v 1.102 questions......

[albertknappmd]

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I recently downloaded the new v.1.102 software and have two questions...

1. I noticed that you now have three options for LENS SELECTION, namely: ON, OFF, and ON+UV/IR. The accompanying software notice about the WATE is poorly worded... I assume, perhaps incorrectly that the lens selection option should always be on as it tells the M8 what lens you are using. But what about the ON+UV/IR option? Should this be on always or just when you use UV/IR filters? Does it matter if it is on and you are NOT using an UV/IR filter?

Furthermore, the notice states that there is a third window after the ON+UV?IR window, namely one that shows the three focal lengths for the WATE. I assume that this window ONLY appears if the WATE is attached to the M8 and NOT as a general rule as implied by Leica's notice. For those of you out there with a WATE, can you confirm that this third focal length secreen is seen selectively (ie only with the WATE attached) and not generally?

2. I use the Sandisk Extreme III 2GB cards as well as the Sandisk 512MB card initially supplied with the camera and noticed the following. On the extreme III 2GB cards, when I turn on the camera and am in say DNG mode, the file/image counter starts at the expected 187 and works its way down as you shoot... No surprise here. But when I use the 512 MB card, again in DNG mode, the file counter starts at 120 or something but after the first shot drops down to the expected 45. It seems that for the 512MB cards (and this happened on two of them) the file counter starts at the epected JPEG count and switches over to DNG after the first exposure wheras this was not seen on the 2GB cards (two of those.) I realize that this is probably a trivial issue as the photos came out very very well but has anyone else noted this?

Thanks as always,

Albert

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[scott kirkpatrick]

1. I noticed that you now have three options for LENS SELECTION, namely: ON, OFF, and ON+UV/IR. The accompanying software notice about the WATE is poorly worded... I assume, perhaps incorrectly that the lens selection option should always be on as it tells the M8 what lens you are using. But what about the ON+UV/IR option? Should this be on always or just when you use UV/IR filters? Does it matter if it is on and you are NOT using an UV/IR filter?

 

Bad things happen when you ask for UV/IR correction but don't have the filter in place. The correction is mostly a shift in the red intensities to bring them up to the green levels in the outer parts of the image. You may see pink corners if you invoke this correction but don't need it. For an example go to http://www.leica-camera-user.com/leica-m8-forum/21587-results-we-want-see-results-1-a-4.html#post230732

which plots the actual numbers, or to an earlier posting in that thread, http://www.leica-camera-user.com/leica-m8-forum/21587-results-we-want-see-results-1-a-4.html[/url],

which shows the picture for a mild case.

 

scott

[elansprint72]

Albert, You may get more responses on the M8 forum?

[albertknappmd]

This IS the M8 forum.... ;)