Rick Posted October 8, 2013 Share #101 Posted October 8, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks Rick do you mean that this has nothing to do with the lossless compression of the DNG files? This is a fix to make the video image better - nothing to do with still images. It has to do with the compression scheme Leica has implemented in compressing and encoding their video. Be assured, the lossless DNG files will still be just as lossless as they were before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Hi Rick, Take a look here New Firmware 2.0.0.11 beta or general release {merged}. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
lct Posted October 8, 2013 Share #102 Posted October 8, 2013 Too bad i expected to laugh a bit in another thread of this forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyper67 Posted October 8, 2013 Share #103 Posted October 8, 2013 What does stabilize LV mode mean? Does it have anything to do with the black out time of using LV? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted October 8, 2013 Share #104 Posted October 8, 2013 What does stabilize LV mode mean? Does it have anything to do with the black out time of using LV? No ... there have been issues with LV/EVF use where it is blacking out/shutting off completely after photos .... particularly with high ambient temperatures. The usual momentary LV black-out time when taking photos is unlikely to change .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaFotografie Posted October 8, 2013 Share #105 Posted October 8, 2013 One of my friend heard information from Leica people (...) fixed bug of exposure failure when power on and auto power off (...) what could this mean? the "battery drain bug" http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m-type-240/279361-m-240-battery-drain.html ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
intermediatic Posted October 8, 2013 Share #106 Posted October 8, 2013 Given the rumor about what's in the firmware upgrade (or rather the lack of a fix for the thoroughly busted AUTO-ISO feature), it sounds like I'm going to hit the roof. Who should I write to at Leica…*just getting ready Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirekE Posted October 9, 2013 Share #107 Posted October 9, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) stabilized live view mode If this is what I think it is, it would require that they found a way to display other areas of the image than just the dead center... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest porco1962 Posted October 9, 2013 Share #108 Posted October 9, 2013 Forgive my English. Thanks RickLeica-san, Block noise is coming from rather higher compression rate. It doesn't affect to still image. Thanks thighslapper-san, "stabilize LV" means "to increase stability of firmware around LV mode". For "fixed bug of exposure failure when power on and auto power off" I have to correct this. Above sentence means, "fixed bug of exposure failure sometimes happens when power on" and "increase stability of firmware and bugfixed around auto power off" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 9, 2013 Share #109 Posted October 9, 2013 Given the rumor about what's in the firmware upgrade (or rather the lack of a fix for the thoroughly busted AUTO-ISO feature), it sounds like I'm going to hit the roof. Who should I write to at Leica…*just getting ready Leica has said that they will address the Auto ISO comments made on this forum. I know I am also looking forward to that. But, I would strongly suspect that this firmware update is mainly to improve WB and color and get that out the door for customers. For me, better image quality (color) is the most important and pressing firmware update. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 9, 2013 Share #110 Posted October 9, 2013 If this is what I think it is, it would require that they found a way to display other areas of the image than just the dead center... I don't think this is what that means. Leica has stated somewhere that the processor/electronics isn't capable of accommodating moving the magnified focus area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted October 9, 2013 Share #111 Posted October 9, 2013 Given the rumor about what's in the firmware upgrade (or rather the lack of a fix for the thoroughly busted AUTO-ISO feature), it sounds like I'm going to hit the roof. Who should I write to at Leica…*just getting ready Leica ownership and impatience are incompatible. The gnomes of Solms work exceedingly thoroughly and steadily. Making rash decisions like changing back to the 'Manual' Auto-ISO feature is not in their nature .... Think Leica ..... think 'Entmoot' in Lord of the Rings..... They always said the first major firmware upgrade would be bug fixes ..... no mention of new features....... so..... ..... I think you will be waiting a while yet..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansmezger Posted October 9, 2013 Share #112 Posted October 9, 2013 Given the rumor about what's in the firmware upgrade (or rather the lack of a fix for the thoroughly busted AUTO-ISO feature), it sounds like I'm going to hit the roof. Who should I write to at Leica…*just getting ready Please tell me that it's a joke. PLEASE!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted October 9, 2013 Share #113 Posted October 9, 2013 ... - Improved picture quality related to optical lens improved color casting in the corner area of 6bit embedded lens ... More important than adjusting WB for OOC pictures IMHO. Red edges will disappear from wide pics hopefully but i still doubt that the new microlenses allow for significant improvements from this standpoint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
intermediatic Posted October 10, 2013 Share #114 Posted October 10, 2013 Making rash decisions like changing back to the 'Manual' Auto-ISO feature is not in their nature .... Oh yes it is! For no discernible reason they did it in the first place!!! Impetuous gnomes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barjohn Posted October 10, 2013 Share #115 Posted October 10, 2013 Leica ownership and impatience are incompatible. The gnomes of Solms work exceedingly thoroughly and steadily. Making rash decisions like changing back to the 'Manual' Auto-ISO feature is not in their nature .... Think Leica ..... think 'Entmoot' in Lord of the Rings..... They always said the first major firmware upgrade would be bug fixes ..... no mention of new features....... so..... ..... I think you will be waiting a while yet..... If that were true the bugs wouldn't be there in the first place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted October 10, 2013 Share #116 Posted October 10, 2013 If that were true there would be no new software released by anybody at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl G Posted October 10, 2013 Share #117 Posted October 10, 2013 New FW is released and available for download. Significant improvements in AWB and OOC color rendition (unless you were using a custom color profile with a previous SW), overall stability and LV stability. No downside to upgrading. Still some issues like stability at higher temps to be resolved but I highly encourage M users to upgrade to this newer SW and give it a try. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbell Posted October 10, 2013 Share #118 Posted October 10, 2013 New FW is released and available for download. Significant improvements in AWB and OOC color rendition (unless you were using a custom color profile with a previous SW), overall stability and LV stability. No downside to upgrading. Still some issues like stability at higher temps to be resolved but I highly encourage M users to upgrade to this newer SW and give it a try. So do I, highly encourage OTHER M users to upgrade. Me? I've been here long enough to know that it's probably better to wait a few months until the newly introduced bugs are found and then decide on the upgrade path. Is this current launch firmware available as a download? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted October 10, 2013 Share #119 Posted October 10, 2013 Is this current launch firmware available as a download? FW2.0.0.11 is actually the third firmware version for the M240. The original FW1.1.0.0 was only out about a week before the upgraded version FW1.1.0.2 was released. I'm not sure if the previous versions are available but I believe this is a worthy upgrade and there really is no reason to wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbell Posted October 10, 2013 Share #120 Posted October 10, 2013 there really is no reason to wait. Oh ok - I'll jump right in then if you say it's ok! No, thanks, I have not witnessed one, NOT ONE firmware update from Leica which didn't introduce other bugs and problems. I support Leica with my wallet, I wish them well, I love their gear, but I'll pass on being an early adopter thanks. I've only just finished Beta testing the launch firmware for them - and I didn't even know I was! (edit - I should add that I use custom colour profiles, a colour checker passport and incident meter so I'm as happy as can be with the colour I get from my M240) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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