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As I reported recently in my articleThoughts on Medium Format Cameras, Leica was about to introduce new firmware for the Leica S2. They showed a beta version of the firmware at Photokina in September.  The new firmware isnow available.
There are a number of improvements. Some of the key ones are as follows:
- Longer exposure times.
- Reduced size of RAW files which allows more shots per card.
- Much faster file transfer for tethered shooting.
- One can now set the shadow and highlight values at which clipping is shown in the display. 
- The rear AE/AF button now has many  more options for programming.
- The 4 main buttons around the display also have more options for programming.
- AF performance has been further refined.
- The new histogram in review mode is now by far the best of any camera I have ever seen.  It is much larger than before and occupies almost the entire bottom area of the rear screen. It is much easier to read than before.  More importantly, ...

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