[Leica] Down Loading M8 firm ware update.

[vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)]

Howard

Fantastic to hear that it all worked first time.

My M8 is still in the mail.  I was hoping that it would arrive 
yesterday, as we were in a winter storm and I could have spent the time 
inside playing with the camera.  But no such luck - maybe this coming week.

....Vick

Howard Cummer wrote:
> Hi Luggers,
> I have been following with trepidation the reports on the Leica Forum 
> about a few M8's suffering SDS when installing the latest firmware 
> 1.201. Given my history with 8's I was concerned that lightning might 
> strike again. :-( Following advice on how to avoid SDS I completely 
> charged a fresh battery, installed it, formatted an SD card, took a 
> deep breath and downloaded the update. It transferred easily to the SD 
> card in the card reader and I popped the card into the camera with 
> fresh battery and closed the bottom cover. I turned the camera on and 
> waited the mandatory 3 SECONDS - not two seconds and not four seconds 
> - and confirmed that I wanted to update the firmware. Guess what? It 
> installed (slowly) but correctly and checking the AWB - there is a 
> definite improvement in colour rendition and accuracy. No other 
> digital camera gives me such palpitations but I still love its results.
> Howard (still freezing in Hong Kong - so much for global warming)
>
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