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Firmware 1.102

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wparsonsgisnet

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... The following technical optimizations have been incorporated into Firmware version 1.102:

 

Automatic compensation of color shifts at the edge of images resulting from the use of

LEICA UV/IR filters on Leica M lenses with focal lengths of between 16 and 35mm.

Improvement of internal process steps

 

Thanks for this, Guy. My downloaded copy of the update instructions is in German (I like that they are hurrying to get this stuff to us.) :)

 

Regards to Solms as well as to all the lurkers.

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Same here..... it would be REALLY NICE to know from Leica is this is a hardware difference between cameras, or something that is in the camera setup causing it. PLEASE ?

 

My camera is #...0887, received December 13th. When received, it turned on with the actuation of the rotary switch.

 

After the upgrade to 1.091 or 1.092, it needed to have the switch turned on -- and the shutter touched -- before flashing the red light and waking up.

 

I don't see it as a problem; rather, a curiosity (it's mine!). I'm just curious, as is Dave, if there are different hardware versions in the early cameras.

 

Maybe these two are from the first version but were not released while the beta testing was going on. Do you suppose it's worth as much as the postage stamp with the upside-down airplane? :)

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My camera is #...0887, received December 13th. When received, it turned on with the actuation of the rotary switch.

 

After the upgrade to 1.091 or 1.092, it needed to have the switch turned on -- and the shutter touched -- before flashing the red light and waking up.

 

I don't see it as a problem; rather, a curiosity (it's mine!). I'm just curious, as is Dave, if there are different hardware versions in the early cameras.

 

Maybe these two are from the first version but were not released while the beta testing was going on. Do you suppose it's worth as much as the postage stamp with the upside-down airplane? :)

 

This is strange indeed. My camera is #..52xx and I don't need to touch the shutter. It just turns on after after switching it to S, C or timer.

 

Hans

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Guy, if you are going to start a list, here are my two:

 

1. I note that the prefix for the files has not changed. My file still starts L109xxxx.

2. With my particular camera, I still need to touch the shutter button for the camera to come on. Turning the switch has not been enough since 1.091 or 1.092.

 

I don't regard #2 as a problem. I merely want to know why. This whould not be as hard to diagnose as an SDS camera sent to Solms that woke up just fine after getting there. Lots of hardware likes a ride in the truck. :)

 

Just so I get the words in before Andreas sends another e-newsletter, Thank you.

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Same here..... it would be REALLY NICE to know from Leica is this is a hardware difference between cameras, or something that is in the camera setup causing it. PLEASE ?

 

 

Me too

 

Is there any of the other laundry list stuff fixed in this new firmware or is it only the cyan corners and some uspecified stuff?

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Hi Guy,

 

Now that 1.102 is official, do you still suggest the use of Leica only IR filters exclusively on the WATE? Is this the exact same firmware that you were beta testing? I've gotten my JLM-WATE filter holder with a B+W 486 IR that he so kindly installed for me and it looks and fits just astoundingly great. I just want to know what to expect from the B+W 486 IR filter. Funny thing is I ordered my filter from NY and had it shipped to Singapore only to ship back to Brooklyn for John to install. Now I face the prospect of ordering another filter from somewhere in the USA since there are none available over here.

 

Regards

 

Herb

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I just got an email from Leica about the 1.102 update.

 

The list of new features corresponds exactly to the two items that Guy highlighted in blue (also seen above on this page).

 

Guy gets another pat on the back in this email, as well. How boring it must be for him.

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Herb I still think the Leica filter is the answer on the WATE and CV 15mm. But since you have the B+W installed you should try it. I had to cheat with it. i set the menu at 16mm but shot at 18mm and itwas clean but 16mm still had some cyan cast. At least you can get by for a little while until the 49mm leica hits the street but just go out and shoot some stuff and see if you get the same results. i had no one to bounce this off of before so please double check me on this. The one nice thing is youcan remove the filter pretty easy and reinstall another also pretty easy , i just did it about 3 days ago.

