[Leica] New Stefan Daniel question and answer session

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

If I remember correctly, the M8 captures?14bit from the sensor but writes 8 
bit to the card. As Geoff implied, this may be a?"wait for write" time 
issue, which I, for one, would like the option (via menu?) to have.
?Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.raflexions.com 




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From: Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Mon, November 16, 2009 2:52:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] New Stefan Daniel question and answer session

Bob has a good set of ideas.... especially since these are probably all
SW/FW issues, and could be addressed easily, but charged for....

Lens selection... even if Stefan said it was impossible, or whatever.... I
still want it.
Auto exposure bracketing... Pretty trivial but requires FW changes......
Easier Exposure compensation setting.... Ditto FW.....
14 bit files? Not so sure, but it should be pretty possible... it may even
have been built in, then taken out/truncated? for some marketing reason.....

FW is expensive to write, and maybe Leica does or does not have the
expertise to do it.... but if they could charge a few hundred bucks for
these kinds of overall improvements, I think it could pay for itself.....
The algorithms are already written ( M9), all they need to do is recompile
the code with the M8 in mind.

And it would be easy to do.. pay a fee, download the code, install....? all
at home.....

Frank Filippone
red735i at earthlink.net

Lens selection
No IR filter required
Auto exposure bracketing
Easier Exposure compensation setting
New M9 Shutter release?features (I forget exactly what it is, but something
to do with a half press...)
14 bit files
mation



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