FIRMWARE CHANGELOG

Here are all the changes we’ve made in the latest Firmware versions:

  • 2024-02-20 A3.3.0 B3.3.0 C3.3.1
    • [Fixed] Firmware A did not update properly
  • 2024-02-19 A3.3.0 B3.3.0 C3.3.0
    • [Added] New method for firmware flashing during production
    • [Fixed] Canon: Full size previews for CR2 RAW format in gallery could not be retrieved impacting all subsequent image download requests resulting in gray boxes or no previews at all
    • [Fixed] Sony: Bulb captures and long exposures would sometimes not end reliably which would prematurely end long exposure timelapses
  • 2024-01-12 A3.2.1 B3.2.1 C3.1.0
    • [Improved] Automatic choice of next best ramping order when a ramped setting becomes unavailable mid-timelapse
    • [Improved] Persist selected long exposure value
    • [Improved] Timelapses with FLEX interval and long exposure now performs correct number of shots without interval collisions
    • [Improved] Exposure bracketing and Holy Grail now waits for modified settings to become available again if writeability changes while triggering
    • [Improved] Dark-time between intervals reduced by half-pressing before the shot only Autofocus is on or if camera was in standby, allowing longer on-camera image preview
    • [Improved] Nikon Zf/Zfc: Eliminated the loop of waking up and shutting down when turning off the camera
    • [Improved] Nikon: Enabled XL image download option in gallery for NEF raw files
    • [Fixed] When Getoagging was set to accessory GPS with smartphone fallback, data from both devices was sometimes used at the same time
    • [Fixed] Stopping a timelapse with long exposures did not allow the last long exposure to complete
    • [Fixed] Nikon Z30 and similar: Could not pair via bluetooth correctly for Geotagging
    • [Fixed] Nikon with Unleashed M: Video control was disabled
    • [Fixed] Unleashed M: Bulb shooting sometimes did not end correctly
    • [Fixed] Panasonic, Fuji and Sony: Focus bracketing error message did invert required focus mode (MF/AF)
    • [Fixed] Older Nikons: All settings were disabled after trying to retrieve an image preview due to internal USB failure
    • [Fixed] Image previews would rarely be corrupted and cutoff mid-image as gray parts due to internal USB failure
  • 2023-12-22 A3.2.0 B3.2.0 C3.1.0
    • [Fixed] Accessories that failed to connect during discovery never reconnected until next reboot (eg GL770)
    • [Fixed] Sony timelapse sometimes released shutter only once
    • [Fixed] Nikon Zf/Zfc with the Unleashed M sometimes went into a loop of waking up and shutting down when turning off camera
  • 2023-12-15 A3.1.4 B3.1.2 C3.1.0
    • [Fixed] Fujifilm Bulb, T-Mode and Long Exposure captures did not end correctly
  • 2023-12-11 A3.1.3 B3.1.2 C3.1.0
    • [Improved] Fast triggering from the app is more reliable
    • [Improved] Bracketing sequence reliability with the Unleashed M on cameras without shooting information
    • [Fixed] Fujifilm X-S10 support – camera settings, triggering, media capacity and more
    • [Fixed] Fujifilm manual lens support
  • 2023-11-17 A3.1.2 B3.1.2 C3.1.0
    • [Improved] Bluetooth connection to Qstarz now more stable due to slower connection parameters
    • [Fixed] Random bugs where settings could not be changed, responded slowly or unreliably, or FW A reported as 255.255.255
    • [Fixed] Newer Fujifilm cameras such as X-T5 did not respond after first photo with blinking LED
    • [Fixed] Nikon geotagging with Unleashed M and external GPS logger did not work correctly
  • 2023-11-11 A3.1.1 B3.1.0 C3.1.0
    • [Fixed] Nikon: Geotagging bug introduced with A3.1.0
    • [Fixed] Nikon: Camera status bug introduced with A3.1.0 causing camera name 0xFF, FW Version showing A?.?.? Beta 255 and more
  • 2023-11-10 A3.1.0 B3.1.0 C3.1.0
    • [Fixed] Fujifilm X-S10 was not detected correctly
    • [Fixed] Panasonic GH5: Shutterspeeds over 1s and some Apertures were not working
    • [Fixed] Panasonic: Low ISO values were not supported
    • [Fixed] Panasonic: Metering area options did not match camera
    • [Fixed] Nikon with Unleashed M still kept power cycling the camera after it was turned off resulting in battery drain
    • [Fixed] Sony: Geotagging did not work for RX- and ZV-series cameras
  • 2023-11-01 A3.0.2 B3.0.2
    • [Fixed] All settings were greyed out with “Unleashed is initializing” and other USB error messages on some cameras (especially Canon R series and Panasonic)
    • [Fixed] Nikon: Camera names for models Z8 and Z30 were swapped
