Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/09

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Subject: [Leica] M8 firmware 2.005
From: dmorton at gmail.com (David Morton)
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 14:19:38 +0100
References: <22043009.1278679767699.JavaMail.root@elwamui-polski.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <AANLkTil6sBPCE_wYu5zs_QqE-uKxRa4pej496iXlhFXe@mail.gmail.com>

There's been some very significant success with Panasonic's GH1:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/GH1-hack.shtml


On 9 July 2010 14:05, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:
> Leica Camera said that it would be too expensive to implement after the 
> fact
> and was only possible with the M9 due to writing the new firmware from
> scratch.
>
> Is there any reported success with anyone ever making this kind of change 
> to
> a camera's firmware? Not just unlocking a feature but adding capabilities
> that never existed in the design?
> Jailbreaking M8's may become a new cottage industry. Or a lot of dead M8's
> for sale for parts on eBay?
>
> Don't do it! Pay for a few lense to be coded ?by J. Milich or someone or
> live with the feature set that's been there since the very first day.
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
> On 9 July 2010 22:49, <red735i at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> If you are looking for free program space, you could access the memory
>> card.... and use that to store n,on critical code,.... like lens
>> descriptors......
>>
>> The downside would needing to have that code on each memory card
>>
>> Frank
>>
>>
>>
>> >Anybody know how much free RAM is still available in the M8(.2) for
>> firmware?
>> >
>>
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In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (red735i at earthlink.net) ([Leica] M8 firmware 2.005)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] M8 firmware 2.005)