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Leica M8 tethered support

paul schefz
spoke with Leica USA today and they told me something very interesting....that the leica capture software (which comes with the camera) was actually written by phase! seems strange to me...the M8 ships with a version of C1, wouldn't it be easier to just support tethered shooting within C1 instead of writing some stand alone software? either way, Leica told me to contact phase about my problem, which is: the leica capture software crashes on startup in 10.5.....can someone shine a light on this? will there be an upgrade to the software or will tethered support for the M8 simply be written in future C1 updates?
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  • Ulf Liljegren
    Hello

    The Capture One LE that comes with a Leica is the very same as you can download from Phase One website. This is correct.

    However the stand-alone software to handle tethered is not a Phase One product. If it was, as you say, it would be simply easier just to use Capture One instead of developing a new software. But as it is this is not the case.
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  • paul schefz
    thanks ulf....that is what i thought...but *DELETED" at leica NJ told me that phase wrote the capture software (supplied on an extra disc : leica digital capture 1.0) for leica....is he wrong? from what you are saying he is.....i just want to get this to work....
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  • Ulf Liljegren
    Well since I do not like to point fingers so I deleted the name in your post.

    In this case I am sorry to say that he is. I do not know who has developed the program you are referring to if it is not Leica them self. What I do know is that it was not developed by Phase One.
    However then Capture One LE that comes with is the same that you can download from our website and a product key is provided with each M8 camera under an OEM agreement between our two companies.
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  • paul schefz
    thanks ulf...sorry i made you edit my post:)....i own several copies of C1 and it just did not make any sense to me why phase wouldn't just write in tethered support fo r the M8 into C1 instead of writing a standalone software...i guess i will go back to leica with this....
    do you know if tethered support of the M8 is something that might happen for 4.0? i do have the pro version...
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