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I’m typically better about keeping up with firmware updates but slacked as of recent. 
 

My M11P was not updated to 2.2.1 and I am not updating to 2.2.3 (latest). 
 

Do I need to go back and still update 2.2.1 or will each firmware update completely catch me up?

 

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I don't think each update will completely catch you up, that would mean each firmware update gets larger since it would have to include previous updates as well. But perhaps I think to simple about this.

I bought my M11 about two months ago and since then updated it. My M11 had firmware previous to 2.2.1, so I updated that right away and the two next updates since then.

Lex

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3 hours ago, lct said:

Which firmware do you prefer?

I don’t know. 🤷 lol 

just want the cameras to be updated. 

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3 hours ago, sandro said:

I don't think each update will completely catch you up, that would mean each firmware update gets larger since it would have to include previous updates as well. But perhaps I think to simple about this.

I bought my M11 about two months ago and since then updated it. My M11 had firmware previous to 2.2.1, so I updated that right away and the two next updates since then.

Lex

Appreciate the feedback but I want a definitive confirmation. 

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20 minutes ago, dkmoore said:

I don’t know. 🤷 lol 

just want the cameras to be updated. 

Just trying to understand. You don't want firmware 2.2.3, so do you want to update to 2.2.2?

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13 minutes ago, lct said:

Just trying to understand. You don't want firmware 2.2.3, so do you want to update to 2.2.2?

Sorry. I want the camera to be fully updated, with all firmware that has been released. I have not updated for the past 2-3 firmwares. 
 

Do I need to update each of them or can I just update the latest and I’ll get them all?

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1 hour ago, dkmoore said:

Sorry. I want the camera to be fully updated, with all firmware that has been released. I have not updated for the past 2-3 firmwares. 
 

Do I need to update each of them or can I just update the latest and I’ll get them all?

Firmware updates in general are rarely additive. That is harder for a vendor to control.  Your camera is not running a general purpose OS where each update changes this or that application.  Updates are all or nothing.  What ever version you install replaces whatever was there.  A typical update process is something like

- download new code into memory
- verify download
- erase existing firmware from non-volatile memory
- install firmware into non-volatile memory
- verify the newly installed firmware matches what was downloaded
- reset the device

Thus the various warnings about full batteries and not turning off the camera mid update.  The code that handles the erase and install of the non-volatile memory often lives on a Read Only Memory chip.

All that said, I can not give you a 100 % guarantee that this is how Leica does it.  But it probably is. 

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I can't answer for the M11 specifically, but on previous Leicas I have certainly skipped firmware issues in the past and then updated with just the latest version - not the intermediate versions.

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7 hours ago, dkmoore said:

I want the camera to be fully updated, with all firmware that has been released.

Just load the latest FW, it will include all previous updates updated.

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