Interesting issue in itself, but also it implies there have been 30000 M9 cameras sold… if 15 units is .05% of units sold. Or am I reading this wrong…
Doug;554 wrote: Interesting issue in itself, but also it implies there have been 30000 M9 cameras sold… if 15 units is .05% of units sold. Or am I reading this wrong…
I read it the same way. 30,000 M9’s is an awful lot of camera for Leica to manufacture by hand though.
Pete.
There is another interesting battery issue, mostly concerning those who still uses their M8 batteries in M9 cameras.
According to the M9 product specialist at Leica USA with whom I spoke the other day, older batteries that are reaching their end-of-life point (which is approximately two years) may cause an undercurrent situation. It makes a camera behave erratically leading to write errors, corrupted SD cards and camera acting like the battery is dead. I tend to believe him, because I used the M8 battery in all three instances of my M9 playing possum during high-pace shooting. This always happens when the battery has less than 30% charge.Thanks Irakly,
The M8 battery in an M9 problem you described just happened to me. I had 30% of the battery left, and I suddenly had a dead M9.
First I reinserted the battery and initially it showed I had a full memory card. Then the card returned to a correct reading. I wondered if the card was the problem so I reformated the card. Problem remained.
Then I swapped batteries to a M9 battery and saw that I was using an M8 battery when I had the problems. Checked the forum and discovered I was not alone.I place a sticker on each battery so I know when it was purchased. I will start using nothing but the newer M9 batteries in the future, and leave the M8’s as last resort backup.
Jack
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