Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is the quintessential issue Tina. If the new firmware assesses your battery state as more likely to cause write problems you may find your camera in snapshot mode (!) or having a nana nap. The batteries themselves are unaffected. As I understand it the M9 npreviously did not have power management the same as the M8 has but it is tougher on batteries due to much larger processng volumes. Currently I'm unaware of any confirmed image quality improvement as part of this update. It's only meant to address those reported occasional card/write problems and add at least one new lens officially. So if you never had any problems (like me) and won't be buying the new APO Summicron 50 (also like me!) there's no benefit to updating this time. Of course your batteries will work the same as always in your M8. Cheers, Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 26 July 2012 08:43, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > I'm hesitating to install the update because my batteries are all very old, > and most are from Hong Kong, but all are working fine. I would hate to > have to replace them all (15 batteries) with genuine Leica batteries! > > Tina > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:22 PM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > > > All of my M8 batteries are over 3 years old, which includes the original > > supplied with the camera and they all work perfectly. > > > > Gene > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 1:55:15 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Firmware v. 1.196 for M9 now available > > > > To be fair Nathan, the new firmware does not in any way reduce the > > performance or life span of the (Li Ion) batteries. What it does is stop > > the camera operating when an older battery has irregular voltage. That > > means when there is increased risk of faulty writes including banding. SD > > cards issues like that have arisen for I guess a few users and they are > > discussed on the forums. Well maybe not this one!. I've never seen them > > myself. > > They all die and the caution arises becauses the earliest M8 batteries > may > > now be five or more years old and failing. It may impact non-original > > batteries should they not be performing properly too. An M9 has greater > > power requirments than the M8 so you'd expect > > that the batteries do work harder. I have three (originals) which get > > rotated only by chance in my bag. One is about four/five years old, one > > three and one two. So far so good on all of them for me with about 9,000 > > frames or so on my M9 (one was in my M8 for a few thousand or so frames > > too). > > > > With say a Nikon dSLR each new model might have a new battery design and > > hence people wouldn't be carrying over old batteries > > from one camea to another maybe? > > > > There's also ben some re-sequencing of process steps in the camera too, I > > think. I understand that trying to improve the speed has been on their > > agenda for while. The new APO Summicron 50 is in there too. Buy me one > and > > I'll test that for you ;-) > > > > Cheers, > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > > > On 25 July 2012 14:39, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > > > > > What a lovely way to sell more batteries at 100 Euro a pop! > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Nathan > > > > > > On 25 Jul 2012, at 05:53, Jay Burleson wrote: > > > > > > > M9 Firmware Version 1.196 > > > > Performance improvements: > > > > Further improvements of SD-Card compatibility. > > > > Implementation of the Lens detection of the new APO-Summicron-M > > 1:2/50mm > > > ASPH. > > > > Improved power management. > > > > The camera is now measuring battery stability internally. In case of > > > weak battery stability, the > > > > camera switches off automatically. > > > > > > > > Using old batteries could have lead to camera crashes and banding > > > stripes under certain > > > > conditions with the previous firmware versions. Especially the usage > of > > > nearly 6 years old M8 > > > > batteries proved to be critical. > > > > It is the nature of Li-ion batteries that the capacity weakens after > a > > > certain time. > > > > We recommend replacing the batteries for the M8 and the M9 after 3 > > years > > > at the latest. Heavy usage > > > > can even accelerate the aging process, and then batteries should be > > > replaced earlier. > > > > In case that the total amount of pictures, that can be taken with a > > > certain battery, is significantly lower > > > > than before with Firmware 1.196, we recommend replacing this battery. > > > > New batteries can be ordered at all Leica Dealers (Order Number > 14464) > > > > > > > > Please be aware that your settings and your user profiles can be > > deleted > > > after the firmware update. > > > > Please make a note of your settings and user profiles before you run > > the > > > firmware update. > > > > > > > > Download here: > > > > > > > > > > http://us.leica-camera.com/assets/file/download.php?filename=file_6178.zip > > > > Instructions: > > > > > > > > > > http://us.leica-camera.com/assets/file/download.php?filename=file_6840.pdf > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Jay, > > > > Dripping on the shutter button here in Seattle > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > > Alicante, Spain > > > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > > http://www.greatpix.eu > > > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > > > > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > > > Blog: > > > http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >