Bill W Posted October 9, 2013 Share #1 Posted October 9, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) This came out in June of this year. I still have the email announcing it and was curious if anyone actually did the update and if it is really needed. I did not update and the "improvements" were. Bugfix to improve stability in “Discreet”-Mode Linguistic improvements in French, Italian (I do not speak either) Improved stability when the camera is connected to USB (Never use this feature) As I recall, the stablity of descreet mode was not fixed. Just curious what other MM owners did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 Hi Bill W, Take a look here M Monochrom Firmware Update 1.002. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
FrozenInTime Posted October 9, 2013 Share #2 Posted October 9, 2013 The discrete mode is still no where near 100% reliable. It seems like there is a debounce problem with the shutter release. You have to consciously maintain shutter release pressure until the SD write starts. If you jab at the release it's more likely to lock up until the SD card writing has completed then wind on. i.e. you must try to carry through with a deliberate fire-hold-wait-release action on every shot ; fire-release is asking for trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reinerv Posted October 9, 2013 Share #3 Posted October 9, 2013 Did not upgrade, I never fix something which is not broken (for me). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted October 9, 2013 Did not upgrade, I never fix something which is not broken (for me). My thinking exactly, I just was wondering if I was missing out on anything. I never use discreet mode so that was not an issue for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Lemon Posted October 9, 2013 Share #5 Posted October 9, 2013 Did not upgrade, I never fix something which is not broken (for me). plus one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafikiphoto Posted October 9, 2013 Share #6 Posted October 9, 2013 Where can I check the firmware ver. ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted October 10, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I believe you just select Firmware in the menu and it will show your version. I assume a recently bought MM would have the current firmware. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
platypus Posted October 11, 2013 Share #8 Posted October 11, 2013 Decided to leave well enough alone, none of the "improvements" are relevant to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest borge Posted October 11, 2013 Share #9 Posted October 11, 2013 Discreet mode is indeed not stable after the firmware update. I discovered that the camera would still lock up after the 1.002 firmware was installed when using Discreet mode. So I just gave up on the whole discreet mode feature, disabled it, and never thought about it again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbaddley Posted November 2, 2013 Share #10 Posted November 2, 2013 Just got my new Monochrom today. Should I not even try to use Discreet Mode? I really like using it on my M9. - David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikonJeff Posted November 3, 2013 Share #11 Posted November 3, 2013 Just curious to know if anyone has the previous version of the MM firmware? I use discreet mode a LOT on my M9 so I downgraded to 1.176 so it would function properly. In August I jumped at the opportunity to purchase a demo MM which came with the "updated" and therefore discreet-less firmware. Looking at Leica's website they of course only have the current firmware available. Please PM me if you have a copy of the older firmware installer/ Thank you! Jeff G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenInTime Posted November 3, 2013 Share #12 Posted November 3, 2013 Jeff, The discrete mode never worked properly with any MM firmware version. The latest version is the best of a bad bunch; as it works most of the time and the camera recovers after a few seconds when it hiccups. Still it is advisable not to use discrete mode Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikonJeff Posted November 3, 2013 Share #13 Posted November 3, 2013 Jeff, The discrete mode never worked properly with any MM firmware version. The latest version is the best of a bad bunch; as it works most of the time and the camera recovers after a few seconds when it hiccups. Still it is advisable not to use discrete mode Well that sucks! My MM will lock up immediately trying discreet mode… Hopefully Leica will take their thumb out of their … and get this and the M9 firmware fixed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcraf Posted November 3, 2013 Share #14 Posted November 3, 2013 Jeff, The discrete mode never worked properly with any MM firmware version. The latest version is the best of a bad bunch; as it works most of the time and the camera recovers after a few seconds when it hiccups. Still it is advisable not to use discrete mode As someone about to take the leap of faith and add an MM to my M 240, none of this necessarily fills me with confidence. Trouble is, I know I'll still buy the MM, probably next week, or even as soon as tomorrow.........I have been around Leicas long enough to know that it is inevitable, and resistance is futile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmldds Posted November 3, 2013 Share #15 Posted November 3, 2013 Never updated mine. Why mess with something that is working fine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikonJeff Posted November 3, 2013 Share #16 Posted November 3, 2013 Never updated mine. Why mess with something that is working fine? That's the way mine came - 1.002 so I didn't have a choice in the matter... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbaddley Posted November 3, 2013 Share #17 Posted November 3, 2013 Is this just a sporadic problem, or will everyone using Discreet mode experience this problem? Are there any regular users who don't have this bug? How about Discreet/Soft? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmolinski Posted November 3, 2013 Share #18 Posted November 3, 2013 I am wondering why Leica does not fix this issue? Does they do not produce the MM any more? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcg Posted November 4, 2013 Share #19 Posted November 4, 2013 Is this just a sporadic problem, or will everyone using Discreet mode experience this problem? Are there any regular users who don't have this bug? How about Discreet/Soft? I don't notice this problem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdayv Posted November 6, 2013 Share #20 Posted November 6, 2013 I use discreet mode as my default in S, and the new firmware improves this area over the previous. At least it doesn't hang up anymore but the new firmware doesn't totally solve the hiccups yet... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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