One lucky Leica M8 owner got his camera back from a factory repair with a surprise – firmware version 2.005. The shutter fault is one of the expected fixes. Previous posts indicated that the next Leica M8 firmware was being tested. Expect the official release very soon, maybe even next week. A new firmware for […]
Leica confirmed that a new M9 firmware will be coming “in a few days”. It seems that in addition to the improved in-camera white balance, there will be also some SD card compatibility fixes.
This is the response a LUF member got from Leica when he sent his Leica M8 for repair: “Shutter fault in C-Mode this is a bug inside the firmware and should be gone with the next firmware update. New firmware is being tested now and as soon as we have the ok, it will be available […]
I already tweeted about the Leica M9 event at B&H today. I just learned that Stefan Daniel (Product Manager of Leica M System) was also present at this event. One of the participants raised his concerns about the inaccurate in-camera white balance on the M9 and Stefan Daniel’s answer was that a new firmware that will address […]
I received a tip that the next Leica M8 firmware update will be released in early May, 2010. My understanding is that this will be the last firmware update for the M8 model – as far as I remember Stefan Daniel mention that in one of the Leica videos when the M9 was introduced last year.
The Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Leica Camera AG in Solms Franz Jung has resigned (source). ThinkTank announced a new bag that may be of interest for Leica shooters: “Created as an homage to classic photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank, we’ve created five soft-sided shoulder bags in our new Retrospective™ series. Designed for […]
This is coming from Leica UK: “We understand Panasonic has withdrawn this update due to some bugs and will start again on October 20th. Leica will then issue an update later in October. Do not use the Panasonic firmware in the Leica camera.” Source
As you probably already know, Panasonic updated the firmware version on its LX3 model to 2.0 (more info and a list of fixes available here). Leica is also currently looking into a firmware update for the Leica D-Lux 4 camera. In order to maintain Leica’s high image quality, it is necessary to incorporate Leica’s special […]
