New Firmware 1.162 for M9 released!

[wolfB]

Check download section @ leica-camera.com.

 

[kully]

After all that excitement a while ago when there were asking for testers... this is not so exciting

 

[braver]

Nice, great example of user-base interaction and reaping the benefits.

 

[Keith]

Will this work in my Nikon ... maybe a little extra glow? :angel:

 

[jamato8]

Thanks for posting. Now off to update.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Will this work in my Nikon ... maybe a little extra glow? :angel:

Et tu, Brutus? Et tu?

 

[jamato8]

So will the improvement in the Italian translation finally get me back to my roots? I always wanted to learn Italian even though my Grandfather came from Sicily, which I think speaks Italian. My Italian friends from Italy tell me I am not really an italian if my Grandfather came from Sicily but one can hope. :^)

I don't remember updating the firmware on my M9 before. I was sure I had but I don't remember the way it looks. I like that Canon says to not touch anything once the update starts. As soon as I put the card in and the bottom on it asked if I wanted to update. Maybe it was updated when I had the M9 repaired for a bad sensor late last summer.

I get 7 shots in a row now. I thought I got less before. They seem to get through the buffer faster. Is the right or has it always been 7?

 

[jsrockit]

So, what are the advantages?

 

[Sonnar Brian]

The release notes look like "Bug Fixes" that address "Bugs" in the firmware. They don't state what the issues were.

George Lucas fans will have a hard time moving from release 1.138.

 

[jsrockit]

Have you tried it Brian? Any difference you can see? I'm at work and can't try it for another 10 hours or so.

 

[user237428934]

German update notice says they implemented new color calibration for wide angle lenses to reduce color shifts between center and edge of the photo.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Have you tried it Brian? Any difference you can see? I'm at work and can't try it for another 10 hours or so.

No- not yet. I have the Philosophy of letting others try it first if it is not reversible. I waited 18 months to get an M9, let others get cut on the "bleeding edge".

 

[abumac]

Zeiss 18 as 2.8/21 pre and also CV15 as 2.8/21 pre gives great but really great pics. No color-shift.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

nice! This makes me re-think having a CV15.

 

[jsrockit]

nice! This makes me re-think having a CV15.

Haha, me too. Damn, we seem to be into a lot of the same gear.

 

[abumac]

Zeiss 18 as 2.8/21 pre @5.6 dng out of the box only "auto" on LR

 

[abumac]

CV15 as 2.8/21 pre @5.6

 

[abumac]

And a bonus with CV15 which shows that in 99% of pics there shouldn't be any problem at all.

 

[jamato8]

So has anyone else noticed an increase in the number of images that can be shot at one time?

 

[Phil_F_NM]

Super Angulon f/3.4 still gives the red edge but I didn't expect that would be fixed. I have it coded as an Elmarit 21mm. Always have. Interesting that the 15mm exhibits less red fringing now. Back when I had a CV 15mm, it was worse than my 21mm SA.
I'm gonna have to reprofile the negative mask I use for 21mm color shots now just in case there was an effect of the firmware update on the vignetting.

Phil Forrest