Denebola Posted September 29, 2023 Share #21 Posted September 29, 2023 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Updated to V1.3.0 using the SD card. Main difference with V1.2.0 is the startup time (which with the update to V1.2.0 from previous did not change): now it starts immediately! Den Edited September 29, 2023 by Denebola 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BobsFirstLeica Posted September 29, 2023 Share #22 Posted September 29, 2023 23 minutes ago, Denebola said: Updated to V1.3.0 using the SD card. Main difference with V1.2.0 is the startup time (which with the update to V1.2.0 from previous did not change): now it starts immediately! Den With 1.2 the startup was quick after a change of battery or another recent startup but slow if the cam was not used for a day. Have you had the update long enough to test startup after, let's say, 20 hours? I just updated and expected an immediate startup and it did. I will see tomorrow. Bob 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denebola Posted September 29, 2023 Share #23 Posted September 29, 2023 24 minutes ago, BobsFirstLeica said: With 1.2 the startup was quick after a change of battery or another recent startup but slow if the cam was not used for a day. Have you had the update long enough to test startup after, let's say, 20 hours? I just updated and expected an immediate startup and it did. I will see tomorrow. Bob Not yet. My impression was just after the update, done half hour before posting. In any case, when upgrading to V1.2.0 I had no improvement in startup time even just after updating. As you correctly write, let's see tomorrw! Den Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passivsportler76 Posted September 29, 2023 Share #24 Posted September 29, 2023 Update worked just fine via the Leica Foto App for me, subjectively the start up time is faster than before the update 😊 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwertynm Posted September 30, 2023 Share #25 Posted September 30, 2023 Eye-AF hasn‘t improved on small humans compared to previous versions. It seems less jumpy and nervous though overall though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimKnopf Posted September 30, 2023 Share #26 Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) vor 3 Stunden schrieb Qwertynm: Eye-AF hasn‘t improved on small humans compared to previous versions. It seems less jumpy and nervous though overall though. I had that experience too. A little less nervous. However, children are only reliably recognized from the front. If people stand sideways or upside down (gymnastics / handstand), the detection only works as an object. No face oder eye detection works. Very weak for a phase AF system with modern AF algorithm. The performance isn't the worst. What's worse is that in these cases you can't switch to another AF mode quickly enough. Edited September 30, 2023 by JimKnopf 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel C.1975 Posted September 30, 2023 Share #27 Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) After the update I see two very clear improvements: 1. Start up time is a good deal snappier 2. More important: The bug that when turning on the camera and then directly press the PLAY-button (to just check on your images) with the image-review showing but with an overlayed image-taking screen (focus-field, grit, the level-gauge are over the shown image) and the camera is freezing for a few seconds before jumping completely into the proper image-review mode, is gone. Problem fixed Improvements where I am not so sure yet: - A bit snappier single point AF (just compared it with the Q2 which is still here, now I believe the Q3 is in standard light a bit faster, but it is really, really a tiny bit only) - A bit less erratic with People and Eye-AF (jumping box syndrome) - the camera seems to be a bit more clear on what to do. I am very confident that the camera behaves more snappy with one or only a few faces in the frame. - Overall a more snappy behavior when chimping around (I am quite sure about this one). No improvement: - Black out time in single shot mode seems to be the same as before Edited September 30, 2023 by Daniel C.1975 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK! Posted September 30, 2023 Share #28 Posted September 30, 2023 vor 1 Stunde schrieb JimKnopf: The performance isn't the worst. What's worse is that in these cases you can't switch to another AF mode quickly enough. Copy that! Immediatly to Spot AF by pressing a singe button. That would be really great. But anyway eye-af with the q3 is a real game changer for me... TK 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geesbert Posted September 30, 2023 Share #29 Posted September 30, 2023 Is the shut down time now longer than before? It is altogether about 7 seconds, first it shows a spinning wheel for 3 sec then the leica logo for 4 sec, even if you haven't takes a photo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDE-Photo Posted September 30, 2023 Share #30 Posted September 30, 2023 Update worked without problems. only one point I have to complain about: with the last firmware they fixed the problem the the exposure changes wrongly after pressing the shutter button, what has luckily no effect on the final photo but is visible on EVF and display. