Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Sorry to hear you have problems with your very own M8.
Firmware 2.005 up--M8
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Sorry to hear you have problems with your very own M8.
Bobfrance
Over Exposed
Well at least it seems to be giving some people pleasure.
Never mind, I was happy with the M8 before and I'm still happy with it now.
ampguy
Veteran
I like the new face recognition AF feature!
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Menu driven lens coding would have been nice!
Oh well ... it all still works and that's what matters!
😀
Oh well ... it all still works and that's what matters!
😀
MCTuomey
Veteran
Avotius
Some guy
My friends brothers cousins acupuncturist installed this and all it says on the LCD is "The new M9, its grrrreat!"
Ben Z
Veteran
I can't wait for the inevitable reports that high-ISO noise is improved 😛
kalex
Established
ramosa
B&W
this update is phenomenal. when i started the update, i had a 50 cron on my M8. now, with the update completed, it's a 50 lux.
(i'm only partly joking as the latter lense arrived in the mail today.)
(i'm only partly joking as the latter lense arrived in the mail today.)
MCTuomey
Veteran
post hoc, ergo propter hoc?
(i've completed the update, now expecting something nice in my mailbox too. c'mon leica, you know you want to ... )
pachuco
El ****
I'm running to my mail box now! 😀
FWIW - The new firmware did not F anything up so I consider this a success.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
pachuco
El ****
Haha! Ain't that the truth!
As a side note, I've been thinking about picking up one of those Om-1 cameras you seem to like so much. Will this GAS never end?
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
OM 'gas' is is pretty low impact financially ... provided you can stop at one of course! 😛
popeye
Established
"All your M9's are belong to us"
That what my LCD displayed after reading this thread. I'm approaching this like the internets suggests: Wait and read/wade thru all the complaints in the comments of (insert techblog here) and wait for v.2...
jarski
Veteran
so now online community should continue from where Leica stopped!! my Mac though is pretty lost of what firmware binary is about:
Code:
> file m8-2_005.upd
m8-2_005.upd: doom patch PWAD data containing 8 lumps😀
InkWalk
Newbie
usayit
Well-known
Sure... but I wouldn't touch it (at least my m8 wouldn't). Firmware is one of those things that many engineers would say 80% test 20% development time for good reason. A bug could result repair and we all know how much Leica repairs can cost. Who would be willing be the guinea pig? Its not like software which can placed in a test bed and debugged relatively easily.
file command only examines the magic number. I wouldn't expect it to know anything about a file containing bits to firmware of some arbitrary piece of hardware.
I'm happy with the M8 as is although the extra features would have been nice (but I understand the effort involved so I didn't have expectations). In the software industry, often you'd have to pay for even updates for bug fixes.
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tmfabian
I met a man once...
pachuco
El ****
In your hands I would believe it!