Mauribix Posted July 23, 2007 Share #1 Posted July 23, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi folks, I've just received the leica newsletter announcing the new M8 firmware for july 27, What are you hoping to see?... My hope: 1) WATE uv/ir selection improvement 2) Automatic switching on operation (still now i have to switch on the power lever, and then press the shutter to make my M8 work) 3)...any magenta software correction.... 4)...some color noise improvements.... 5)...software correction for dust???(as in nikons...) but maybe it's just as they wrote to me: ... optimization of internal procedures to reproduce images in the display, and some improvements in functional carachteristics.... let's see what's goin' on regards Maurizio MAURIZIO BEUCCI.com - Official web site Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Hi Mauribix, Take a look here New M8 Firmware Preview 27/07/07!!! Laundry list. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
carstenw Posted July 23, 2007 Share #2 Posted July 23, 2007 I hope this button jumpiness will disappear again. The early firmware versions didn't have it, and then it appeared at some point. Highly annoying. A little more speed would be good too. I find the controls sluggish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpattinson Posted July 23, 2007 Share #3 Posted July 23, 2007 I truly hope that the the meter 'caching' the last reading after passivating - resulting in gross under/over-exposure on the shot which 'wakes' the meter gets fixed. It basically makes AE completely useless to me for grab shots in the street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevez4 Posted July 23, 2007 Share #4 Posted July 23, 2007 I am hoping for a very specif detailed list of what the firmware contains, intead of the usual obscufation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpattinson Posted July 23, 2007 Share #5 Posted July 23, 2007 Hi folks, <snip>.. 5)...software correction for dust???(as in nikons...) </snip> There is already a hardware correction for dust on the sensor - shoot wide open Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
psquared Posted July 23, 2007 Share #6 Posted July 23, 2007 Hi folks, I've just received the leica newsletter announcing the new M8 firmware for july 27, OK, Guy, Since Leica sent out the newsletter acknowledging the new firmware, I think you can spill the beans now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted July 23, 2007 Share #7 Posted July 23, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) AWB for sure the rest i have not tested any beta. I guess there just releasing it. Fingers crossed some of our list is done Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted July 23, 2007 Share #8 Posted July 23, 2007 leica confirmation just recieved e-mail friday new firmware Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjphoto Posted July 23, 2007 Share #9 Posted July 23, 2007 SDHC card compatibility. Too much to ask? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted July 23, 2007 Share #10 Posted July 23, 2007 AWB for sure the rest i have not tested any beta. I guess there just releasing it. Fingers crossed some of our list is done Could be that you spend to much time on this forum and instead of always wanting/expecting you to stay quiet about firmwares Leica has removed you from there beta tester list. I certainly hope that is not true but this would not be the first time I have heard of this happening, and without any prior notice to the tester. IMHO you are both a great help to the M8 user base and to Leica. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted July 23, 2007 Share #11 Posted July 23, 2007 No not at all, no one else either. Could be mostly just fixes Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted July 23, 2007 Share #12 Posted July 23, 2007 No not at all, no one else either. Could be mostly just fixes Glad to hear that. Have a good day Guy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilerdoc Posted July 23, 2007 Share #13 Posted July 23, 2007 Guy, between you and Sean Reid, I am constantly watching for your emails. Keep it up and I hope to meet you, and Sean, some day. Maybe at an LHSA meeting. I hope the 'venetian blinds' on automatic review goes away with the firmware update. That really is my only complaint. Saw it way too much when in Europe last month. Steve W Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted July 23, 2007 Share #14 Posted July 23, 2007 This is what the latest newsletter says: Advance notice: New firmware version for the M8 As of July, 27th the new firmware version for the LEICA M8 will be available on the Leica homepage. The minor changes within the firmware version accomplish via modification of internal procedures an optimisation of the general image reproduction and the functional features of the LEICA M8. As Guy has suggested, fine tuning and bugs fixes, but welcome nonetheless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted July 23, 2007 Share #15 Posted July 23, 2007 BTW guys i am in NY burning up the runway with the M8 , honestly i am amazed i can keep up with this movement and the images are knockouts with color but i did run into a split channel processing problem at 1250 , the right halve went magenta for about 20 images , now it may have been heavy use on the buffer which i buried the camera a couple of times with speed and the buffer had some catching up to do . i will post some stuff when i get a chance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted July 23, 2007 Share #16 Posted July 23, 2007 No not at all, no one else either. Could be mostly just fixes Hmm, if what you say is the case then it's fixes with no beta testing ? I don't think we should be expecting too much then. I reckon that apart from the AWB, the rest will simply be fixing the obvious display bugs (zebra striping / wrong image showing). Still, that'll be pretty welcome - there are other things one might like, but to be honest the camera is coming up with the goods over and over again - so maybe we shouldn't be complaining! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted July 23, 2007 Share #17 Posted July 23, 2007 Honestly i think we will see on going firmware updates on the M8 and most likely more frequent also. i mentioned this in my meeting in Germany to keep them coming as they are getting done and not wait for more to do but knock out the fixes as fast as they can and start adding more functions as we go but on a more frquent basis. i personally think overall we will be better off like this and just keep fine tuning it. But my bet this firmware update AWB will get a lot better and i am hoping they fixed the compression on jpegs, not that i shoot them but many users do. I know Sean and I try to make suggestions and idea's more for the users overall than our personal needs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted July 23, 2007 Share #18 Posted July 23, 2007 I would be looking for SDHC updates in both the DMR and M8 in the near future also. I know that was one on there list Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grober Posted July 23, 2007 Share #19 Posted July 23, 2007 Hey, just improve the AWB to something approaching reliable and I'll be a happy camper. -g Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_nyc Posted July 24, 2007 Share #20 Posted July 24, 2007 I think that it'd be so much better to see small updates frequently than monolithic releases every 3-4 months. It would make the M8 more "organic". Maybe this has been discussed before, but does anyone know who's doing the actual software dev for the M8's firmware? Did Leica hire inhouse or are they outsourcing? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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