Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/09

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Subject: [Leica] M9 firmware update
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:05:49 +1000
References: <p0624081fcae0bc653ad2@192.168.1.104> <20111109193949.19353ee3@linux-pfy5.site> <p06240821cae0d4b4ed44@192.168.1.104> <CAE3QcF5+R3F+XF-M47EFKoVNj6WBqzh8L-fR5vQWLw-buU=TKg@mail.gmail.com>

Forgot to mention. "Don't Import suspected Duplicates" is an optional
setting. Just check or uncheck the box on import in Lightroom

Cheers
Geoff

*Lighting- eyes- action*
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman



On 10 November 2011 14:00, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

> Herb , no you cannot do this tethered and Phil has covered the insurance
> approach for your file numbering perfectly. By the way, in fact you do not
> lose any of your other menu settings with upgrading despite the
> conservative warning from Leica Camera. That has been the case for several
> generations of firmware. I don't know about any custom profiles. Only a few
> momemts to check through your menus after of course.
> The new warning to avoid the latest Sandisk SDHC cards is interesting. I
> have had no problems with them (nor any previous Sandisk cards). The number
> of previously reported problems was actually very low but nevertheless
> prompted this. Flash and camera exposure faults waking from standby were
> looked at too but nothing has emerged on whether that was addressed as yet
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
>
> *Lighting- eyes- action*
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
>
> On 10 November 2011 11:10, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Phil. I'm wondering whether, on the previous update, there was
>> instructions for doing the equivalent of what you suggested by tethering
>> the camera to a computer. I have a very foggy memory of perhaps doing 
>> that.
>>
>> Herb
>>
>>
>>  Before you update the firmware, take a photo on an SD card and keep
>>> that card aside for after the update.
>>> Do the update with a separate card.
>>> Place the card that you took the last photo on, in the camera then take
>>> another photo. The numbering will be sequential then and you'll start
>>> again where you left off.
>>>
>>> Phil Forrest
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 16:31:34 -0700
>>> Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>  > Although I don't really think I need the latest update (I haven't had
>>>  > an SD card problem) there is one thing about the instructions that
>>>  > bothers me. It states that doing an update resets many things, in
>>>  > particular the DNG file numbers. Since LR claims that it does not
>>>  > import duplicates, presumably based on file numbers, one would think
>>>  > that this would prevent new pictures with an old file number from
>>>  > being imported.
>>>  >
>>>  > On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I did one firmware update some
>>>  > months ago, and haven't had any LR problems. Can anyone enlighten me.
>>>
>>>
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>>
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In reply to: Message from photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest) ([Leica] M9 firmware update)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] M9 firmware update)