Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina & Geoff In my experience high iso shadow banding has improved. Actual on the M9 I use, it is non existent anymore, while with the 1.7.. firmware I had to be carefull with the fill light sliders in LR. regards Meino de Graaf On 7/26/2012 1:16 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5156 - Release Date: 07/26/12 > >