bocaburger Posted July 8, 2015 Share #181 Posted July 8, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Finally 2.0.2.5 is there Improvements: New Menu item “Flash exposure compensation” to adjust flash exposure with the Leica SF 26 flash unit (only active when SF 26 is attached). This new function requires Firmware 1.1 on the SF 26 Flash. Several firmware bugs that caused occasional camera hang up when using Live View or Video function have been fixed. Interestingly I never had hang ups while using live view, only when using high isos... As I never have or will use movie mode or an SF26, and rarely if ever use live view (and have never experienced a lockup when I did, only the infuriating time-lag between shots when live view goes dead) I'll sit this one out at least for a while until the early adopters give the all-clear on any potential newly-introduced bugs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted July 8, 2015 Share #182 Posted July 8, 2015 Indeed infuriating. I have said it before. Set the preview to "shutter hold", do hold the shutter after exposure and the image will freeze instead of go black, and revert as soon as the file is written. Infinitely better, albeit obviously not as good as instant return. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 8, 2015 Share #183 Posted July 8, 2015 Startup and wakeup times unchanged as expected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsjxyz Posted July 8, 2015 Share #184 Posted July 8, 2015 After updating, I was not able to use SF-26 at ALL.... And they don't let us upgrade the SF-26 via online... JSJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted July 8, 2015 Share #185 Posted July 8, 2015 Installs unproblematically (as usual). I only have one body with me at the moment, so can't compare, but I have the impression that shutter lag is less in LV with this FW. Imagination? I'll be interested to compare both LV and EVF performance before I upgrade the FW on body 2. Any thoughts on this? re those who complain about start up time, I can only say get SD Formatter (https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/) and apply this to the cards you use. I use a range of 16GB Sandisk cards and have no problems with startup time. Fully comparable with my Canon 5 series DSLRs... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardkaraa Posted July 8, 2015 Share #186 Posted July 8, 2015 Has the exposure simulation in LV bug been fixed? Anyone checked it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 8, 2015 Share #187 Posted July 8, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) re those who complain about start up time, I can only say get SD Formatter (https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/) and apply this to the cards you use. I use a range of 16GB Sandisk cards and have no problems with startup time. Fully comparable with my Canon 5 series DSLRs... Lucky you Chris. Night and day for me. About 2 seconds with the fastest cards on the M240 and less than 0.5 second with any card on the 5D1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fgcm Posted July 8, 2015 Share #188 Posted July 8, 2015 I use a range of 16GB Sandisk cards and have no problems with startup time. +1 Franco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 8, 2015 Share #189 Posted July 8, 2015 I have Lexar Pro 16 GB, and the camera starts up fast, under 1.5 sec. The 1000X ones are very quick. I do use SD Formatter as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanJW Posted July 8, 2015 Share #190 Posted July 8, 2015 The new firmware documentation says it allows flash exposure compensation with SF26 only if the SF26 is with firmware 1.1 or higher. The SF26 document tells you how to check the FW version. Mine appears to be 1.0. However, with the flash on the camera menu shows flash exposure comp, and when I tested it, it was working. If you have a SF26 don't be rushing off to upgrade the FW before you test it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted July 8, 2015 Share #191 Posted July 8, 2015 Indeed infuriating. I have said it before. Set the preview to "shutter hold", do hold the shutter after exposure and the image will freeze instead of go black, and revert as soon as the file is written. Infinitely better, albeit obviously not as good as instant return. I don't find a frozen view of the last shot any less infuriating than a blackout. Either way it imposes identical constraints. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted July 8, 2015 Share #192 Posted July 8, 2015 No improvement in startup time for me - still around 1.5s, and similar for wake-up. My rare lockups are never LV/EVF (except once) or video related anyway. No problems with f/w installation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted July 8, 2015 Share #193 Posted July 8, 2015 You forget how good the optical rangefinder is, or how briefly the mirror blinks up and down, till you have to deal with the infuriating blackout of an EVF. For anything where timing is an issue, the blackout is a huge fail. As much as I liked the T, it's the ultimate reason I sold mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 8, 2015 Share #194 Posted July 8, 2015 I don't find a frozen view of the last shot any less infuriating than a blackout. Either way it imposes identical constraints. Yes- but it does not affect your pupil response, which is tiring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted July 8, 2015 Share #195 Posted July 8, 2015 Yes- but it does not affect your pupil response, which is tiring. The glass isn't just half full - it's almost completely full, isn't it Jaap! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 8, 2015 Share #196 Posted July 8, 2015 No- but it is the best workaround. I think that a EVF is a lot better than a Visoflex, which has a blackout before the shutter release. Especially with long heavy lenses that used to cause camera droop. Progress!!! :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yymca6 Posted July 9, 2015 Share #197 Posted July 9, 2015 Hi, How do I save my profile before installing the new FW? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 9, 2015 Share #198 Posted July 9, 2015 Welcome to the forum. SET / User Profile / Manage Profiles / Export Profiles to Card. When it is done, use another card for the FW update or copy the file "Profiles.M" from your card to your PC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 9, 2015 Share #199 Posted July 9, 2015 I have the profiles on the same card as the update. No problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
esophoria Posted July 9, 2015 Share #200 Posted July 9, 2015 The new firmware documentation says it allows flash exposure compensation with SF26 only if the SF26 is with firmware 1.1 or higher. The SF26 document tells you how to check the FW version. Mine appears to be 1.0. However, with the flash on the camera menu shows flash exposure comp, and when I tested it, it was working. If you have a SF26 don't be rushing off to upgrade the FW before you test it out. I can also report...that testing of the SF 26 was difficult...I'm still not sure what version of firmware I have. I can assume I have 1.0 since I bought the flash last year. However, I can change the flash exposure on my M240 through the menu system with the recent update of firmware for my M240. I took a few test photos and altered the flash exposure setting and achieved different result. This makes me assume I needn't send it back to Leica for a firmware update. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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