MirekE Posted October 12, 2013 Share #141 Posted October 12, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Concerning slow start up times I think this is also a non-issue, with the understanding that the M240 requires fast (ultra fast) SD cards. I know this isn't the answer that people want to hear, but I'm afraid it's probably the only solution going forward. You can't run an F1 car on regular gasoline... I would not mind if this was the case, but my impression from the dedicated thread we had here a while ago was that even the fastest cards on the market would not go under 2s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 12, 2013 Posted October 12, 2013 Hi MirekE, 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!
StephenPatterson Posted October 12, 2013 Share #142 Posted October 12, 2013 My Sandisk Extreme Pro 95mbps cards (32 and 64 gig) both start up in just over one second. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted October 12, 2013 Share #143 Posted October 12, 2013 My Sandisk Extreme Pro 95MB/s (32 GB) does it in 2.7 seconds and is the slowest out of the 16 cards i've been testing so far. The 64 GB will be faster if i find one hopefully but i don't hold my breath to say the truth. http://tinyurl.com/kp8qe83 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted October 13, 2013 Share #144 Posted October 13, 2013 My Sandisk Extreme Pro 95MB/s (32 GB) does it in 2.7 seconds and is the slowest out of the 16 cards i've been testing so far. The 64 GB will be faster if i find one hopefully but i don't hold my breath to say the truth.http://tinyurl.com/kp8qe83 That is very strange LCT as several of my friends in HK are using this same card and we are all getting well under 2 sec. startup times, so I wonder if there might be an issue with your particular card. Please let me know if you get an opportunity to test another sample of this card. Again, IMHO there is no noticeable difference between the 32 and 64 gig versions. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirekE Posted October 13, 2013 Share #145 Posted October 13, 2013 My Sandisk Extreme Pro 95mbps cards (32 and 64 gig) both start up in just over one second. This is great news. I have the 45mbps version and it starts in 4. I was a bit reluctant to spend over a hundred on the 64gig 95mbps to find that it is not much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted October 13, 2013 Share #146 Posted October 13, 2013 Hi Stephen. I expect to do another test on a Sandisk 95 MB/s 64 GB card and will report the results here but as far as my M240 is concerned, i think i've made up my idea. Look at the Toshiba 95 MB/s 32 GB and you will see that its results are in the same ballpark (2.5 s.). Next test will be on a new Toshiba 260 MB/s 16 GB card when it is available. I suspect it will confirm that, as far as my body is concerned again, the smaller and the faster the better card. That is very strange LCT as several of my friends in HK are using this same card and we are all getting well under 2 sec. startup times, so I wonder if there might be an issue with your particular card. Please let me know if you get an opportunity to test another sample of this card. Again, IMHO there is no noticeable difference between the 32 and 64 gig versions. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted October 13, 2013 Share #147 Posted October 13, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Next test will be on a new Toshiba 260 MB/s 16 GB card when it is available. I suspect it will confirm that, as far as my body is concerned again, the smaller and the faster the better card. Thanks again for your efforts, and it will be interesting to see how this new Toshiba card, which is rated 2.5X faster than my SDExtPro 95mbps cards, performs in the M240. Again, I'm happy with my startup times, which are in the 1.5 sec or slightly better range. Even with LV set to ON my M240 will startup in under 2 sec. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Branch Posted October 14, 2013 Share #148 Posted October 14, 2013 Loaded the new version on Saturday and yesterday took lots of pictures of grandchildren under very mixed lighting conditions indoors with windows. The results using straight forward ACR 8.2 are a major improvement. Gone are the over red flesh tones - mothers of very small babies are sensitive to such things - and the corrections for the 28mm f/2 Summicron ASPH are noticeably improved. WB much better, auto exposure much better....... So far I'm very happy - well done Leica. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaFotografie Posted October 14, 2013 Share #149 Posted October 14, 2013 ...and, much more important (for me): they solved the problem with "battery drain" (failure in auto-shut-off). Good job! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted October 14, 2013 Share #150 Posted October 14, 2013 I would not mind if this was the case, but my impression from the dedicated thread we had here a while ago was that even the fastest cards on the market would not go under 2s.1.4 sec. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Branch Posted October 14, 2013 Share #151 Posted October 14, 2013 1.4 sec. Jaapv, I have no accurate means of measuring start-up time but using SanDisk, Extreme Pro, 16GB, 95MB/s cards my start-up time is always so short - I estimate well under 2 sec. - that it never gives me the slightest problem. For what it's worth I always format my cards in the camera when I put a card in that has had all the files on it copied to my disk drives and backups - that is just the way I work - and I only ever shoot DNG compressed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmphoto Posted November 1, 2013 Share #152 Posted November 1, 2013 The copyright feature now is usable—but still isn't any useful. The copyright information tag still is limited to 17 characters (which is way too short for any meaningful copyright notice), and the copyright symbol © is still missing from the alphabet (and no, "©" is not legally equivalent). And the Copyright Status in the IPTC data keeps saying, "Unknown" even when the camera's copyright feature is on. Is just me that finds it truly astounding that initially they overlooked including a © in the character list, but then again neglected to included it with this new firmware update?? Actually, astounding may not be the best word, maybe bizarre is better at this point... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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