Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The camera does not identify whether the battery is genuine, only if it is operating to specification. Yes I know of people using non-original batteries with the new firmware. If you have a worn out battery genuine or otherwise the camera may not work. If you have reported problems that you did not see before and but do not want that warning feature you can revert to your current firmware.. Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 7 August 2012 17:49, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > Just for clarification (this seems to have gone 'off' on this thread), I > don't mind if I get a warning; I'm trying to find out if the camera will > work with my 3rd party batteries or not. > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 3:44 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Bill and Lew if you do not want the camera to warn you about unreliable > > battery power levels, just don't upgrade. > > If you have never had a problem there is no benefit to upgrading (there > is > > no advertised image quality change). It is only about trying to prevent > > write problems. As far as I can tell most people (including me) never saw > > that problem anyway. > > I have not seen a single report thus far since official release of > earlier > > shutdown actually for whatever that's worth. > > If you do load the new firmware and wish to downgrade you can do so. You > > just to run the setup from the current UPD (1.176) file again. > > > > Cheers, > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > > > On 7 August 2012 14:46, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > My understanding is that you may get a warning, but that they will > still > > > work. If they're DOA, I'm screwed. > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> > > wrote: > > > > > > > This no aftermarket battery thing is a real pain. If they hadn't > > charged > > > > so much for something that is obviously available for much less, they > > > could > > > > have saved money on writing special firmware. Not something that > makes > > me > > > > feel good about the manufacturers. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Lew Schwartz > > > > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 11:24 PM > > > > To: Leica Users Group > > > > Subject: [Leica] M9 firmware update and 3rd party batteries > > > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone report from the field if the update will reject my > non-Leica > > > > batteries? Not looking forward to replacing them. Also, will the > Leica > > > only > > > > battery injunction be enforced on the MM and M10? > > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > > > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information > > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > > > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -Lew Schwartz > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > -Lew Schwartz > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >