurred to me that maybe the firmware had gone south. I downloaded the 
> firmware from the Leica site?it took a while to find it there. Actually, 
> if I had looked at the file of downloads on my computer, I would have 
> found the copy that was downloaded in 2i012. I reformatted the SD card in 
> the camera (it was willing to do that much) and reinstalled the firmware 
> as instructed in the M9 manual. The camera appears to be cured.
> 
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
> 
> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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