New firmware version 1.174 for Leica M9 released

By LR admin | Published: November 9, 2011
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Leica M9 P firmware update version 1.174 New firmware version 1.174 for Leica M9 released

Leica Camera released new firmware update v.1.174 for M9/M9-P cameras that should fix the SD card compatibility issues reported few months ago:

Leica Camera has become aware of customers experiencing compatibility issues related to select types of new memory cards when used in the Leica M9. This Firmware 1.174 fixes a bug that led to the faulty behaviour. Generally Leica recommends to use SD / SDHC Cards from San Disk. Until further notice, the following SD-Cards are still not recommended to use, because some misbehaviour occurred in the test phasis.

- San Disk Extreme Pro SDHC I UHS-1 (all card sizes)
- San Disk Extreme HD Video SDHC I (all card sizes)

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8 Comments

  1. Miguel
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 1:42 pm | Permalink

    comes very timely as last sunday i lost a full day of pictures because of this issue.

    Interestingly, the card that caused this is a SD Extreme Pro 16 gb, exactly the one the advice to still not use. 100 euros to the bin for now… :-(

  2. Tom
    Posted November 9, 2011 at 1:45 pm | Permalink

    So Leica basically did not fix the problem, there still could be an issue with two of the most common SD cards out there.

  3. Bricci_mn
    Posted November 10, 2011 at 7:04 am | Permalink

    Memory cards not working and/or incompatible with several hardware combinantions are a strange but very common issue if considering the whole world of information technology.

    Also, what did Leica actually update? If it works, do not change it!

    • Michael
      Posted November 11, 2011 at 6:22 am | Permalink

      There was a particular freeze/buffer issue with the latest SanDisk Ultra series – in particular the 16Gb. I’m sure there were other cards with a similiar issue. I’m hoping they addressed some weird internal buffer issues when the SD is nearly full – I had a weird issue last ween using a Leica-recommended Lexar card, requiring me to pull the battery to recover.

      • Bricci_mn
        Posted November 11, 2011 at 11:40 am | Permalink

        Uh, thanks Michael.
        Fortunately my father and I haven’t got any Leica-recommended SD Card!!! :D
        Some 16GB unnknown brand and a pair of very rough 16 Samsung. They work. Still. :)

        • Michael
          Posted November 15, 2011 at 7:09 am | Permalink

          I reported my issue to Leica – hopefully they can confirm whether or not the latest firmware fixes the buffer overflow type issue like the one I encountered.

  4. Miguel
    Posted November 11, 2011 at 11:01 am | Permalink

    well, with the new firmware and a San Disk 16 gb ultra 15mb/s i´ve just had yet again issues with some of the pictures being recorded at 0 kb. Frustrating for a camera that costs 5000 euro if not more.

  5. Nobody Special
    Posted November 11, 2011 at 1:12 pm | Permalink

    Just seems to be a royal pain in the arse’ no matter how it shakes down.

    It’s unexceptable that anyone should lose images due to a software/disk/compatibility issue although there will be ‘accidents’, etc. It does seem that Leica cannot get a complete grip around it.
    Maybe Stephan Daniels’ comment about an M digital life/product cycle being between three and half and four years. Easier for them to do that than to design or have a ‘fixable’ issue – and only for $8K per body.

    Sounds like a deal to me. Or hey, maybe they really should re-design the M from the ground up instead of squeezing or adapting new tech into/for an old shoe.