Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon.

caparobertsan · 04/29/08, 08:44 AM

Hello, I have got info. from trusting source about new FW upgrade which will be available in July.
I think this is a great news for M8 user and ( I will become on in 2 days!!!!!!!!!!!).
So I will not collect any more 4gb SD card.
I don`t have details about it. I do`nt know if it will support 16GB sdhc. But even 4gb SDHC will be good enough.

jaapv · 04/29/08, 09:12 AM

Nice; but I do have a problem with unnamed trusted sources....

ErikFive · 04/29/08, 09:31 AM

I heard the same actually from a source I trust. You can chose to beleive it or not.

marknorton · 04/29/08, 10:54 AM

That'll be nice, something to keep us occupied during the summer instead of endless speculation about the R10...

jaapv · 04/29/08, 11:06 AM

I'll be happy to see this true

. As Mark said, time for endless threads: My LCD started flickering when I use a Sandisk SDHC 16Mb I bought from Thailand on the Internet and now my camera crashed. Leica is going down! etc.

caparobertsan · 04/29/08, 02:15 PM

I am sorry but I can not tell you where I heard it from because I do`nt want this person to get in to trouble. ANd info. is absolutely true.

But if Leica is confident with their new FW they can announce it over their site, but it is not. So I think they are still testing it with various SDHC card. And they will again release the list of sdhc card which is compatible with M8.

I think We can just wait for them to release it. I do`nt want push them to release ASAP. If my source is right it will come out in July. But it is Leica. It is never on time so- August-September?
I will get cheapy 2gb sd cards for now. THEY ARE SO CHEAP!!!

mhoutman · 04/29/08, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caparobertsan

( I will become on in 2 days!!!!!!!!!!!).

um, what does this mean ?

marknorton · 04/29/08, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaapv

I'll be happy to see this true

. As Mark said, time for endless threads: My LCD started flickering when I use a Sandisk SDHC 16Mb I bought from Thailand on the Internet and now my camera crashed. Leica is going down! etc.

I wonder if they're related to that lot in Nigeria who promised to send you the $1000 D3 any day...three weeks ago...

marknorton · 04/29/08, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caparobertsan

I am sorry but I can not tell you where I heard it from because I do`nt want this person to get in to trouble. ANd info. is absolutely true.

Don't forget Steven K Lee has been out of the loop for a while now...

caparobertsan · 04/29/08, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mhoutman

um, what does this mean ?

Sorry mistyping. I will become proud owner of M8 in 2 days!

caparobertsan · 04/29/08, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marknorton

I wonder if they're related to that lot in Nigeria who promised to send you the $1000 D3 any day...three weeks ago...

No relation to those Nigerians. SDHC support is definitely coming I am positive about this info. BUT I don`t know the details.... He told me 4gb SDHC so I wonder if they includes 8gb or 16/32gb SDHC.

*They should have chosen CF card though...... Influenced by Panasonic??? Even battery shape is similar to those Lumix camera.

caparobertsan · 04/29/08, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ErikFive

I heard the same actually from a source I trust. You can chose to beleive it or not.

Hello ERik

I am serious! This is no bogus!!!

mhoutman · 04/29/08, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caparobertsan

He told me 4gb SDHC so I wonder if they includes 8gb or 16/32gb SDHC.

aha, one thing we now know for sure: the source is a he and not a she

Hacker · 04/29/08, 02:59 PM

I have no such info from my sources.

guy_mancuso · 04/29/08, 03:01 PM

RobertW · 04/29/08, 03:03 PM

Does the SDHC media in general have faster write/read times?
If not, I'm happy with my 4 Gig Transcend cards.

For some reason my Transcend 133x is much faster than the 150x

. I can shoot 11 pictures in succession before the buffer is full shooting RAW. For the 133x it takes about 35 sec or so to clear after the last shot. My 150x takes about 50 seconds before the red light stops flashing.

That said, I don't ever take 11 shots in succession with the M8, I was only curious how many shots I could squeeze in before the buffer is full. If I want to take some continuous shooting I'll go with my DSLR.

wparsonsgisnet · 04/29/08, 03:28 PM

Robert, thanks for that info. I'll look into some 133x cards.

The big question with the HD cards is will they clear the buffer faster? I'm seeing 50 seconds to clear the bugger with both Ridata 150x 4gb and Sandisk Extreme II cards. That's s5 seconds wait when it's full.

A 35-second clear time is quite a bit better. Let's see what the HC cards will bring.

rosuna · 04/29/08, 04:19 PM

I would like to know if it is possible to have a better noise treatment for RAW files. It is only guessing but, maybe they can profile the noise pattern for different ISO values (and exposure times) and substract that pattern to the basic RAW data. The last firmware update of the DMR had better noise performance, isn't?

stunsworth · 04/29/08, 04:33 PM

Isn't noise by its nature random?

rosuna · 04/29/08, 04:41 PM

There are different sources of noise, so I suppose there are several superimposed patterns. But maybe you are right, and some "on-the-fly" image analysis and profiling is necessary. In such a case, the M8's processor could be unable to do the job.

