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

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Subject: [Leica] M8 firmware 2.005
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 23:45:33 +0930
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On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> 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?

Yes - I've hacked the firmware in various d SLRs to get features from
higher spec models.  I even got one back from service with a note
about the "interesting behaviour" of one camera from an authorised
service centre.

Marty
Replies: Reply from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] M8 firmware 2.005)
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