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Leica M10 firmware Update (being done to mount the new Visoflex to an older M10).


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On 1/24/2022 at 1:44 AM, rramesh said:

It would have been awesome if Leica had designed a pass through hot shoe flash mount for the Visoflex 2. 

A flash hot shoe, on top of the EVF, with a pass-through connection, would probably add too much bulk, to please most buyers, but I would seriously consider acquiring an overall larger EVF, with GPS and a hot shoe, or, at least, a flash synch port. The tilting feature might have to be foregone, to keep the size of the device reasonable. (I am neither an engineer, nor a marketing expert, so can only speculate.)

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31 minutes ago, tappan said:

It’s hard to follow with all of the updates, and threads here, but does anybody know yet if the new Visoflex  will have image stabilization while on the M10-P? Thank you

AFAIK, no. The image stabilization is part of M11's firmware.

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Curious if there are any advantages with the VisioFlex 2 vs the original for an M10-R?  I have looked around but the VisioFlex2 will be limited to the specs of the original even with the firmware update.  Is there something that I’m missing.

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13 hours ago, ejg1890 said:

Curious if there are any advantages with the VisioFlex 2 vs the original for an M10-R?  I have looked around but the VisioFlex2 will be limited to the specs of the original even with the firmware update.  Is there something that I’m missing.

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The original Visoflex obscures the shutter speed dial, design genius.

 

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13 hours ago, ejg1890 said:

Curious if there are any advantages with the VisioFlex 2 vs the original for an M10-R?  I have looked around but the VisioFlex2 will be limited to the specs of the original even with the firmware update.  Is there something that I’m missing.

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4 minutes ago, Malcolm Kays said:

The original Visoflex obscures the shutter speed dial, design genius.

 

Plus, anyone who wants a Visoflex and might think of moving on to the M11 later should buy the new Visoflex 2 anyway.

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.....unless they want the GPS geotagging which is only available on the previous Visoflex.  Personally, now that I have the geotagging, I wouldn't want to lose it.  But then again, I have no plans of switching from M10 to M11.  

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54 minutes ago, MikeMyers said:

.....unless they want the GPS geotagging which is only available on the previous Visoflex.  Personally, now that I have the geotagging, I wouldn't want to lose it.  But then again, I have no plans of switching from M10 to M11.  

Thanks. That was my next question.  So the new version does NOT have geotagging capability, correct?  So it appears Leica has taken away functionality? What are the options of geotagging? Utilizing the FOTOS app on the cell phone?

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This may or may not answer your question, but I see that the geotagging adds the information to the EXIF data for the image.  That seems to be the standard way to do this, meaning FOTOS on my apple devices should recognize it - I think.  I don't use FOTOS, so I'm not sure about how it works.

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I don't think anyone yet knows what the FW update on the Viso 2 will achieve on the M10-R. Certainly Leica UK last week did not know what the specs of the Viso 2/M10 would be and all they knew about the FW update was that it was somewhat delayed. I have bought a Viso 2. It will have a bigger screen than the Viso 020. 

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20 hours ago, wlaidlaw said:

I don't think anyone yet knows what the FW update on the Viso 2 will achieve on the M10-R. Certainly Leica UK last week did not know what the specs of the Viso 2/M10 would be and all they knew about the FW update was that it was somewhat delayed. I have bought a Viso 2. It will have a bigger screen than the Viso 020. 

Wilson

Were you given any release date for the M10 M10R M10M firmware update to use the Viso 2 ?

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8 minutes ago, Malcolm Kays said:

Were you given any release date for the M10 M10R M10M firmware update to use the Viso 2 ?

No Leica UK said they did not know the date. 

 

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20 hours ago, wlaidlaw said:

I don't think anyone yet knows what the FW update on the Viso 2 will achieve on the M10-R.

do you expect leica to go Kaizen? the firmware will do excaclty what was announced, compatibility to M10 series bodies, probably with a slight crop.

i wouldnt expect anything else.

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Not sure if this will come as news to anyone but I checked with Leica UK and just had the following response:

"Thank you for your inquiry.

 

I have just been informed by my colleagues in Germany that the firmware update to permit use of the Visoflex 2 on the M10-R will be released in April, however we don’t know yet a precise date."

 

 

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