Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The camera (M(240)) has been on release for less than 30 months, a good battery should last that long.... john -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.fr at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Richard Man Sent: Friday, 7 August 2015 11:14 a.m. To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Minor additional woe Well, it could always be possible that the battery they give you is not a new one.... rather than checking for particular battery characteristics, it may just check for the manufacturing date. On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > As soon as I installed the new firmware in my M, the ?info? button > produced, in additional to the standard information, an ominous > message in > red: ?Check battery age?. > > I called Leica tech support, my theory, in view of the expired > firmware, being that they sent me a camera that had been sitting a > long time on the shelf. But the tech guy said that the M (240) had not > been in existence long enough for a battery to elicit that message. (I > wonder that what battery characteristic the firmware is measuring). So > he is fielding my complaint to the marketing people and I await a phone > call. > > Herb > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > >