Firmware 2.2.3

[lct]

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36 minutes ago, hdmesa said:

Some of these folks that have never had issues with new firmware need to be picking lottery numbers for the rest of us.

Must be the same color blind that cannot see the so-called magenta cast of the M11. Too bad i don't play lottery for myself i would have been glad to play for you 😄

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16 hours ago, thierry40 said:

but did not ask me to reset, unless it did automatically ? 

The camera will not ask you or do it automatically.  It is part of the instructions that are in the FW Release Notes.

[DadDadDaddyo]

8 hours ago, hdmesa said:

for me when it automatically restarted it looked like it didn't because it reverts to the live view being off with no menus showing on the rear screen. So I just hit the LV button and the back screen came on – it had restarted.

I'll remember that and try it next time - Thanks!

[sandro]

12 hours ago, hdmesa said:

 

Don't know if it was the case with you both, but for me when it automatically restarted it looked like it didn't because it reverts to the live view being off with no menus showing on the rear screen. So I just hit the LV button and the back screen came on – it had restarted.

Perhaps I had the same, I am not sure if I tried to look for the LV. I usually have LV switched off but I will try to remember to turn it on next time, before a firmware update.

Lex

[hdmesa]

1 hour ago, sandro said:

Perhaps I had the same, I am not sure if I tried to look for the LV. I usually have LV switched off but I will try to remember to turn it on next time, before a firmware update.

Lex

Well it could also be the firmware update turns LV off when it’s done, I’m not sure. Pressing LV after the update or half shutter press and seeing if the red LEDs in the rangefinder are on — either will reveal the on/off state.

[kiwidad]

22 hours ago, lct said:

Must be the same color blind that cannot see the so-called magenta cast of the M11. Too bad i don't play lottery for myself i would have been glad to play for you 😄

OR your eyes are crooked lol? And given that we all don't view an image in a color controlled environment its entirely true many don't  see your cast!

FYI I have a warm eye and a cold eye - they both have a different cast so I have no idea what true white is supposed to look like!

In all the M11's in the world 11 people speak up here... maybe you have backwards? I did experience my first firmware issue recently and that turned out to be a RTFM error!

 

[Derbyshire Man]

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Is it me or is this the first unified set of firmware? I’m used to having a different file for M11M/P/D.

[lct]

There are 4 different files apparently:
LEICA_M11_2.2.3.FW
LEICA_M11-D_2.2.3.FW
LEICA_M11-M_2.2.3.FW
LEICA_M11-P_2.2.3.FW

[jakontil]

nowadays, just worried things go south after updating one, but it’s flawless.. my m11 glossy hasnt been able to stick with 5Ghz wifi band.. then i got the milan italy version, right out the box is 5Ghz 

I felt relief after updating the 2.2.3 and saw it’s still 5Ghz

[Ne314satel]

20 hours ago, jakontil said:

I felt relief after updating the 2.2.3 and saw it’s still 5Ghz

Just in case - 5 GHz range 5-7 meters. If you are shooting remotely with a camera, it is better to turn on the 2.4Ghz, the signal and range are much better.

[LeicaGuyUK]

2.2.1 will remain on my M11 for now, really can’t be dealing with pushy power saving rubbish, I just want a camera to take pictures not give me environmental lectures… Who knows one day my M11 might be worth more not having been updated beyond this version, a bit like the modded play station 3’s with CFW 4.92

[Derbyshire Man]

Personally I’d like my battery to last as long as possible. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t all be wearing tin foil hats. Damn EU and their straight bananas 🍌🤣

[RMF]

Just updated to v2.2.3 for both an M11 and an M11-D via Fotos without any issues; reset the camera on both (the M11-D held the focus button & function button down for the 30sec count). Not sure if this FW update fixes any unknown/undocumented/unforeseen bugs 😀 that existed but nonetheless I just forged ahead. If this FW helps with battery longevity or perhaps a slightly quicker startup time from sleep (I think that was mentioned in this thread or another), then it’s well worth it as it went well. Have no fear, onward and upward 😃

 

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Edited May 26 by RMF

[M11 for me]

Am 21.5.2025 um 16:53 schrieb colonel:

well I kept 2.2.1 which doesn't have EU committee rubbish, so perhaps I will wait until something extra is added or fixed.

When 4 TWh can be saved per year only in the EU then that makes great sense, I think.

 

[geotrupede]

all good with 2.2.3 but the suspect/  sensation that waking up takes a little longer, or that the sound of the open shutter is sooner whilst the shutter is operable as before, the feeling is that once it opens it takes some more to click... total time, not sure it is more.

G/

 

[hongseng]

M11 firmware 2.2.2 update, there is still no improvement in 6bit automatic identification problems of Leica old Lens:

 

(1)28/2.8 V3 and 90/2 pre-A, 6bit identification window, facing a screw, so that these two lenses are dynamic recognized as 90/2.8, and it cannot be manually re-selected, or the automatic recognition function cannot be turned off manually.

