Leica Q2 / Q2M - firmware update 5.10

[Marc B-C]

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For those not aware there is a new update for the  Q2 / Q2M.

The release notes state it addresses GPS issues. 

I had an eMail earlier today, so I assume it is new.

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[ianforber]

Installed it just now via FOTOS. Irritatingly, this was the first update that wiped my user profiles. I’d been used to the updates via the app not doing that so I didn’t bother save them to an SD card first. Gives me something to do recreating them I suppose!

[Marc B-C]

3 minutes ago, ianforber said:

Installed it just now via FOTOS. Irritatingly, this was the first update that wiped my user profiles. I’d been used to the updates via the app not doing that so I didn’t bother save them to an SD card first. Gives me something to do recreating them I suppose!

I was offered the chance to copy the profiles to the card when I did the update from the card. I opted for yes and was able to recover them. Is that option not offered via the App? I always copy my profiles to the card and then to my MacBook when I download photos too.

What did annoy me was forgetting to keep a photo on the card before taking one after the update. Numbering has therefore reverted to 001!

[ianforber]

No, for me, the app stopped asking if I wanted to save the profiles a few updates ago but it preserved them so I assumed (falsely) that it was the default behaviour of the app. The update process is so smooth via the app that I always use it now. I updated my M11 recently using the app and it was fine, preserving the profiles without asking me if I wanted to save them. Serves me right for being lazy. 

[Marc B-C]

1 minute ago, ianforber said:

No, for me, the app stopped asking if I wanted to save the profiles a few updates ago but it preserved them so I assumed (falsely) that it was the default behaviour of the app. The update process is so smooth via the app that I always use it now. I updated my M11 recently using the app and it was fine, preserving the profiles without asking me if I wanted to save them. Serves me right for being lazy. 

I am not sure why Leica cannot sort this. In the early days of owning Fuji cameras they would delete settings etc, but Fuji sorted that out. One would think Leica could do that.

[Kristofferpaulsen]

So as far as updates.. just the gps thing? That’s it?

[pcgarner]

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3 hours ago, ianforber said:

Installed it just now via FOTOS. Irritatingly, this was the first update that wiped my user profiles. I’d been used to the updates via the app not doing that so I didn’t bother save them to an SD card first. Gives me something to do recreating them I suppose!

Same experience here. But post-installation I enjoyed revisiting the menu. Other than wiping out my profile, the update through FOTOS was seamless.

[pcgarner]

Just now, Kristofferpaulsen said:

So as far as updates.. just the gps thing? That’s it?

So Leica says.

[Kristofferpaulsen]

35 minutes ago, pcgarner said:

So Leica says.

Damn. Still holding out that they’ll make the face focussing usable one day.