Leica has come forth today to announce that a new firmware update is available for their M8 and M8.2 rangefinders. Don't expect to find any killer features coming this time as the only major improvement Leica lists with the firmware update is its ability to fix the camera's 'Shutter Fault' which commonly occurs during the ...

Recently, Leica launched a new firmware update for the M8 and M8.2 rangefinder cameras and it's called Version 2.005. The update was created to fix a glitch known as "Shutter fault". This problem began to occur when the M8 cameras were used in C-Mode (Continuous) shooting or capturing images in S-Mode (Single). ...

If you just so happen to own one of Leica's M8 or M8.2 cameras you are in luck as they have recentely released an update to the firmware, bumping it up to version 2.002. Below are the changes and bug fixes found in the update: New functions Detection of 6-bit coding for new M lenses The 6-bit coding and ...