Leica announces X-1 firmware update

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1103/11032806leicax1firmware.asp

"The new X1 firmware offers the following features and benefits:

• Improved manual focusing, with the focus screen showing the image based on an open aperture

• More accurate manual focusing with finer steps, when scrolling slowly with the click wheel

• Two manual focusing speeds for more accurate and faster manual focus operation

• Manual focusing lock now available

• Enlarged manual focusing scale display

• Depth of field scale displayed in manual focusing mode

• Manual focus settings retained in memory when camera is switched off

• Improved autofocus speed in low light conditions and with low contrast subjects, in particular when shooting multiple images of the same subject

• ISO setting displayed in Auto ISO mode

• Improved JPEG image quality"