M9Tether 1.6 released

[Edit: Leica responded to my initial inquiry about the problem on Windows Vista, where the camera refuses to change the Format setting (JPG / DNG + JPG etc.) through WPD/PTP. The promise was to try to get me in touch with one of their engineers or firmware developers, so now I'm waiting patiently, hoping to hear back from them...]

Version 1.6 contains some new options and a few improvements.


Restore option

There's now the option to restore the camera's startup settings when you close the program, provided the camera is still connected. It prevents mishaps when you take your camera out and didn't check the settings after use of M9Tether.

If you do want to change settings on the camera more permanently, without turning off the restore option, click the small button next to the 'About...' button. It becomes available as soon as settings do not match the initial startup settings of the camera anymore. By clicking on it, you create a new restore set, based on the current settings.

If you turn off the camera or disconnect it before you close the software, nothing will be restored.


Exposure bracketing

Since the option to turn 'Exposure bracketing' on or off on the camera can't be implemented, I decided that a software version would also do. It's called 'Software exposure bracketing'. It allows for more photos than just three. After switching on the option, use the button that appears to the right (behind the option) to change the settings.

Don't use the software option when the camera's exposure bracketing is set to 'on'. You might end up with 3 times as many photos. The software bracketing is quite slow, since every photo has to be written to the SD card first, and it doesn't work together with 'Timed shooting'.


Miscellaneous

Positions of the main window and the JPG viewer are now remembered after closing, including the size of the JPG viewer.

And also new: the JPG viewer will now 'keep' all the photos within one session. You can navigate through them with the buttons that appear when you move your mouse to the bottom of the viewer.

The problem with those buttons in the JPG viewer, I thought I had solved in 1.5a, returned, so I spent some quality time figuring out what went wrong. It's fixed more permanently in this new release.

See http://www.mymymyohmy.com/software/m9tether.html for the details and download.