Camera manufacturer Leica confirms in a statement that the Leica M9-camera and a datacorruptieprobleem with some sdhc cards mainly Sandisk. The company is looking for a solution, and calls to report problems.
According to Leica is feedback from users showed that the problem mainly occurs if several photographs in succession to be taken and there during the writing of the buffer to the memory card, photos to be viewed on the display. The camera can then for tens of minutes to hang up, while the led for writing the data to the memory card light remains on. According to photographer Gil Lavi, who first reported the datacorruptieprobleem, by the issue of the photos on the card lost and the card may become unusable.
The new M9-firmware, with version 1.162, is, according to Leica is not the reason for the occurrence of the problem, and users are advised to set the camera to downgrade to the previous firmware version. However, chances are good that if the problem is with a sd-card voortdoet, in the future this occurs again.
Leica recommends that users print to memory cards which in the past have given reformat. It does this according to Leica not from or formatting in the camera or in a pc happens. Also alerts the company to the use of new memory cards, no photos to view as long as the led light for writing the data to the sd-card is lit and the card is not more to use when the problem occurred. Can corrupted photo files can be repaired with special software, but Leica gives no guarantees.
Leica calls in the Leica User Forum for problems with the M9 and memory cards to sign and a questionnaire to fill in to help search for solutions. Also, users who actually have no problems with the M9, asked to respond.
The Leica M9 is a rangefinder camera with a full frame image sensor of the ccd type. The image sensor has 18 megapixels, and is designed by Kodak. The Leica M9 is the successor of the Leica M8, which was equipped with a ccd image sensor in aps-h-format.
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