Okay, Leicaphiles. you've gotten the new firmware update. You've had enough time to feel pretty confident the high ISO performance is improved.
I happened to take a series of shots of the same scene directly before and after the update and posted some 100% crops to test this out.
Is it a Solms miracle? The L-Camera-Placebo-Effect?
Leica M8 June 2011 Firmware – before/after | Leica BOSS
You be the judge. (And please... I traded in my camera testing laboratory for a flat screen. This is more reflective of real world shooting than DxO labs... if shots of beer bottles and NyQuil counts as "real world)