Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There's been some very significant success with Panasonic's GH1: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/GH1-hack.shtml On 9 July 2010 14:05, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > Leica Camera said that it would be too expensive to implement after the > fact > and was only possible with the M9 due to writing the new firmware from > scratch. > > 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? > Jailbreaking M8's may become a new cottage industry. Or a lot of dead M8's > for sale for parts on eBay? > > Don't do it! Pay for a few lense to be coded ?by J. Milich or someone or > live with the feature set that's been there since the very first day. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 9 July 2010 22:49, <red735i at earthlink.net> wrote: > >> If you are looking for free program space, you could access the memory >> card.... and use that to store n,on critical code,.... like lens >> descriptors...... >> >> The downside would needing to have that code on each memory card >> >> Frank >> >> >> >> >Anybody know how much free RAM is still available in the M8(.2) for >> firmware? >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >