Leica M11 / M11-M / M11-P: Firmware Update v.2.0.2

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As of today, the new firmware v.2.0.2 for Leica M11, M11-M and M11-P is available for installation via the FOTOS app. It may take a few hours until it is available on all devices.

From Wednesday (November 29) 3 p.m. (CET) it will also be available for download on the respective product pages and thus for installation via SD card.

Update 2023-11-29

The firmware update is now available via the Leica website:

» Firmware Downloads

Changes and improvements:

New

• The dust protection function can now be activated manually for lens changes.

Error Correction

• Switching off the camera while in Tethering mode could result in picture loss
• Tethering malfunction in conjunction with Leica FOTOS
• The screen would flicker when using the magnification function in Review mode
• The function setting for Extended Dynamic Range was not saved to User Profiles
• The selected user profile would be reset to factory settings when the camera was switched off 

[geotrupede]

nice one / installing asap (=now).

very interested in the "The dust protection function can now be activated manually for lens changes." as given the old adapters and the many odd screw lenses I have, it is tape over the mount all the time, and forces me to go out with a gaffer tape roll every day 😉

finger crossed manual means manual...

 

UPDATE / INDEED IT WORKS! now the shutter is in camera settings and dust protection on/off. Off means one can keep using lenses which have leaky adapters. fantastic news. happy shooting to all!

Edited November 28, 2023 by geotrupede

[mrmalo]

Super!

• Great that Leica FOTOS got the update first this time. Usually, it's late to the party and I've already updated via SD card
• Great that user profile is now fixed! I've built up a habit of checking it each time I switch on my camera. Going to be a hard habit to shake!

Still some work to do 😀

 

Edited November 28, 2023 by mrmalo

[Gelatino]

This time I will wait for some bold M11 users to install it and tell us what new unexpected surprises it offers. Once bitten... .🤔😱

[geotrupede]

my take, in italics M11, things cannot be worse than the v 2.0.1

so far so good, but Friday night will go out shooting, so for me real test is then

 

[J S H]

9 minutes ago, geotrupede said:

my take, in italics M11, things cannot be worse than the v 2.0.1

so far so good, but Friday night will go out shooting, so for me real test is then

 

Exactly how I see it. Everything seems fine after installing 2.0.2

[elmars]

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I have updated the firmware. With the M11, this went smoothly via the app, with the M11-P the connection was refused a few times. But then it eventually worked.

Fixing the listed bugs is certainly important. But it seems even more important to me that there are no corrupt image files, as described by some here in the forum. I can't find anything about this in the list of fixed bugs.

[hmzimelka]

The update for me via the Leica Photos app was extremely frustrating... it took about 20min to get it to connect properly to update the firmware, even though I could connect the camera and view the image files without much of an issue. 

I'm very much in favour of a manual firmware install, but the update is still not published on the Leica website. I do not trust the app or Leica's software proficiencies, which was reaffirmed again with the frustrating install process and the fact the update ended with the "Update Successful Please restart the camera" notification, which stayed aluminated with blinking LED lights for about 4 minutes even though the camera was switched off. 

Leica did fix other issues in this update that weren't listed in the published list of fixes. 

[jeri]

1 hour ago, hmzimelka said:

 

'I'm very much in favour of a manual firmware install, but the update is still not published on the Leica website.'

Already published on Leica's website.

https://leica-camera.com/en-int/downloads?download_area_category=1161&download_area_subcategory=1115

[elmars]

vor 2 Stunden schrieb hmzimelka:

which stayed aluminated with blinking LED lights for about 4 minutes even though the camera was switched off. 

This is normal behavior but should be explained.

[mrmalo]

3 hours ago, elmars said:

But it seems even more important to me that there are no corrupt image files, as described by some here in the forum. I can't find anything about this in the list of fixed bugs.

Corrupt DNG's gets a special mention on page 3:
https://leica-camera.com/sites/default/files/en_2.0.2-m-family-release-notes.pdf

Edited November 29, 2023 by mrmalo

[Gelatino]

2 hours ago, hmzimelka said:

The update for me via the Leica Photos app was extremely frustrating... it took about 20min to get it to connect properly to update the firmware, even though I could connect the camera and view the image files without much of an issue. 

I'm very much in favour of a manual firmware install, but the update is still not published on the Leica website. I do not trust the app or Leica's software proficiencies, which was reaffirmed again with the frustrating install process and the fact the update ended with the "Update Successful Please restart the camera" notification, which stayed aluminated with blinking LED lights for about 4 minutes even though the camera was switched off. 

Leica did fix other issues in this update that weren't listed in the published list of fixes. 

This leads me to wait a little more🤔. 

 

[IMAGEPOWER]

Update from SD-Card went smoothly, took 7 minutes. Pity the issue with corrupted DNGs when imported into Photoshop or Lightroom has not yet been solved. Will have to use reliable M10-R until M11 gets next FW update...

[hmzimelka]

1 hour ago, elmars said:

This is normal behavior but should be explained.

This was the first time I experience such behaviour. 

[hmzimelka]

1 hour ago, jeri said:

https://leica-camera.com/en-int/downloads?download_area_category=1161&download_area_subcategory=1115

Thanks. It wasn't there yesterday when I was updating via the Photos app

[IMAGEPOWER]

vor einer Stunde schrieb elmars:

This is normal behavior but should be explained.

Well, not with my M11, a few seconds after the message "Firmware is updated to 2.0.2" the red LED stopped blinking and the camera was ready for shooting.

[hmzimelka]

The bug where Film Style Sharpening is only applied to the first frame after camera start-up is still present on my M11.  🤦🏻‍♂️

[jeri]

Ok, it took me 4 and a half minutes to update the firmware on the camera. And I can say that the process went smoothly. Of course, before everything, I formatted the memory card, and I did the same after the update was finished.

[J S H]

3 hours ago, hmzimelka said:

The bug where Film Style Sharpening is only applied to the first frame after camera start-up is still present on my M11.  🤦🏻‍♂️

I haven’t checked for that yet. I was happy to get the on-off setting for the dust protection feature.
 

Based on your observations and the fact that there are still complaints about corrupt DNG files, it stands to reason that this update was in response to the Fotos glitches and dust protection control. If that’s the case, then it tells us that the timeline for firmware fixes is approximately 4-5 weeks. Maybe there is another update in the pipeline. 

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[HRJ]

4 hours ago, elmars said:

This is normal behavior but should be explained.

 

3 hours ago, IMAGEPOWER said:

Well, not with my M11, a few seconds after the message "Firmware is updated to 2.0.2" the red LED stopped blinking and the camera was ready for shooting.

 

7 hours ago, hmzimelka said:

The update for me via the Leica Photos app was extremely frustrating... it took about 20min to get it to connect properly to update the firmware, even though I could connect the camera and view the image files without much of an issue. 

I'm very much in favour of a manual firmware install, but the update is still not published on the Leica website. I do not trust the app or Leica's software proficiencies, which was reaffirmed again with the frustrating install process and the fact the update ended with the "Update Successful Please restart the camera" notification, which stayed aluminated with blinking LED lights for about 4 minutes even though the camera was switched off. 

Leica did fix other issues in this update that weren't listed in the published list of fixes. 

 

I will add my experience to this list of totally contradicting 'normal behaviours' (which I have experienced with @elmars on the previous update - 4mins wait red LED's blank screen etc)

I think mine is now the best behaviour.

Clean card, clean SD format. Copy update from computer onto SD card.

Select update firmware in M11. Took about 3 minutes to update, then simply restarted itself. Update done. User profiles as they were.