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Subject: [Leica] My M8 FW Downlaod is wrong......
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:03:10 -0700
References: <007001cc31a6$44085270$cc18f750$@earthlink.net> <8DB68224-A767-41AC-B8C2-A44666C0ECA7@btinternet.com> <007c01cc31ac$e57f4180$b07dc480$@earthlink.net> <D653694B-33A2-40A3-B283-C426F625164A@frozenlight.eu>

Absolutely!

First of all, the red dot on my camera mysteriously disappeared, and 

The rear screen now has a message on it that says......

Just for you, Frank, there will be a lens selection menu.....
Dated April 1, 2012

Now for a more reasonable response....

Nothing I can find...  Nothing.

Frank Filippone
Red735i at earthlink.net


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Nathan Wajsman
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:51 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] My M8 FW Downlaod is wrong......

Have you installed the firmware update? Any change in the way the M8
behaves?

Cheers,
Nathan (looking for beta testers :-))

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA







On Jun 23, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> My suspicion is that the on board memory ( Flash) is not big enough.
> Unless they hand code the FW to pack it more densely.  Which I 
> suspect, the people in charge do not know is possible, or decide that 
> it is too expensive.
> 
> OTOH, if you have a memory card in there anyway, why not execute what 
> is basically a boot program from that storage and set parameters from
that?
> 
> I firmly believe it is possible, but the support needed to make it 
> happen is lacking.
> 
> For me, and my legacy lenses, mount conversion is not possible.
> 
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
> 


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