Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If it works now it will work, after albeit maybe not for so many shots. As Geoff says, others have tried it, you can downgrade to 1.76 again if required. john -----Original Message----- 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? > > > > > >