Towards the end of 2011, Leica copped a hammering over M9-related SanDisk SD card writing gliches (e.g. zero-byte image files) introduced by this blog and others. The problem struck such a bad chord, Leica ended up setting up a corner of their forum to collect user’s problem reports. I’ve also encountered this issue a couple…
Each week I’m going to select my best pic from that week, and I’ll aim to provide some background about how or why the shot came into being – what did I do to achieve it, and maybe what I learned along the way. Maybe you’ll get some tips, or you can give me some…
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In this article I describe my experience with the Leica M9 after about 5 months of use. When the Leica M9 camera was announced in late 2009, I did not pay any attention to it. I was a Canon person through-and-through. As a user of the Canon 5D & later the 5D Mk II plus…
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This is a great write up thanks very much. The photos are excellent I’m very impressed. It’s also making me develop the Leica itch. I don’t know whether to be happy or sad about that…
Keep up the good work!
-Avesh.
Thanks for the effort, lovely pictures well taken
Great shots and a great review. I shoot an M9 and switched over from Canon as well. I love it. I like how you shot Singapore. Were you able to get a tripod on the roof of the Marina Bay Sands?
Hi Dave, thanks for your comment. In theory, tripods aren’t allowed on the observation deck, but if you’re discreet, it seems to be ok. On my visits to the MBS, I used a Gitzo traveller tripod which (when folded) is very compact & discreet. It also depends on the staff attitude & perceived risk. In another area, I was asked to stop using a tripod. For the above shot, I used the unfolded tripod almost as a monopod due to high volume of people. Thanks to all for your visits & comments.
I’ve had approximately 2 months experience with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v, plus I’ve had a short hands-on trial of the Motorola Xoom. I’ll give some impression here, mostly about the subtle design-related variations & quirks since both run Android identically. In short, I prefer the Galaxy Tab. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v was launched…
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With the recent push from the state government to encourage people to knock their electricity costs down, I recently looked into replacing our halogen lights with LED lights, which are approximately 70% more energy efficient compared to halogen yet emit the same luminous output. Just prior to installing them, I was impressed by the futuristic…
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Thanks for explaining the technical side of my issue Michael, this is a great article, I still take Decembers release from Leica to say that all SanDisk cards are approved and nothing else though.
Anyway, my post about this issue is up and is probably a lot more rambling and emotional than yours!
http://blog.jamestux.com/2012/02/leica-m9-sd-memory-card-issue.html
Dear Michael and the rest of the Leica M9 users,
I have like the rest of “us” updated the firmware to the latest version (1.176). I was hoping ie assuming that the problem was now resolved and I would be able to use some of my SanDisk 8GB Extreme Pro cards. Well that was not such a good idea. I just destroyed another one just like before the latest firmware upgrade.
This is the second one after the upgrade and no one including Leica can tell me that the situation has been rectified. I am very much disappointed and will now bring my M9 to the leica service centre, Has anyone experienced similar problems after the firmware update?
Best regards
Michael Braida
Thanks Michael for your comment. Sorry to hear of your problem also. The link to the Leica blog I referred to above also points to others having the same or similar problem. There’s some anecdotal report that the Panasonic ‘Gold’ series of SD cards are reliable (still remains to be seen).
Anyway I’ve recently sent a copy of my corrupted image to Leica for evaluation – hopefully this will provide some clue and stimulate some renewed investigation (and a fix).
Regards,
Michael.