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

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Subject: [Leica] M9 firmware update
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 22:15:35 -0600
References: <p0624081fcae0bc653ad2@[192.168.1.104]> <20111109193949.19353ee3@linux-pfy5.site>

Phil,

It is nice to see a straight forward instruction that solves a problem.  I 
don't own an M, but the logic of your solution seems obvious.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Forrest" <photo.forrest at earthlink.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 firmware update


> 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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In reply to: Message from kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner) ([Leica] M9 firmware update)
Message from photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest) ([Leica] M9 firmware update)