New SL firmware coming 4-23-18

[bsmith]

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A new firmware update for the Leica SL, Version 3.2, will also be released April 23^rd to address improvements specifically requested by Leica SL photographers:

• The joystick can now be deactivated from the menu to prevent inadvertent changes to settings while the camera is in use

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[bsmith]

Dos this mean we can finally!! lock the focus point ?

[scott kirkpatrick]

We'll see.  Locking the focus point after it has gone off to some far corner is no more effective than the same strategy applied to barn doors and ponies.  What's needed is an eye level control that lets you optionally recenter, then lock, the focus point.  or just lock it once you have got it where you want it for a few shots. "from the menu" may not achieve this.

Edited April 10, 2018 by scott kirkpatrick

[sillbeers15]

This new firmware released will provide comparability support to SF60 & SFC1.

[ramzes]

yes ,I always lost my focus +,that is better in 3.2

[scroy]

Hoping the mandatory LENR is gone in the update. 

[jrp]

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 new firmware update for the Leica SL, Version 3.2, will also be released April 23^rdto address improvements specifically requested by Leica SL photographers:

• The joystick can now be deactivated from the menu to prevent inadvertent changes to settings while the camera is in use
• Eco Mode can be set to reduce the power consumption of the camera
• The standard white balance value for daylight has been changed from 6600 K to 6500 K
• Various improvements have been made for entering text and numbers (e.g. at WiFi password)
• Compatibility with the Leica SF 60 System Flash and the SF C1 wireless flash controller
• Other bug fixes new firmware update for the Leica SL, Version 3.2, will also be released April 23^rdto address improvements specifically requested by Leica SL photographers:
  • The joystick can now be deactivated from the menu to prevent inadvertent changes to settings while the camera is in use
  • Eco Mode can be set to reduce the power consumption of the camera
  • The standard white balance value for daylight has been changed from 6600 K to 6500 K
  • Various improvements have been made for entering text and numbers (e.g. at WiFi password)
  • Compatibility with the Leica SF 60 System Flash and the SF C1 wireless flash controller
  • Other bug fixes

[scroy]

Bummer - looks like there are no change in LENR usage. 

 

Wondering aloud - I wonder if there is sufficient info in the API for this to be a feature in the SL iOS/Android.

[robgo2]

None of these changes is a biggie for me. What I would have loved (and I'm sure would be possible) is to have the EVF histogram and peaking on simultaneously.  That would speed manual focusing tremendously.

 

Rob

[Donzo98]

I would like to have the ability to re-center the focus point quickly.

[fotonutzz]

For me, I hope Leica would be able to come up something like what the Olympus OMD offers; Focus Bracketing/Stacking and Live Composite Mode.  These two features are really useful.

[Steve McGarrett]

Is it the final, official list of fixes? No room for other stuff?

[myuen888]

I am still at 3.0.  Since I don't have the SL 50 1.4, I skipped 3.1.  Do we need 3.1 in order to upgrade to 3.2?

[bsmith]

no

[geetee1972]

I would like to see how much exposure compensation has been added/subtracted in the top LCD rather than just the plus/minus it currently shows.

[Sandokan]

Funnily enough, I have never had the joystick move focus points or change settings inadvertently. I also watched a Youtube reviewer complain that this is theoretically possible from his analysis of the design - but it has never happened to him. 

 

So, that "bug fix" does not warrant a change for me; however I am sure that now I have publicly stated its not a problem, I am sure that from now on, it will be a problem for me.

[LocalHero1953]

My focus point wanders occasionally on the SL and CL, but locking it is not the answer IMO - I would like a means of quickly recentering it.

A lock means I will forget to unlock it just when I want to refocus and take a shot in a hurry.

[helged]

My focus point wanders occasionally on the SL and CL, but locking it is not the answer IMO - I would like a means of quickly recentering it.

A lock means I will forget to unlock it just when I want to refocus and take a shot in a hurry.

+1

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[bsmith]

Well, many us use our SL's professionally, so being able to lock the AF point (like ALL all Nikon and Canon professional cameras) is extremely important to us. Casual amateur usage is a different world. 

[wizard]

Well, many us use our SL's professionally, so being able to lock the AF point (like ALL all Nikon and Canon professional cameras) is extremely important to us. Casual amateur usage is a different world. 

 

I am an amateur, and have always preferred to lock the AF focus point dead on center. Using a center-locked focus point to focus on the desired subject, recompose if needed, and shoot is much quicker than rearranging a focus point to an off-center location.

 

Andy