Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/02

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Subject: [Leica] Down Loading M8 firm ware update.
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Sat Feb 2 09:58:15 2008

Hi Howard,

Glad to see your firmware update went well, I also installed it yesterday 
and it works like a champ.  Sorry to hear you are still freezing.  We are 
experiencing a heat wave here in Iowa, we are currently at 27F and are 
expected to hit 37F, or so they tell us.  ;-)  However it is snowing today 
so we are getting a new blanket of white.  ;-)

Cheers,
Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Howard Cummer <cummer@netvigator.com>
>
> 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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