[marknorton]

Sorry, I realise this is not of much interest to many (maybe just a passing interest to a few) but it highlights that the role of the firmware programmer is not just to program the function and algorithms required but to do so in a way which avoids the hardware bugs which are present in every M8 out there - and will be forever - by consistently using the workarounds suggested by Analog Devices.

So while it's easy to blame Leica's firmware when your M8 freezes, it might also be down to bugs in the chips they use.