Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How do you know all this?!? Leo Wesson photographer?videographer leo at leowesson.com 817?733?9157 On Mar 15, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, the electronics still came from Jenoptik who wrote the new > firmware > again. > They used two DSPs instead of one. Keep in mind that there is a lot > more > data to handle and also the M9 was a lower risk project done while > the S2 > was occupying their resources. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 16 March 2010 09:53, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > >> If I remember correctly, it uses two of the same CPU as in the M8. >> >> One question at launch was how it doesn't use the Maestro CPU as in >> the S2 >> and the answer was that using the same M8 CPU would simplify >> writing of the >> firmware. >> >> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net >>> wrote: >> >>> I do not own an M9... I have an M8... so please excuse the basic >>> question.... >>> >>> Does the M9 have a dual processor? Is this different to the M8 >>> guts? >>> Is the processor different from the M8 processor? >>> >>> Thanks.... >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> red735i at earthlink.net >>> >>> The smooth zooming is great. All this means is that the dual CPU >>> does >> have >>> enough power to handle the data processing needs, just that the >>> prior >>> firmware wasn't optimized. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < >> http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> >> // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> >> // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> replies in your msgs. ] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information