[Leica] New M(240 firmware - 2/0.2.5)

[Robert Baron]

I bought a barely used M240 and set the numbering to (I thought) 4xxxxx and
put in and formatted an SD card and when I took the first image its file
number was 400856.

What was that about?

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:

> To date, the shot counter in the M240 has been "encrypted" and no one has
> broken the algorithm yet.
>
> I forgot when I first asked the question....
>
> I wonder why Leica did that?
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Dante Stella
> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 2:31 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] New M(240 firmware - 2/0.2.5)
>
> Academic question. Shot counts are encrypted.
>
> Dante
>
> > On Jul 8, 2015, at 4:31 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > My impression is that the "shot count" is a measure of the use of the
> > mechanical shutter parts.  This would be evaluated against the
> > expected longevity of the shutter mechanism.....  For example, there
> > are 20,000 shutter actuations against a shutter that is rated for
> > 200,000 actuations, so it about 10% of life expectancy.  OTOH, it
> > would be not in my best interest to purchase a used M240 with a shot
> > count of say 1,000,000 actuations... the shutter mechanics would be
> mostly
> used up by then.
> >
> > The measure of the electronics in terms of shot count is meaningless.
> >
> > More to the point, if I am a still shooter, looking for a used M240, I
> > do not want a shutter with 250,000 clicks.... so I ask the question with
> a
> > purpose....   Is the shutter actuator counter reset by the upgrade of FW?
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > Red735i at verizon.net
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On
> > Behalf Of John McMaster
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 1:13 PM
> > To: 'Leica Users Group'
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] New M(240 firmware - 2/0.2.5)
> >
> > I thought they had defaulted to JPEG since M8 days? Shutter counts
> > does not matter so much with video abilities, I could take 100 stills
> > but 1000 hours of video and the latter is unknown....
> >
> > john
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > JPEG?
> >
> > An indication of who their target market really is?
> >
> > On a more serious note,
> > By resetting numbering, does this then obfuscate the click count of
> > the shutter mechanism?
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > Red735i at verizon.net
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Just be aware that it resets numbering and defaults to JPEGs!
> >
> > http://us.leica-camera.com/Service-Support/Support/Downloads?category=
> > 93710
> > <http://us.leica-camera.com/Service-Support/Support/Downloads?category
> > =93710 &subcategory=93711&type=108942&language=93871>
> > &subcategory=93711&type=108942&language=93871
> >
> > john
> >
> >
> >
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