Geka Posted December 11, 2009 Share #1 Posted December 11, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) see here : Leica D-Lux 4 New Firmware Version 2.1 now available: Leica Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 11, 2009 Posted December 11, 2009 Hi Geka, Take a look here New firmware for DL4. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Douglasco Posted December 11, 2009 Share #2 Posted December 11, 2009 Thanks for the info ,just installing it now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosecpf Posted December 11, 2009 Share #3 Posted December 11, 2009 I will install it right after work! Thanks for sharing !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenper Posted December 11, 2009 Share #4 Posted December 11, 2009 WOW! Works fine, so far. GREAT improvement!!! Thank you, Leica! (Hoping for a step zoom mode as well in the next update...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Per P. Posted December 11, 2009 Share #5 Posted December 11, 2009 Super - Thank you Leica A little surprised I could not find it on the German website but on the US site. Per. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckw Posted December 11, 2009 Share #6 Posted December 11, 2009 Downloaded and installed as soon as I read this post! Thanks Leica. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan States Posted December 12, 2009 Share #7 Posted December 12, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) It's GOOD! The white balance is perfect under artificial light. Now lets start the rumor that the high ISO performance is improved and it truly will be a Leica system digital camera! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo035 Posted December 12, 2009 Share #8 Posted December 12, 2009 Super - Thank you Leica A little surprised I could not find it on the German website but on the US site. Per. I found it and downloaded it from the German site o.k. Nary a problem - look for "service" then "downloads" then "choose a category" (compact cameras) then "sub category" (D-Lux 4) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiC00o Posted December 12, 2009 Share #9 Posted December 12, 2009 Hi there! First post for me, in this great forum. Just installed the new firmware, and the new functions are welcome. Love it! BUT, the firmware is buggy: when you select french language (I'm French ), and choose the "Lens Resume" setting ("reprise d'obj." in french), everything freeze. I'll make a video of that as soon as possible. I wonder, which person should I contact at Leica? I've contacted for some other stuff the french contact (Jean-Pierre Hamadache), but after 3 emails, the guy never give me any feedback. So, I think I'll pass the guy this time, and it's probably better to have a direct contact with the "competent" person: so Germany, or US? Where the dev. team is based? Any contact info? Thanks! I'll give you a video preview of the freeze today, and update this post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted December 12, 2009 Share #10 Posted December 12, 2009 Yep, installed without a hitch. Just love the Lens Resume and MF Resume! Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenper Posted December 12, 2009 Share #11 Posted December 12, 2009 ...BUT, the firmware is buggy: when you select french language (I'm French ), and choose the "Lens Resume" setting ("reprise d'obj." in french), everything freeze. I'll make a video of that as soon as possible. .... Strange; one would think that the different language versions are just text strings without any real connection to the actual working of the software. As a short term solution: since you obviously (judging from your post) have no problems with English, why not simply select that? As a Swede, I can tell you that the Swedish version isn´t very well translated, so I use English or German according to mood.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
integrale Posted December 12, 2009 Share #12 Posted December 12, 2009 <snip> I use English or German according to mood.... This is grossly off-topic, but it would interesting to hear which mood goes with which language Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiC00o Posted December 12, 2009 Share #13 Posted December 12, 2009 Strange; one would think that the different language versions are just text strings without any real connection to the actual working of the software. That was what I thought too! But, there is obviously a problem with the firmware code. As a short term solution: since you obviously (judging from your post) have no problems with English, why not simply select that? I also totally agree about the language thing: French version isn't that great, and I'll stick with the English one for now (German version is certainly more "roots" but, unfortunately, I don't speak a word of German ) I'll let you know if I have some news about that, but if someone know where to contact the firmware developers, I'm in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo035 Posted December 12, 2009 Share #14 Posted December 12, 2009 "Remembering" the focal length used before shutting it down, is IMHO the only "improvement" added by 2.1 I appreciate. In any case eleven months ownership of an all singing - all dancing D-Lux 4 (preceeded by a year with a Fujifilm F810) hasn't killed off my greater enthusiasm for film. (Nearly said " for analogue cameras" there ) So its going to be sold to boost my very limited budget ... as I'd much rather have another lens for the Leicaflex SL instead. ps do the scholars amongst us agree that the adjective "analogue" is misused or at least clumsy when referring to cameras that use film ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbaruche Posted December 12, 2009 Share #15 Posted December 12, 2009 cannot open the d-lux4 2.1 bin file with Mac OS 4.11 even after downloading stuffit ? anybody had the same problem thanks Sylvain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulpp Posted December 12, 2009 Share #16 Posted December 12, 2009 I had the same issue until I realised you don't open it but copy it to a card and put the card in the camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicpeh Posted December 12, 2009 Share #17 Posted December 12, 2009 Installed and working GREAT so far. AWB under artificial lighting is much better and AF seems to have improved too. Thanks Leica! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalina Posted December 12, 2009 Share #18 Posted December 12, 2009 My thoughts on the new firmware... The square aspect ratio is really cool. Now I can do Leicablad pictures! (more cameras should have this... its probably easy to program) The white balance bracket function. Sometimes my Leica just doesn't get the color balance right and I have to correct it in Photoshop. This function might help me reduce my post processing work, which is greatly appreciated. Exposure compensation from -3 to +3 is awesome and is more in tune with my Nikons now. I'm probably not going to use High Dynamic mode or the lens/menu resume modes, but I'm sure others my find them helpful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoleica Posted December 12, 2009 Share #19 Posted December 12, 2009 cannot open the d-lux4 2.1 bin file with Mac OS 4.11 even after downloading stuffit ?anybody had the same problem thanks Sylvain When you download a zipped file on a Mac, it will automatically unzip it, and even clean up afterwards. So all you have to do is copy the resultant file to a card as Paulpp pointed out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbaruche Posted December 12, 2009 Share #20 Posted December 12, 2009 thanks it is working I find the autofocus and white balance much improved I love the lens resume I can put my 24mm of 50mm viewfinder and keep if it was a wide angle or standard lens or the vario focal canon VF and set the focal as I wish Like having a brand new camera Sylvain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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