Leica Guy Posted July 19, 2018 Share #161 Posted July 19, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) My first lockup today after taking some macro photos and switching back to normal. Nothing would clear it except removing the battery. No change in the Sandisk Extreme Pro SD card. It's approaching three years since I bought the Q. I've been lucky and never had a lockup. I assume this one is related to the latest firmware update. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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40mm f/2 Posted July 19, 2018 Share #162 Posted July 19, 2018 I am extremely disappointed with Leica. I upgraded to that firmware just before I left to a hiking trip to the Olympic Peninsula and I had to remove the battery twice just to make it work again and I lost in the process a couple of good pictures. Also all my settings got lost, another point of frustration. All the previous firmware updates worked smoothly but that one is a nightmare for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bags27 Posted July 19, 2018 Share #163 Posted July 19, 2018 again, thinking it's a buffer problem. Leica claims dngs now write faster, but maybe it's something to do with that....and somehow the camera at times flips into video mode on its own and without my noticing, and that, too, might mess up the buffering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddotter Posted July 19, 2018 Share #164 Posted July 19, 2018 ....and somehow the camera at times flips into video mode on its own and without my noticing, and that, too, might mess up the buffering. Interesting to hear that. My Q sometimes flips into the picture viewmode and vice versa. I'm looking at the taken pictures and all of a sudden I'm thrown back into live view. But I have to admit this was already a problem with firmware 2.0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bags27 Posted July 19, 2018 Share #165 Posted July 19, 2018 Interesting to hear that. My Q sometimes flips into the picture viewmode and vice versa. I'm looking at the taken pictures and all of a sudden I'm thrown back into live view. But I have to admit this was already a problem with firmware 2.0. I've noticed this, too. Hadn't noticed it in 2.0, but maybe I wasn't paying so close attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlliJarmo Posted July 20, 2018 Share #166 Posted July 20, 2018 My first lockup today after taking some macro photos and switching back to normal. Nothing would clear it except removing the battery. No change in the Sandisk Extreme Pro SD card. It's approaching three years since I bought the Q. I've been lucky and never had a lockup. I assume this one is related to the latest firmware update. I think the lockups appear randomly. Nothing to do with the firmware version nor the way the camera is used. In daily use freezes may appear twice an hour or once every two months. I've experienced them with all three firmware versions. I bought the Q in 2016. Following your previous post I've put my SanDisk Extreme 80 Mb/s and Lexar Professional 95 Mb/s SD-cards aside and started using SanDisk Extreme PRO-cards exclusively. No freezes yet, but it's been just a week or so. This is apparently something the Leica testing procedure does not reveal. My camera was in Wetzlar and was returned with 'in perfect condition'. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bags27 Posted July 20, 2018 Share #167 Posted July 20, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) I think the lockups appear randomly. Nothing to do with the firmware version nor the way the camera is used. In daily use freezes may appear twice an hour or once every two months. I've experienced them with all three firmware versions. I bought the Q in 2016. Following your previous post I've put my SanDisk Extreme 80 Mb/s and Lexar Professional 95 Mb/s SD-cards aside and started using SanDisk Extreme PRO-cards exclusively. No freezes yet, but it's been just a week or so. This is apparently something the Leica testing procedure does not reveal. My camera was in Wetzlar and was returned with 'in perfect condition'. sorry to say that I have only been using the SanDisk Extreme PROs, and have experienced lock-up--and only since v. 3.0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_HNL Posted July 20, 2018 Share #168 Posted July 20, 2018 Don't know if/when my luck will run out, but having taken hundreds of pictures since updating to 3.0, I haven't experienced a lockup yet. Will post here if I do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tofu_man Posted July 20, 2018 Share #169 Posted July 20, 2018 sorry to say that I have only been using the SanDisk Extreme PROs, and have experienced lock-up--and only since v. 3.0. Me too...never had lock-ups before the latest firmware, and I only use SanDisk Extreme PRO cards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmuussoni Posted July 23, 2018 Share #170 Posted July 23, 2018 Traded recently my M 240 to Leica Q Titanium. After reading this thread it seems I better stick to Firmware v2.0 until this thing (image preview bug) gets sorted out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bags27 Posted July 23, 2018 Share #171 Posted July 23, 2018 Well, I'd say that 3.0 isn't perfect, but I do believe that even with a possible bug of very infrequent locking up, and a couple of other things that individuals don't like for their own particular reasons, 3.0 is a noticeable improvement. It significantly simplifies an already simple menu and gives the FN button a lot more power. