[Leica] M9 firmware update and 3rd party batteries

[lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)]

Just for clarification (this seems to have gone 'off' on this thread), I
don't mind if I get a warning; I'm trying to find out if the camera will
work with my 3rd party batteries or not.

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 3:44 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Bill and Lew if you do not want the camera to warn you about unreliable
> battery power levels,  just don't upgrade.
> If you have never had a problem there is no benefit to upgrading (there is
> no advertised image quality change). It is only about trying to prevent
> write problems. As far as I can tell most people (including me) never saw
> that problem anyway.
> I have not seen a single report thus far since official release of earlier
> shutdown actually for whatever that's worth.
> If you do load the new firmware and wish to downgrade you can do so. You
> just to run the setup from the current UPD (1.176) file again.
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
>
> On 7 August 2012 14:46, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message----- From: Lew Schwartz
> > > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 11:24 PM
> > > To: Leica Users Group
> > > Subject: [Leica] M9 firmware update and 3rd party batteries
> > >
> > >
> > > 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?
> > >
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-Lew Schwartz