Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If he tells you, he has to kill you!!! Most info are on the Stefan interview and other forum. On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Leo Wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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. ]