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| Leica M8 Firmware Update |
Leica have today announced a new firmware updates for the Leica M8 digital camera. Six items
have been addressed with more to come in April. The items covered are for the review mode,
clipping function, colour rendition, auto review, text adjustments and other internal proceedures.-- In Review mode the bar above the image is black and now includes displays for the shutter and ISO speeds as well as the image number. -- The clipping function is now accessible directly in Auto Review mode, i.e. without having to press the INFO button first. -- The color rendition with Adobe Camera Raw was improved. -- If Auto Review and Histogram are both selected in the menu, this is now indicated as „Hold/Histogr.“. -- The word „disabled“ has been replaced by „off“ -- Numerous internal procedures were improved and so-called bug-fixes implemented Leica have also posted additional notes: -- When updating from 1.09 to 1.092, the camera asks whether the user wishes to update to version 1.91 (meaning 1.092). This is not an error. After updating, the menu will display the correct figure „1.092“. -- Leica recommend not to "downdate", e. g. from 1.092 to 1.09, since this may lead to occasional dropouts. -- The planned adaptation for the use of the special UV/IR filters has not yet been included in the firmware 1.092. It will be included in the upcoming version 1.10, which we expect to make available by the middle of April 2007 on the Leica homepage. The firmware update can be downloaded from the following address: http://www.leica-camera.us/service/downloads/software-_firmwareupdates/m8/index.html |
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