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumen.lens Posted September 30, 2023 Share #31 Posted September 30, 2023 Hello all. My Q3 is stuck updating to this new firmware. It's been going for over 20 minutes which is very concerning. What are my options? Turning it off seems like the only option but that is of course a scary thing to do during an update. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindsEye Posted September 30, 2023 Share #32 Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) NA Edited September 30, 2023 by MindsEye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindsEye Posted September 30, 2023 Share #33 Posted September 30, 2023 47 minutes ago, Lumen.lens said: Hello all. My Q3 is stuck updating to this new firmware. It's been going for over 20 minutes which is very concerning. What are my options? Turning it off seems like the only option but that is of course a scary thing to do during an update. Thanks. Mine is doing the same thing. I didn't have this issue with 1.2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simone_DF Posted September 30, 2023 Share #34 Posted September 30, 2023 9 hours ago, JimKnopf said: Very weak for a phase AF system with modern AF algorithm. Remember that this is the first iteration of phase detect for both Leica and Panasonic. It will take some time - at least a couple of years - to improve and fine tune it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindsEye Posted September 30, 2023 Share #35 Posted September 30, 2023 48 minutes ago, Lumen.lens said: Hello all. My Q3 is stuck updating to this new firmware. It's been going for over 20 minutes which is very concerning. What are my options? Turning it off seems like the only option but that is of course a scary thing to do during an update. Thanks. Did you shut it off? What happened? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumen.lens Posted September 30, 2023 Share #36 Posted September 30, 2023 1 minute ago, MindsEye said: Did you shut it off? What happened? I went for it and shut it off after about an hr of it stuck. The update stayed on screen working after turning off so I took out the battery, put battery back in and turned it on. It turned on fine and still had v1.2!! Whew. I suppose I’ll attempt the update again and hopefully it goes through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindsEye Posted September 30, 2023 Share #37 Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Lumen.lens said: I went for it and shut it off after about an hr of it stuck. The update stayed on screen working after turning off so I took out the battery, put battery back in and turned it on. It turned on fine and still had v1.2!! Whew. I suppose I’ll attempt the update again and hopefully it goes through. Mine finally updated successfully after around 15 minutes or so. It didn't give me the option to reinstall my profiles but I always keep them saved on a dedicated card so I was able to reinstall them. All seems to be okay now. I'm glad nothing bad happened to yours! Edited September 30, 2023 by MindsEye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobers Posted September 30, 2023 Share #38 Posted September 30, 2023 There appears to be a bug in v1.3. If iAF is selected, the viewfinder and rear screen exposure that is displayed looks normal until the shutter is half pressed at which point it dims by about 2 stops. When the picture is taken it looks like the undimmed exposure. If AFs is selected, there is no dimming of the image in the viewfinder or rear display when the shutter is half pressed. Conclusion: something weird going on with iAF affecting displayed exposure on half press of shutter release. This is repeatable. Anyone else have the same? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobsFirstLeica Posted September 30, 2023 Share #39 Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Lumen.lens said: I went for it and shut it off after about an hr of it stuck. The update stayed on screen working after turning off so I took out the battery, put battery back in and turned it on. It turned on fine and still had v1.2!! Whew. I suppose I’ll attempt the update again and hopefully it goes through. This sphincter-tightening issue occurred updating to 1.2 with the FOTOS app. Vowed never to update from the app again. Used an SD card with no issues and it was relatively brief. I would highly recommend anyone doing the update to stay on the safe side and use an SD card. Also, please let everyone know what method you used. My assumption about updating from the SD card may be incorrect. Bob Edited September 30, 2023 by BobsFirstLeica 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobsFirstLeica Posted September 30, 2023 Share #40 Posted September 30, 2023 20 hours ago, Denebola said: Not yet. My impression was just after the update, done half hour before posting. In any case, when upgrading to V1.2.0 I had no improvement in startup time even just after updating. As you correctly write, let's see tomorrw! Den Just turned the camera on and it probably took 3 seconds instead of 4....maybe a little improvement. As I've stated in other threads I know startup can be slow if the cam has been off for awhile. That's why I will purposely turn it on BEFORE I go out and intend to use it, so I can guarantee a relatively quick startup in the next few hours. Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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