photo app So basically it's useless?

[Ray12]

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After reading all the discussions about the app below and having tried hundreds of times it my myself, I've come to the conclusion that basically the app doesn't do anything other than sync date and time (which you can do by hand yourself) so in short it's like banging your head against the wall. Just frustration 😤 and no benefit. 

If anyone else had some luck with it then please share because I've uninstalled it and can't be bothered with it anymore. 

 

 

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[Ko.Fe.]

I have tried Fuij and Canon apps.

Everything photo "camera manufacturer" app I won't touch with ten feet pole.  

Sony Vegas is different story. I bet, Sony has nothing to do with it. And it is for video, audio

[otto.f]

7 hours ago, Ray12 said:

After reading all the discussions about the app below and having tried hundreds of times it my myself, I've come to the conclusion that basically the app doesn't do anything other than sync date and time (which you can do by hand yourself) so in short it's like banging your head against the wall. Just frustration 😤 and no benefit. 

If anyone else had some luck with it then please share because I've uninstalled it and can't be bothered with it anymore. 

 

 

I was with you on this but a few weeks ago, just at our Christmas dinner actually, the Fotos App worked smoothly with my SL for the first time in our distressed relation. I could even replicate this a second time a few days later. I already communicated my deep respect for Leica’s software department in this forum somewhere. Must have been a hell of a job with great teamwork within such a short time to get this app running. Chapeau!

Edited January 9, 2021 by otto.f

[Ingo]

I 'rejoined' to Leica a couple of days ago. With the SL601 and the old FOTOS app the experience was really frustrating. In the meantime I used the Panasonic app which works fine. Only the setup process I find complicated. Now I'm happy with the SL2 and FOTOS app 2.x in the few days I use the app. Easy to connect, stable and relatively fast. 

[helged]

Yes, FOTOS app now seems stable on both SL2 and S3. Good!

[Mr.Prime]

I tried it, couldn’t find anything of interest either.

[tom0511]

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Am 9.1.2021 um 11:17 schrieb Ingo:

I 'rejoined' to Leica a couple of days ago. With the SL601 and the old FOTOS app the experience was really frustrating. In the meantime I used the Panasonic app which works fine. Only the setup process I find complicated. Now I'm happy with the SL2 and FOTOS app 2.x in the few days I use the app. Easy to connect, stable and relatively fast. 

Hi Ingo,

did you switch to another camera brand?

[Ingo]

vor 23 Minuten schrieb tom0511:

Hi Ingo,

did you switch to another camera brand?

From March 2019 to December 2020 I used S1/R only. Now it's a SL2 and two S1/R bodies.

[tom0511]

so whoch you prefer? I went from SL to S1r to SL2...sometimes I think the S1r AF is a liittle superior, and the flexible display is nice. On the other side I dound the s1r a little too fat and too many buttons for my taste.

[Sjz]

I did find interest in the app, limited but worth having.

if the camera is at an awkward location on a tripod then using the app and autofocus allows you to check the focus and take the picture or ‘focus stack’ without touching the camera.

in those circumstances it’s better than a flip screen but as I am not in danger of wearing my tripod out, I am not getting much use out of the app.

[scott kirkpatrick]

On 1/19/2021 at 2:59 PM, Ingo said:

From March 2019 to December 2020 I used S1/R only. Now it's a SL2 and two S1/R bodies.

I recall you were using SL's before that.  Of the three very different interfaces -- four big unlabeled buttons, three labelled buttons + 4 unlabelled, and about a dozen labelled buttons -- which do you prefer?

[Ingo]

vor 2 Stunden schrieb scott kirkpatrick:

I recall you were using SL's before that.  Of the three very different interfaces -- four big unlabeled buttons, three labelled buttons + 4 unlabelled, and about a dozen labelled buttons -- which do you prefer?

I definitely prefer the buttons of the SL601. The play button on the SL2 is on the wrong side. The S1/R buttons are very useful but it needs some time to get familiar with all the customizing possibilities.

[helged]

On 1/21/2021 at 9:21 PM, Ingo said:

I definitely prefer the buttons of the SL601. The play button on the SL2 is on the wrong side. The S1/R buttons are very useful but it needs some time to get familiar with all the customizing possibilities.

Fully agree that the play button on SL2 is misplaced; it should be (easily) reachable by the right-hand thumb. And yes, the button outline on SL was/is superb. 

[Ingo]

vor 10 Minuten schrieb helged:

Fully agree that the play button on SL2 is misplaced; it should be (easily) reachable by the right-hand thumb. And yes, the button outline on SL was/is superb. 

It would be great if the 'play' function could be assigned to on of the FN-buttons. 

[helged]

30 minutes ago, Ingo said:

It would be great if the 'play' function could be assigned to on of the FN-buttons. 

Good point! Personally I like the front button since it can be easily and quickly reaced (for my hand/long finger, at least), whereas I have a tendency to hit the wrong top button... The latter could be circumvented if one of the buttons had a specific signature that could be felt by the finger. Nikon has 'equipped' the top of some of their buttons with mineature patterns, recongnisable by the finger. Perhaps not minimalistically elegant in Leica-land, but it works...