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You'll find it two postings above yours.

 

OK,

I am coming from Windows and couldn't imagin that it would be allready unzipped.

(They could have said that in case of the use of a Mac , unzipping isn't needed...

Mac is still surprising me.

 

Everything is done properly now and my M9 is set with new firmware.

 

thanks,

 

Jean-Luc

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No registration or login required to download!

 

Not big new, I suppose, but it is finally up at the English site.

 

Leica Camera AG - Photography - M9

 

Improvements in the M9 Firmware Version 1.116

1. Camera Performance:

 

Faster zooming into the last picture taken.

Speed of SD-card formatting enhanced.

Image quality of “thumbnail” pictures improved.

SD- Card compatibility improved*

Magenta colour shift correction for the following wide angle lenses improved:

o M 18mm/f3.8 ASPH (11649)

o M 21mm/f2.8 ASPH. (11135)

o M 24mm/f3.8 ASPH. (11648)

o M 28mm/f2 ASPH. (11604)

o M 28mm/f2.8 ASPH (11606)

New ISO setting-related vignetting correction: strong correction at ISO 160, lowest ISO

correction at 2500, interpolated for intermediate ISO steps.

 

 

 

2. Bug fixes:

 

Transfer of large data amounts to a Mac in USB-Mass storage mode.

Sensor cleaning mode with battery capacity <50%.

Function “Deleting all images” while zoomed picture is shown on screen.

Function “Deleting all images” from a SD card with non-M9 pictures on it.

Interrupting a long exposure by switching off the camera.

Zooming into pictures with “Vintage B+W” setting.

“Max aperture value” in EXIF data corrected for the following lenses:

o M 35mm/f1.4 (11869, 11870, 11860)

o M 50mm/f0.95 (11602)

o M 50mm/f1.2 (11820)

o M 135mm/f3.4 APO (11889)

o M 135mm/f4 (11851, 11861)

Wording issues in English, Japanese and traditional Chinese menus.

Various other minor bug fixes.

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What is the difference between Overwrite and Format (Yes) when selecting format in the menu system?

 

Overwrite is supposed to actually write a pattern to the storage medium.

Format just purges file references in the directory structure.

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OK,

I am coming from Windows and couldn't imagin that it would be allready unzipped.

(They could have said that in case of the use of a Mac , unzipping isn't needed...

Mac is still surprising me.

 

Everything is done properly now and my M9 is set with new firmware.

 

thanks,

 

Jean-Luc

 

Yea, it is part of a heritage: Mac OS comes preloaded with a suite of programs that basically perform all day-to-day tasks. You only need to add specialty software that you need.

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Overwrite is supposed to actually write a pattern to the storage medium.

Format just purges file references in the directory structure.

 

Just for the record, Format (Yes) is much faster, as others have indicated Overwrite still is very slow. If Format (Yes) does the job, then it doesn't matter unless you have an unformatted card.

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This is a non issue for a Mac user. It never has been one.

my 3c

 

Thanks. I wouldn't be so sure. I am familiar with some organizations that won't even allow email attachments, such as pdf files, from the outside. I have no interest to discuss this matter further and will discontinue my part of this discussion right here. Thanks for your understanding.

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Among the various minor bg fixes there is now the possibility to see the serial number shown in the exif.

 

My camera is at home but if I had the new firmware, I could look at my pics on my computer and get the serial number to register and download the new firmware...

Pete

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My camera is at home but if I had the new firmware, I could look at my pics on my computer and get the serial number to register and download the new firmware...

Pete

 

Doesn't this imply that you better register your M9 before you post pics on the Internet with Exif data in place to avoid mischief?

Just wondering...

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Doesn't this imply that you better register your M9 before you post pics on the Internet with Exif data in place to avoid mischief?

Just wondering...

 

Really good point. Something we all need to think about if we are advertising our serial numbers.

Thanks,

Pete

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Obviously some good improvements with the new fw.

 

However, I am REALLY **really** disappointed that they did not fix the ability to do exposure bracketing when the camera is in manual mode. Big bummer.

 

I'll write another letter - maybe next time.

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New ISO setting-related vignetting correction: strong correction at ISO 160, lowest ISO

correction at 2500, interpolated for intermediate ISO steps.

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Could somebody explain this improvement? For me is not so clear. I would like to know a bit more about this!

Cheers

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Could somebody explain this improvement? For me is not so clear. I would like to know a bit more about this!

Cheers

I believe the idea is that the correction introduces some degradation of the image. Since low ISO has more room to allow correction/degradation, the software will apply more correction at this end; and in order to avoid more visible degradation at high ISO, less correction is applied there.

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