 

(2) Elmar 5cm / 3.5cm f3.5 must be connected to the cut away L39-M adapter, and the infinite lock will not get stuck. However, the L39-M adapter with cut away, the 6bit identification window will be exposed, and the M11 will display "no lens", and Don't let you manually reselect or close it.

 

After M11 updated the firmware 2.2.3, in addition to the above problems not being solved, it is even worse. The Elmar 5cm / 3.5cm f3.5 with  the cut away L39-M adapter, the viewing window or screen of the M11 is completely black, showing "no lens", unable to take photos, occasionally jump back to the set lens, which seems to return to normal. When you pick it up and want to take a picture, M11 change back to the all-black screen, "no lens", can't take photos. But it is normal when I switch to other M lenses, and there is no problem.

 

This is Leica M11 that has been released for three years!

Edited June 2 by hongseng

[lct]

Welcome to the forum In case you're asking some questions, please find a couple comments for helping purpose below.

(1)28/2.8 V3 and 90/2 pre-A, 6bit identification window, facing a screw, so that these two lenses are dynamic recognized as 90/2.8, and it cannot be manually re-selected, or the automatic recognition function cannot be turned off manually.

Just lenses with a screw head in the way of the 6-bit sensor. I had several lenses like that. Only solution is to have the lens coded or to pen code them if you're keen to that. I dare not show you the ugly way i butchered some of my favorite lenses this way but it works. Further comments will follow if you are interested.

[jaapv]

2 hours ago, hongseng said:

M11 firmware 2.2.2 update, there is still no improvement in 6bit automatic identification problems of Leica old Lens:

 

(1)28/2.8 V3 and 90/2 pre-A, 6bit identification window, facing a screw, so that these two lenses are dynamic recognized as 90/2.8, and it cannot be manually re-selected, or the automatic recognition function cannot be turned off manually.

 

(2) Elmar 5cm / 3.5cm f3.5 must be connected to the cut away L39-M adapter, and the infinite lock will not get stuck. However, the L39-M adapter with cut away, the 6bit identification window will be exposed, and the M11 will display "no lens", and Don't let you manually reselect or close it.

 

After M11 updated the firmware 2.2.3, in addition to the above problems not being solved, it is even worse. The Elmar 5cm / 3.5cm f3.5 with  the cut away L39-M adapter, the viewing window or screen of the M11 is completely black, showing "no lens", unable to take photos, occasionally jump back to the set lens, which seems to return to normal. When you pick it up and want to take a picture, M11 change back to the all-black screen, "no lens", can't take photos. But it is normal when I switch to other M lenses, and there is no problem.

 

This is Leica M11 that has been released for three years!

These problems date back to 2006 with the M8 and cannot - will never- be solved, certainly not in firmware. However it often works to cover the screw in white paint.
Cut-away adapters cannot be used with 6-bit lens recognition due to false light entering the 6-bit sensor and are obsolete. For instance Voigtländer offers adapters without cutout. 

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[lct]

2 hours ago, hongseng said:

(2) Elmar 5cm / 3.5cm f3.5 must be connected to the cut away L39-M adapter, and the infinite lock will not get stuck. However, the L39-M adapter with cut away, the 6bit identification window will be exposed, and the M11 will display "no lens", and Don't let you manually reselect or close it.

I use a coded Kipon 35/135 adapter with my Elmar 35/3.5. Great to use those old lenses (my copy is from 1948) on the M11. The lens is recognized as a Summarit 35/2.4 because i coded the adapter this way. It is easy to code it otherwise if needed. Just a matter of painting coding pits differently. My LTM Summicron 35/2 v1 is coded as 35/2 pre-asph with another copy of the same adapter. Same for my LTM Summicron 50/2 v1. No problem whatsoever. I would just avoid such adapters on LTM 90mm lenses as there are sample variations between them.

Edit: Nothing to do with firmware 2.2.3 all that.

Edited June 2 by lct

[hongseng]

On 6/3/2025 at 1:44 AM, lct said:

I use a coded Kipon 35/135 adapter with my Elmar 35/3.5. Great to use those old lenses (my copy is from 1948) on the M11. The lens is recognized as a Summarit 35/2.4 because i coded the adapter this way. It is easy to code it otherwise if needed. Just a matter of painting coding pits differently. My LTM Summicron 35/2 v1 is coded as 35/2 pre-asph with another copy of the same adapter. Same for my LTM Summicron 50/2 v1. No problem whatsoever. I would just avoid such adapters on LTM 90mm lenses as there are sample variations between them.

Edit: Nothing to do with firmware 2.2.3 all that.

Find a temporary solution under firmware 2.2.3, from the main menu of M11 - camera settings - dust protection, and turn it off. In this way, when the M11 detects that there is no lens, the shutter curtain will not be closed.

 

Turn off the dust protection function, and the Elmar 5cm with the cut away L39-M adapter can really take photos. Although the manual setting of the lens 50/2.8 is recorded as the wrong 50/0, at least it can take photos.