04/29/08, 08:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
caparobertsan Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 01/29/08 Posts: 197	Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon. Hello, I have got info. from trusting source about new FW upgrade which will be available in July. I think this is a great news for M8 user and ( I will become on in 2 days!!!!!!!!!!!). So I will not collect any more 4gb SD card. I don`t have details about it. I do`nt know if it will support 16GB sdhc. But even 4gb SDHC will be good enough.

04/29/08, 09:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
jaapv Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 09/14/04 Location: Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands Posts: 6,668	Re: Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon. Nice; but I do have a problem with unnamed trusted sources.... __________________ Jaap WWW.JAAPVPHOTOGRAPHY.EU Skype: JAAPVPHOTOGRAPHY

04/29/08, 09:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
ErikFive Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 05/21/07 Posts: 158	Re: Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon. I heard the same actually from a source I trust. You can chose to beleive it or not. __________________ Erik www.erikfive.com flickr

04/29/08, 10:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
marknorton Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 11/12/02 Posts: 5,443	Re: Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon. That'll be nice, something to keep us occupied during the summer instead of endless speculation about the R10... __________________ Mark

04/29/08, 11:06 AM	#5 (permalink)
jaapv Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 09/14/04 Location: Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands Posts: 6,668	Re: Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon. I'll be happy to see this true . As Mark said, time for endless threads: My LCD started flickering when I use a Sandisk SDHC 16Mb I bought from Thailand on the Internet and now my camera crashed. Leica is going down! etc. __________________ Jaap WWW.JAAPVPHOTOGRAPHY.EU Skype: JAAPVPHOTOGRAPHY Last edited by jaapv : 04/29/08 at 11:08 AM.

04/29/08, 02:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
caparobertsan Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 01/29/08 Posts: 197	Re: Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon. I am sorry but I can not tell you where I heard it from because I do`nt want this person to get in to trouble. ANd info. is absolutely true. But if Leica is confident with their new FW they can announce it over their site, but it is not. So I think they are still testing it with various SDHC card. And they will again release the list of sdhc card which is compatible with M8. I think We can just wait for them to release it. I do`nt want push them to release ASAP. If my source is right it will come out in July. But it is Leica. It is never on time so- August-September? I will get cheapy 2gb sd cards for now. THEY ARE SO CHEAP!!!

04/29/08, 02:59 PM	#14 (permalink)
Hacker Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 03/16/07 Location: Cyberspace Posts: 232	Re: Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon. I have no such info from my sources. __________________ "But, now, we Zunow have persistently, elaborately, at last, completely solved all these problems; and this Zunow Single Lens Reflex Camera is believed to be far superior than all other rangefinder system cameras." (Zunow Press Release, 1 Jan 1958)

04/29/08, 03:01 PM	#15 (permalink)
guy_mancuso Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 08/16/05 Location: Phoenix Posts: 8,214	Re: Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon.

04/29/08, 03:03 PM	#16 (permalink)
RobertW Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 08/04/07 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 101	Re: Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon. Does the SDHC media in general have faster write/read times? If not, I'm happy with my 4 Gig Transcend cards. For some reason my Transcend 133x is much faster than the 150x . I can shoot 11 pictures in succession before the buffer is full shooting RAW. For the 133x it takes about 35 sec or so to clear after the last shot. My 150x takes about 50 seconds before the red light stops flashing. That said, I don't ever take 11 shots in succession with the M8, I was only curious how many shots I could squeeze in before the buffer is full. If I want to take some continuous shooting I'll go with my DSLR.

04/29/08, 03:28 PM	#17 (permalink)
wparsonsgisnet Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 01/02/04 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 2,852	Re: Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon. Robert, thanks for that info. I'll look into some 133x cards. The big question with the HD cards is will they clear the buffer faster? I'm seeing 50 seconds to clear the bugger with both Ridata 150x 4gb and Sandisk Extreme II cards. That's s5 seconds wait when it's full. A 35-second clear time is quite a bit better. Let's see what the HC cards will bring. __________________ Bill Parsons (wparsons@gis.net), Boston

04/29/08, 04:19 PM	#18 (permalink)
rosuna Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 09/28/04 Location: Madrid Posts: 1,258	Re: Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon. I would like to know if it is possible to have a better noise treatment for RAW files. It is only guessing but, maybe they can profile the noise pattern for different ISO values (and exposure times) and substract that pattern to the basic RAW data. The last firmware update of the DMR had better noise performance, isn't?

04/29/08, 04:33 PM	#19 (permalink)
stunsworth Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 09/30/02 Location: Manchester Posts: 8,373	Re: Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon. Isn't noise by its nature random? __________________ Steve Website - www.steveunsworth.co.uk Picture a week - http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/PAW_blog/?page_id=9

04/29/08, 04:41 PM	#20 (permalink)
rosuna Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 09/28/04 Location: Madrid Posts: 1,258	Re: Sdhc Sd Support Coming Soon. There are different sources of noise, so I suppose there are several superimposed patterns. But maybe you are right, and some "on-the-fly" image analysis and profiling is necessary. In such a case, the M8's processor could be unable to do the job.

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