[Leica] A cautionary tale

[Douglas Barry]

That's a very useful piece of info for all digital camera owners, Herb. BTW 
I have a X100S just over a year and I love it - a great camera. Mind you I 
haven't bothered downloading the software upgrade that came some months ago. 
My pc is from 2005 and I've been intending to upgrade for a couple of years, 
but circumstances have meant I haven't bothered. I'll rearrange everything 
when I move into my new house.

Anybody else out there with an X100S think it's worth doing as a matter of 
priority?

Douglas
ps I liked Bob's pic of you.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 8:36 AM
Subject: [Leica] A cautionary tale


Yesterday my M9 went nuts. First it claimed that my SD card was full when in 
fact it only had about a dozen shots on it. Then it recanted, but when I 
tried to delete a trial shot of the wall that I took just after it 
recovered, I saw that I had no choice but to delete all. I was impossible to 
switch to "delete single".

After uploading the contents of the SD card to LR, I put it back in the 
camera and tried to delete all. It went through the motions, showing a 
moving progress bar, but when it was done, none of the shots had actually 
been deleted.

Because I probably would not see the camera again for several months after 
sending it to Leica, I ordered a X100S to tide me over. I’ve had a secret 
yen for this camera as a carry around always camera for some time.

Now, I’ve been a computer software guy since 1958, but somehow, I just hadn’t 
thought of a digital camera as a computer. This very afternoon, it occurred 
to me that maybe the firmware had gone south. I downloaded the firmware from 
the Leica site—it took a while to find it there. Actually, if I had looked 
at the file of downloads on my computer, I would have found the copy that 
was downloaded in 2i012. I reformatted the SD card in the camera (it was 
willing to do that much) and reinstalled the firmware as instructed in the 
M9 manual. The camera appears to be cured.

Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.





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