Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks David, I think I'm on 1.1 till then cheers On 10/12/2006, at 3:25, David Young wrote: > Bob Shaw wrote: > >> All: >> >> Seems to me they told David while he was in Solms that 1.3 "could" be >> out by Christmas. I got that impression from Ralph Haganauer as >> well, >> during the Seattle area "Leica Akademie"last month. >> >> David: Do you recall, and is that date still good in your opinion? >> >> Bob > > Alistair, Eric, Bob, et al: > > I don't know if that date is still good... we're getting quite > close to Christmas, and nothing yet. > > The problem, as I understand it, is as follows: > > When v1.2 was released, Imacon (who build the DMR for Leica) > provided the update to Leica, saying it was fine. However, there > were serious colour cast problems with it and the firmware was > withdrawn in less than 24 hours. It was fixed, and later released > to become a big improvement over v1.1. > > Imacon provided Leica with v1.3, in early September, and it was > released to a few testers, to see if the bugs were fully out of it. > After all, Leica did not wish a repeat of the v1.2 fiasco. In > particular, a scandal of that type, immediately prior to the > release of the M8 would be disastrous! > > I've been told by both Tony Rose and Stephen Gandy that they know > one of the testers... and v1.3 is said to be "a big improvement", > although in just what ways, I am unsure. > > The actual release date was to depend on [a] what bugs the testers > found and [b] how long it took Imacon to fix them. "Before the > end of the year" was the official line, but they stressed that > because of [a] and [b] nothing was cast in stone. It could be > early in the New Year ... or even a wee bit later. > > The good news, is that it really is coming! > > Sorry for the long delay in answering, but I've received almost no > mail from the LUG for 3 days... and then, this morning, hundreds of > posts arrived "en masse". Bulk delete was the order of the day, > but I scanned for interesting subjects, and found your posts, > before doing so. > > Cheers! > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA > > Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ > Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information