[Leica] Firmware upgrade for M8

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

Hi Mark,
I believe the low end for the M8 is 160.
Bob

?Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
rgacpa@yahoo.com
http://www.raflexions.com 



----- Original Message ----
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>
To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Firmware upgrade for M8

The top range of the nikon auto ISO setting with both my D40x and D200x is
1600.? It does not get into the two stops higher modes you can use over
that. They give it names instead of numbers but it's 3200 or 6400 I would
think. 

You can set the high end lower while setting up the auto ISO and I do set it
at 800 for some occasions involving work as the 1600 can show noise if the
shot is lightened later.
Geoff, the range between 100 and 640 I can't imagine not being very useful.
Its less than a half stop less than what I'm used to.

The end result is you only end up using as high an ISO as you need for any
shot you shoot.? 

Amazing the amount of shooting you can do at 100 where? you might easily
have it all set at 400, 800, 1600 otherwise.

You are not just guessing high for a group of shots or entire shoot.



mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:18:16 +1000
> To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Firmware upgrade for M8
> 
> Hi Steve. I'm a supporter of the M8 as you know and I think that a number 
> of
> the upgrades are very sensible and desirable. Leica clearly needed to work
> with what was possible too, within the current hardware constraints.
> The auto ISO was requested by some I know. To me that doesn't seem very
> useful without a significant improvement in noise performance above 640 
> ISO.
> Perhaps we'll see some firmware change to improve that area.
> 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Firmware upgrade for M8
> 
> 
> On Sep 16, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Steve Unsworth wrote:
> 
>> Details of the upgrades and their costs here...
>> 
>> <http://en.leica-camera.com/service/service_and_repair/m8upgrade/>
>> 
>> 
>> According to people in the know on the LUF it appears that the next
>> firmware
>> release will include SDHC support.
> 
> and apparantly an auto ISO feature,
> 
> Steve
> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> 
>> On 16/9/08 00:23, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>> 
>>> Leica in their releases mention that the M8 will be able to have
>>> the new
>>> frame-lines fitted and the new shutter. It's unclear if that means
>>> having
>>> der neue Schnappschussmodus! I'm guessing not. But the dial in EV
>>> compensation and the auto ISO will be the big question marks for
>>> any new
>>> firmware. I suspect that we'll need to buy the new camera if we
>>> really lust
>>> after those.
> 
> 
> 
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