New firmware coming soon?

[PeterBoyadjian]

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SL3 will now use mechanical shutter at 1/6400 1/8000? Hopefully we get AF improvements. 

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[helged]

2 hours ago, PeterBoyadjian said:

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SL3 will now use mechanical shutter at 1/6400 1/8000? Hopefully we get AF improvements. 

Nothing about SL3's 'Animal Detection (Beta)' auto focus mode (?). Would think that an explicitly stated beta-version was due to an update... 

[Jon Warwick]

Still no high resolution multi-shot for the SL3?

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2 hours ago, helged said:

Nothing about SL3's 'Animal Detection (Beta)' auto focus mode (?). Would think that an explicitly stated beta-version was due to an update... 

gotta tame that wild animal so it locks correctly first, then its ready for release

 

[helged]

1 hour ago, Jon Warwick said:

Still no high resolution multi-shot for the SL3?

Agree, even slightly strange that this option wasn't included at the launch of the camera. Although I think I recall that a Leica representative was surprised of the interest at/around the launch of SL3. 

[davidmknoble]

It is very different to take a 24 or 43 mp sensor and move it by less than a pixel to combine multi-shot images and then doing the same for 60+ mp.  I dont know of any 100mp cameras that do this.

The tolerance for sensor movement is really tight and incredibly small.

I think it might be possible, but we don’t know if the sensor has a ‘motor’ that has that tight of a tolerance to move.  More likely, they would use the lower resolution to create a multi-shot that is in the 100-150 mp range.

Just my thoughts.

[Ning Ning]

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Fuji GFX 100 II can do it.

[frame-it]

1 hour ago, davidmknoble said:

I dont know of any 100mp cameras that do this.

gfx100, gfx100s, gfx100mk2, gfx100smk2, hasselblad H6D400c

[Photoworks]

It was not there at launch because they said it was a new IBIS and they had to create a new code for it.

 

I didn't see Frame.io in the article

[SrMi]

6 hours ago, Jon Warwick said:

Still no high resolution multi-shot for the SL3?

Despite claims from others, I do not think that Leica promised it for SL3 and I do not expect it to come. 

[Cronilux]

I am super curious, if the SL3 becomes a much needed AF update. 

[JiriS]

I would really appreciate faster startup time as well. 

[Jon Warwick]

5 hours ago, frame-it said:

gfx100, gfx100s, gfx100mk2, gfx100smk2, hasselblad H6D400c

And also the X2D, which recently added 4-shot Multi-Shot to capture true full colour images at 100mp

[psyclism]

SL3 battery life optimizations would be icing on the cake

[SrMi]

9 hours ago, davidmknoble said:

It is very different to take a 24 or 43 mp sensor and move it by less than a pixel to combine multi-shot images and then doing the same for 60+ mp.

Sony's 60MP cameras can do multi-shot, but no 60+ MP cameras can assemble the multi-shot in the camera itself as SL2 does. All of them require cumbersome post-processing software and Hasselblad can do it only tethered. 

[FlashGordonPhotography]

I’ll settle for EFCS. And allowing the rear dial to be programmed. Maybe some extra function for the new dial and Leicons.

As far as AF I’d like to see AFC NOT lock onto a blade of grass in front of an elephant in animal detect mode. Basically it’s no good being fast if it’s not accurate first.

I stopped using multishot in favour of stitching some time ago. Far more reliable in the field.

Gordon

[win-win]

Here:

https://leica-camera.com/en-int/downloads?download_area_category=1171&field_media_document_topic=1074

[davidmknoble]

On 12/11/2024 at 1:31 PM, Jon Warwick said:

And also the X2D, which recently added 4-shot Multi-Shot to capture true full colour images at 100mp

@Jon Warwick I have the X2D and I don't recall that it makes a 4 shot multi-shot at 400mp?  DId I juist not read the manual?

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1 hour ago, davidmknoble said:

@Jon Warwick I have the X2D and I don't recall that it makes a 4 shot multi-shot at 400mp?  DId I juist not read the manual?

The Multishot / Tethered feature was released with the last Firmware update for the X2D. 

[SrMi]

1 hour ago, davidmknoble said:

@Jon Warwick I have the X2D and I don't recall that it makes a 4 shot multi-shot at 400mp?  DId I juist not read the manual?

The released multishot update does not support 400MP yet. A beta software that supports 400MP was demonstrated on YT.