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica Guy Posted July 23, 2018 Share #172 Posted July 23, 2018 I agree with bags27. The improvements far outweigh the negatives IMHO. Even though some have found it very frustrating, I don’t have a big issue with the auto-review. I pretty much never look at it. The improvements with the Fn button and adding the Favorites menu works very well. A fine camera is now better. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madphotos Posted July 23, 2018 Share #173 Posted July 23, 2018 I agree with bags27. The improvements far outweigh the negatives IMHO. Even though some have found it very frustrating, I don’t have a big issue with the auto-review. I pretty much never look at it. The improvements with the Fn button and adding the Favorites menu works very well. A fine camera is now better. auto-preview also doesn`t make sense to me... and please ISO on the display when in EVF mode. still missing it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpisati Posted July 23, 2018 Share #174 Posted July 23, 2018 I agree with bags27. The improvements far outweigh the negatives IMHO. Even though some have found it very frustrating, I don’t have a big issue with the auto-review. I pretty much never look at it. The improvements with the Fn button and adding the Favorites menu works very well. A fine camera is now better. improvements are welcome, some of those really comfortable like the favorites menu. Unfortunately (I do not understand why) they forced us to review every time the photo taken has ruined everything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NERICSSON Posted July 23, 2018 Share #175 Posted July 23, 2018 I was hoping for 2 functions to be added in FW3.0: -ability to toggle LCD/EVF via button -Iso selection via the wheel 50% hit rate in FW update, I feel very satisfied. Now looking forward to 4.0 fulfilling my last wish. /Niklas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beez Posted July 23, 2018 Share #176 Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) Well, I'm glad I procrastinated. I've been busy, and not had the time to do the update. Knowing that when you do a firmware update on most cameras, all of the settings return to defaults, I always take the time to go through all the menus and settings and write down all my settings before I do the update, and I haven't had the time. I'm not too alarmed by the freezes I've read about - but the ones happening to people that didn't have them before the update do worry me - too much of a coincidence. Since I use the camera professionally, having it freeze is anathema to me for the kind of shooting I do. And the Q has been positively bulletproof since the day I bought it, and never had a freeze. I've also standardized on SanDisk ExtremePro 32 and 64GB cards for a long time. Since none of the upgrades are essential to how I shoot, I'll keep it as-is for now, and see how things shake out. Thank you to everyone who has posted their experiences with the update, it's much appreciated. Edited July 23, 2018 by beez 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulis Posted July 24, 2018 Share #177 Posted July 24, 2018 improvements are welcome, some of those really comfortable like the favorites menu. Unfortunately (I do not understand why) they forced us to review every time the photo taken has ruined everything. Still don't get this complaint. Set the review time to 0, then either lift off after each shot (which I do naturally anyway), or keep the shutter button half-pressed if you want to see what you've captured. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpisati Posted July 24, 2018 Share #178 Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) Still don't get this complaint. Set the review time to 0, then either lift off after each shot (which I do naturally anyway), or keep the shutter button half-pressed if you want to see what you've captured. In words it seems easy. I do not know how you use the camera, I work with this camera, and if I tell you that after the firmware I can not work, something is changed. Try to continuously shoot more photos to the same subject, you'll see that there will always be a small fraction of a second in which you'll see the previous photo, this is enough to the vision in EVF is NOT AS FLUID AS BEFORE. Again, if you use slow shutter speeds, you can not immediately raise the shutter, because blur. I can not always think to rease immediately the shutter release to not review the photo. The problem does not happen on a single photo, but when taking multiple pictures. Leica removed a function that first was there, it exists on every camere in the market, my iPhone too, AUTO REVIEW OFF. It should be enough keep it and join this new feature. Sorry for my English. Edited July 24, 2018 by benpisati 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike3996 Posted July 24, 2018 Share #179 Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) > this is enough to the vision in EVF is NOT AS FLUID AS BEFORE. Yep. with FW 2.0 and a luckily chosen memory card Leica Q has been nothing but a premium experience. Now with this occasional review image flashing in the EVF takes away from that once-every-day experience. Suddenly I'm reminded that this is indeed a digital camera, a gadget with faults, and not a transparent extension of my arm that takes great pics. Edited July 24, 2018 by mike3996 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voxen Posted July 24, 2018 Share #180 Posted July 24, 2018 This problem should be addressed directly to Leica, I'm not sure posting on this forum will do anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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