 

Hardware fixes i don't see the green band but they did not provide me or any other beta tester on what they have done specifically. There only words are internal processing updated. So that can mean many things. Again we should start our laundry list and see if a old bug is still there and needs to be sent in again. Honestly i think the biggest push was to get the cyan cast correction out the door ASAP so we can work.

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Guy, if you are going to start a list, here are my two:

 

1. I note that the prefix for the files has not changed. My file still starts L109xxxx.

 

 

Bill,

If I may jump in on this item..... The L109xxxx you talk about is simply the folder number before the image number. The "109" will become "110" once you trip past 9999 frames in that folder. If you want to change the folder number to something else, you can. When I got my M8 back from Solms, it had some odd L866xxxx number on it. I simply changed the folder and file number back to something closer to what it was when I shipped it off. Not hard to do, and I will be happy to privide directions for doing that if you need them.

 

LJ

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I presume no provision to manually enter what lens is on the camera? I'll upload my 1.102 when I get home this evening. Thanks, Guy. Keep up the good work. You too Sean - wondered where you were. No new articles on your site for forever.

Steve

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... Herb I still think the Leica filter is the answer on the WATE and CV 15mm. But since you have the B+W installed you should try it. I had to cheat with it. i set the menu at 16mm but shot at 18mm and itwas clean but 16mm still had some cyan cast. At least you can get by for a little while until the 49mm leica hits the street but just go out and shoot some stuff and see if you get the same results ...

 

Guy, I'm confused. Above, you said that the 486 and the Leica filters are supposed to be the same (or maybe Sean said it). Here you are saying you expect the Leica version to differ.

 

Are you saying there's somehting odd about the WATE, or that there really is a difference between the 486 and the Leica-branded IR-cut filters?

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Sean was in Florida working on a big project for awhile but he is back full force and probably has something to post in his articles real soon. Look forward to reading it

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Guy, I'm confused. Above, you said that the 486 and the Leica filters are supposed to be the same (or maybe Sean said it). Here you are saying you expect the Leica version to differ.

 

Are you saying there's somehting odd about the WATE, or that there really is a difference between the 486 and the Leica-branded IR-cut filters?

 

Well been waiting for this question. I'm not so sure they are the same and i don't have a real answer on this but from the past it was conveyed it was the same but i see a difference on the WATE. Reason i wanted a double check on it from a WATE owner. Now testing with the B+W with 21mm and up they all worked fine and the cyan ast was removed correctly. It is the extreme wide angles 15,16 and 18mm that i saw a difference.

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Bill,

I have no confirmed or measured information on this, but if you go back to my original post when the Leica UV/IR filters were first shipping, I commented that it looked as though the reflectivity of the Leica filters was a bit less strong than the B+W filters. I have both versions that I have tested a bit on longer focal length lenses (35 and 50) and see no visible differences in the images. On something as wide as the WATE, or CV15, my thinking is that the slight differneces in filter design and reflectivity could make a bit of difference. I have a 39mm Leica UV/IR filter on my CV 15/4.5 lens right now and using the WATE coding at 16 in the new menu, I get no cyan contamination at all. I have not tested a B+W filter in that configuration, as I do not have one. My suspicion would be that there might be a bit more cyan drift at that super wide angle, just from my casual observations of the two filters earlier on. Again, I have no measurements to baset this on, but do know that the Leica UV/IR filter on my CV 15 codes as a WATE at 16 produces a darn near perfectly corrected (vignette and cyan drift) image.

 

LJ

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So, is Guy the official spokesperson for the Leica Forum now? :D

Can I buy you a drink, Guy, at any bar of your choice?

 

Careful Arthur I am a expensive date. ROTFLMAO

 

And NO i am not the official spokesman. LOL

They need to write me checks for that

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Guy:

can you send me the Leica 49mm filter housing and retaining ring from which you extracted the Leica glass?

 

i want to confirm whether the retaining ring threads are compatible with those of the B+W filter. Apparantly, the glass is. If not, to be brand-independent, I might have to make a supply of retaining rings, which are pesky.

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