Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been led to believe that Sony and Nikon does just that. It would not take a genius, but it would add cost, and that's something that the Chinese off brand people would avoid. I once read that sony cameras and camcorders were programmed to not allow the camera to use a battery more than two years old. That said, my first digital camera was a Sony R1, and I still use it occasionally. It was a great camera for its day, and files still hold up, but I am still using Sony and aftermarket batteries that are pushing ten years old. -----Original Message----- From: Herbert Kanner Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 7:24 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 firmware update and 3rd party batteries I know they could imbed a read-only chip in the battery for identifying same. I'm just convinced that they are not doing that. In fact, I regard the idea as ridiculous. Furthermore, it would not take a genius to counterfeit such a chip if they had done that. Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. On Aug 7, 2012, at 12:42 AM, Lew Schwartz wrote: > The magic way is to embed an id chip in the battery. > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 2:26 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > >> I would be willing to make a substantial bet that there is no magic way >> that Leica can tell if you are using an aftermarket battery. After >> getting >> a DOA aftermarket battery, I bit the bullet and bought a Leica battery as >> my spare. When I tried to install the update, it told me that there was >> not >> enough battery juice, and I had to replace this genuine battery by >> another >> genuine one that had a full charge. Obviously they are going by battery >> voltage under load and objecting if there is a chance of failure during >> the >> firmware update process. >> >> Herbert Kanner >> kanner at acm.org >> 650-326-8204 >> >> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >> >> >> >> On Aug 6, 2012, at 10:15 PM, John McMaster wrote: >> >>> The only non-Leica battery I bought (and its replacement) were both DOA >> on >>> earlier firmware ;-) I think it is just a warning on remaining power >> rather >>> than hunting non-genuine batteries.......... >>> >>> john >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information