New M9 Firmware

[tokyoshooter]

Just a heads-up to let you know that the new M9 firmware is now online:

http://us.leica-camera.com/photograp...ad-163_10.html

The list of improvements is the following:

1. Camera Performance:
• Improved compatibility of SDHC cards. Nevertheless, we recommend our customers the “Extreme III” cards from the leading brand “SanDisk”.
• Improved Auto White Balance in conditions with power saving lamps and tungsten light.
Notice: The choice of SD and SDHC cards in the market is already very big and is constantly growing. Therefore, Leica Camera AG is not able to do comprehensive compatibility- and quality testing with all available cards in the market. We recommend leading brands such as “SanDisk”. Using other card types, will not damage camera or card, but as especially “no name” cards do not respect the full SD or SDHC standards, Leica Camera AG cannot warranty full function with those cards.
2. Bug fixes:
• Saving user profiles has been improved (changing from one profile to another did sometimes cause problems)
• Time display in “American” format corrected. • Auto power off bug fixed (camera did turn off automatically while using the Play Mode or scrolling through the menu).

 

[ederek]

Thanks tokyoshooter. The whitebalance improvements will be nice, though I'll miss that "green glow" at times ~😉.

Was hoping Leica would add the shutter speed to viewfinder display in Manual mode, maybe next time...

 

[arnulf]

I just updated. The white balance improvement is very welcome for me. Works much better in tungsten light. That auto power off bug was also really annoying.

 

[35mmdelux]

already?.....[Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters.]

 

[tokyoshooter]

Does anyone else notice that the camera seems to under-expose slightly versus the previous firmware? I think I am noticing a -0,3 exposure with a 35mm Summilux Asph compared to what I was getting with the previous firmware. I notice this in indoor shots.

I may be wrong though and this could be the result of Leica playing tricks with my mind.😀

 

[thompsonks]

This is one of the firmware updates that erases your user profiles (some f the others didn't). Check before you start shooting again!

Kirk

 

[Ken Shipman]

This is one of the firmware updates that erases your user profiles (some f the others didn't). Check before you start shooting again!

Arrgh...discovered that after I updated this morning. Hate when they do that.

 

[GrahamWelland]

You should also be aware that the upgrade/settngs reset will also reset the file number too. I recommend that you make sure that you don't use the reset file numbers by putting in your most recently used card and shoot an image (which will cause the camera to adopt the old highest file number +1). Once you've done that you'll be good to go without the risk of creating new files that will have the same names as old files.

 

[bottley1]

Great! My lovely new 8GB Samsung SDHC Grade 6 cards work a treat now!