[Leica] A cautionary tale

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

In general, Fuji's updates are always worth installing, IMHO.
Cheers
Jayanand

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> On 24-Aug-2014, at 3:04 pm, "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Anybody else out there with an X100S think it's worth doing as a matter of priority?
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> Douglas
> ps I liked Bob's pic of you.
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> ----- 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
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> 
> 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".
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
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> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
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