Leon_B. Posted December 12, 2024 Share #1 Posted December 12, 2024 Advertisement (gone after registration) Leica has released the update v.1.4.0 for the Leica D-Lux 8 with some bug fixes. The firmware is already available on the official Leica website, slight availability delays via the FOTOS app can be possible. Download: Leica D-Lux 8 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 12, 2024 Posted December 12, 2024 Hi Leon_B., Take a look here D-LUX 8: Firmware Update v.1.4.0 with bugfixes. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
prymsnap Posted December 12, 2024 Share #2 Posted December 12, 2024 Is Leica sharing any specifics beyond "some bug fixes"? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhoutman Posted December 12, 2024 Share #3 Posted December 12, 2024 (edited) Updated to 1.4 with FW on SD card. No question was asked about backing up Profiles. After update I only manually had to adjust time/date. A bit disappointed that Leica Look sis still not available for the D-Lux 8, but hey give them some more time.... Edited December 12, 2024 by mhoutman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsolomon Posted December 13, 2024 Share #4 Posted December 13, 2024 10 hours ago, prymsnap said: Is Leica sharing any specifics beyond "some bug fixes"? Well said… I’m in software, we always have release notes with any maintenance or updates 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
just3aBro Posted December 13, 2024 Share #5 Posted December 13, 2024 vor 9 Stunden schrieb mhoutman: Updated to 1.4 with FW on SD card. No question was asked about backing up Profiles. After update I only manually had to adjust time/date. A bit disappointed that Leica Look sis still not available for the D-Lux 8, but hey give them some more time.... The Looks are available in the app 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeAtl Posted December 13, 2024 Share #6 Posted December 13, 2024 New here. How do I get the firmware to the camera? Is it automatically done through the FOTOS app? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrMi Posted December 13, 2024 Share #7 Posted December 13, 2024 Advertisement (gone after registration) 16 minutes ago, MikeAtl said: New here. How do I get the firmware to the camera? Is it automatically done through the FOTOS app? You can do it via the FOTOS app or an SD card. Instructions for the SD card upgrade are in the firmware update release notes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeAtl Posted December 13, 2024 Share #8 Posted December 13, 2024 How can it be done throgh the app? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred67 Posted December 13, 2024 Share #9 Posted December 13, 2024 6 hours ago, just3aBro said: The Looks are available in the app Can you use all the Leica looks with D-lux 8 ? I read that you cannot used all of them and cannot put them directly in the camera Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
just3aBro Posted December 13, 2024 Share #10 Posted December 13, 2024 Thats right, but you can use six leica looks in the app. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weevi Posted December 14, 2024 Share #11 Posted December 14, 2024 Bug fixes with no explanation… I was hoping for something like step zoom and no zoom reset ☹️ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domip Posted December 15, 2024 Share #12 Posted December 15, 2024 What has changed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJH Posted December 15, 2024 Share #13 Posted December 15, 2024 (edited) I've updated my M11's, Q3 and SL3 all through FOTOS but no option to do that currently available for the D-Lux 8 although it refers to that method in the release notes. Seems to be SD card only right now which is disappointing. All my other cameras came up with 'update available' in FOTOS! No option to save profiles during the update but they're all there afterwards. Edited December 15, 2024 by SJH 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prymsnap Posted December 15, 2024 Share #14 Posted December 15, 2024 At the top of my wish list is the ability to double-tap to re-center the focus point. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_luxton Posted December 15, 2024 Share #15 Posted December 15, 2024 (edited) Removed this posting as it has appeared under another as I appear to have accidentally created a second - not sure how. Will repost under my correct profile. Edited December 15, 2024 by john_luxton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhluxton Posted December 15, 2024 Share #16 Posted December 15, 2024 (edited) I have just bought a D-Lux 8 a few days ago and installed Fotos on my Sony Android phone. This evening the app showed the 1.4 Firmware to be available and I downloaded it to the phone. Connected phone and camera transfer progress bar moved about half a centimetre and there it stayed for 10 minutes. Message on phone was transferring on camera screen "downloading". It was clear nothing was happing. I decided to stop the transfer. Fortunately the camera is okay. I say this because I had a very bad experience some years ago with an X-Vario. Updating the firmware on that via the SD card method was a disaster. The camera decided to switch itself off. No it wasn't me I heeded the dire warnings about not switching off but the camera decided to go off on its own accord. Needless to say X-Vario had to go back for repairs, fortunately it was still under warranty. Not wanting a repeat of the X-Vario experience and noting that this update didn't seem to want to work using the Foto app method I am very relucant to try again less this camera suffer the same fate as the X-Vario. Also because of the problems during the X Vario update I have never updated the firmware of my M262 nor ME240 and they are still as supplied in 2016 and 2019 respectively. Only successful firmware update I did was on an X1 which was a doddle. Edited December 15, 2024 by jhluxton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJH Posted December 16, 2024 Share #17 Posted December 16, 2024 On 12/15/2024 at 10:17 PM, jhluxton said: I have just bought a D-Lux 8 a few days ago and installed Fotos on my Sony Android phone. This evening the app showed the 1.4 Firmware to be available and I downloaded it to the phone. Connected phone and camera transfer progress bar moved about half a centimetre and there it stayed for 10 minutes. Message on phone was transferring on camera screen "downloading". It was clear nothing was happing. I decided to stop the transfer. Fortunately the camera is okay. I say this because I had a very bad experience some years ago with an X-Vario. Updating the firmware on that via the SD card method was a disaster. The camera decided to switch itself off. No it wasn't me I heeded the dire warnings about not switching off but the camera decided to go off on its own accord. Needless to say X-Vario had to go back for repairs, fortunately it was still under warranty. Not wanting a repeat of the X-Vario experience and noting that this update didn't seem to want to work using the Foto app method I am very relucant to try again less this camera suffer the same fate as the X-Vario. Also because of the problems during the X Vario update I have never updated the firmware of my M262 nor ME240 and they are still as supplied in 2016 and 2019 respectively. Only successful firmware update I did was on an X1 which was a doddle. This may well be why they have appeared to pull the update from the FOTOS app, I’m on iOS and it’s not available anymore. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domip Posted December 17, 2024 Share #18 Posted December 17, 2024 Any idea what was changed or added with this firmware upgrade? 🤔 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo Kristensen Posted December 17, 2024 Share #19 Posted December 17, 2024 The update isn't showing up in the Photos app on iOS for me. When attempting to do the card method, it looks like my browser was automatically renaming the file. Once I renamed it to DLX8_140.ifu it was recognized by the camera. Now it's requiring more charge to install the update. 😅 So a little bit longer for me. 🙃 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elopezso Posted December 17, 2024 Share #20 Posted December 17, 2024 I have updated but frankly can't tell what has been changed yet. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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