Leica Perspective Control Firmware Update, SL2?

[MarkinVan]

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Could an SL2 Firmware Update be closer.

From the M Forum Post

Firmware update: Perspective correction for the Leica M10-P, M10-R and M10 Monochrom

By LUF Admin,  7 hours ago in Leica M10 

To begin with, the new Leica Perspective Control function will be available for the camera models Leica M10-P, M10-R and M10 Monochrom.update 

[SrMi]

Would love to have perspective control  feature on SL2.

[chris_tribble]

It would make more sense on the SL2. However good the WATE was on the M, I never enjoyed the experience of working with it on a rangefinder camera.

[scott kirkpatrick]

If Leica were a bit more open about the electronics in their cameras we would know if it is easy to move this feature to the L-mount cameras.  The M10s use a Maestro II processor while the SL2s use a Maestro III, which should be even bette,  But it may be that only the image pipeline is calculated on the maestro, while some other signal processor or FPGA manages the viewfinder information and calculates stuff like histograms and level indicators.  Certainly the level indicator in an SL doesn't look like the one in the M10-P or R.  If the program that makes this happen runs on the Maestro, then it would work better on an L-mount than it does on an M10, simply because the processor is more powerful.  an M10-R seems to be working pretty hard to generate the PC frame lines, which float about somewhat sluggishly when the light levels are low.