Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/16

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Subject: [Leica] My M8 has Arrived!
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Fri Feb 16 20:57:16 2007

Lee,

Thats what I figured.  The next question is when are they going to start 
shipping the filters.  ;-)  I ordered a couple of 39mm Heliopan IR Cut 
filters earlier this week, but will have to decide on what to request from 
Leica, when I register the M8 on line.

Gene

-------------- Original message from lkhermann <lkhermann@bresnan.net>: 
-------------- 


> At 03:40 PM 2/16/2007, you wrote: 
> >Well, after waiting for the entire morning, my M8 has arrived. The 
> >battery has been charged and the second battery is charging. I have 
> >made some test shots and everything seems to be working. Yeah! No 
> >battery or charger problems as experienced by a couple of others 
> >here. I am just doing JPGs for now untill I figure it all out. I 
> >will shift over to DNG later. I used Auto WB and so far the WB is 
> >working correctly, but this will need some more testing. The 
> >firmware is 1.09, I had thought it would be 1.10 as some of the 
> >paperwork mentions the 1.10 edition. I guess I will have to 
> >download the newer firmware later, if it is available yet. Will be 
> >test shooting this weekend and will post some pics as I get them 
> >loaded into the computer. It is snowing right now, so no outdoor 
> >shooting until tomorrow. More later... 
> > 
> >Gene 
> 
> Gene, 
> Congratulations! I believe that the 1.10 firmware will 
> become available when the filters are in place. 
> Lee 
> 
> 
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