    • [Fixed] Long image transfers reset the selected image mode preview option
    • [Fixed] Nikon with Unleashed M kept power cycling the camera after it was turned off resulting in battery drain
    • [Fixed] Canon: Geotagging was disabled for model 77D
    • [Fixed] Canon: Geotagging sometimes did not work for R series models
    • [Fixed] Canon: Gallery did not retrieve images from the active memory card slot
    • [Fixed] Canon: Focus bracketing did not ramp after first focus adjustment and did not leave live-view
    • [Fixed] GPS sometimes had error “GSP data is old” even when turned off
  • 2023-10-19 A3.0.1 B3.0.1
    • [Added] Canon: Image previews for CR3 RAW files with options ‘S’ and ‘L’
    • [Improved] Nikon: Faster triggering for exposure bracketing
    • [Improved] Persisting user-selected value for bracketing type, bracketing shots and bracketing focus steps
    • [Improved] Sony/Fuji: Greatly improved stability of previewing images from camera RAM
    • [Fixed] GPS data was sometimes not updated when camera is powered on while the app is in background
    • [Fixed] GPS mode was initialized to accessory + smartphone fallback when previously set to accessory
    • [Fixed] Timelapse with external trigger started triggering from the second image on
    • [Fixed] Nikon: Did not leave live-view after completing focus bracket
    • [Fixed] Sony: Duplicate ‘L’ option for image preview is now ‘XL’
    • [Fixed] Sony: Ramping settings for Timelapse/Bracketing was too fast for changes to be applied
    • [Fixed] Sony: Cameras with older firmware crash when retrieving image previews of RAW files, added temporary bypass by restarting USB
    • [Fixed] Sony: Holy Grail LRT ramping did not change settings because luminance could not be parsed
    • [Fixed] Sony: Holy Grail Day/Night Limits for Aperture could not be set
    • [Fixed] Canon: R-series cameras showed no images in the gallery
  • 2023-08-31 A3.0.0 B3.0.0 C3.0.0
    • [Added] Full support for Sony
    • [Added] Full support for Fujifilm
    • [Added] Full support for Pansonic
    • [Added] Gallery feature
    • [Added] Exposure bracketing feature
    • [Added] Focus bracketing feature
    • [Added] Flexible interval during timelapses
    • [Added] External intervalometer for holy grail timelapses
    • [Added] Motion control synchronization for PINE and Syrp via Bluetooth
    • [Added] Geotagging via BLE for newer Canon, Sony, Fujifilm and Panasonic cameras
    • [Improved] Simultaneous connection to app and accessories much more stable
    • [Improved] Faster accessory pairing
    • [Fixed] Geotagging via USB was disabled for Canon cameras
  • 2023-08-29 A2.5.2 B2.5.2
    • [Improved] Ramping day/night limits no longer reset to base setting value if base setting is not writable
    • [Fixed] Long exposure issues for Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] App sometimes showed “Unleashed is idle” error, despite app being actively used
    • [Fixed] Nikon did not save GPS data with negative altitude
    • [Fixed] Shutter speed TIME emulation
  • 2023-07-20 A2.5.1 B2.5.1
    • [Fixed] Bug introduced in A2.5.0 where settings would not update.
  • 2023-07-19 A2.5.0 B2.5.0
    • [Fixed] Preview and LRT timelapse sometimes broke on Nikon RAW+JPEG
    • [Fixed] Persisted settings not reporting update to app e.g. ramping order, exposure compensation
  • 2023-06-28 A2.4.3
  • 2023-05-05 A2.4.2
    • [Improved] Unleashed N1/N2 sometimes drained the battery while camera was off
  • 2023-05-03 A2.4.1 B2.4.1 C2.4.1
  • 2023-03-29 A2.4.0 B2.4.0 C2.4.0
    • [Added] Command to reboot the Unleashed
    • [Fixed] Ramping order and gps validity timeout did not persist as default value
    • [Fixed] Changing intervalometer settings sometimes started a timelapse
  • 2023-02-28 A2.3.1 B2.3.2 C2.3.1
  • 2023-02-27 A2.3.1 B2.3.1 C2.3.1
    • [Improved] Production firmware details
  • 2023-01-20 A2.3.0 B2.3.0 C2.3.0
    • [Added] Support for Unleashed M
    • [Fixed] No image previews on older Nikons
  • 2022-12-16 A2.2.7
    • [Fixed] USB communication issue introduced in A2.2.6
  • 2022-12-15 A2.2.6 B2.2.2
    • [Improved] Factory reset now disconnects, unpairs and deletes bonds of all accessories
    • [Fixed] Nikons sometimes stuck half pressing trigger
    • [Fixed] Newer Canons sometimes failed parsing shutter speed, aperture, ISO and exposure indicator
    • [Fixed] Newer Canons had Autoramping issues because of the above
  • 2022-10-26 A2.2.5
  • 2022-10-02 A2.2.4
    • [Fixed] Full Z9 compatibility
  • 2022-09-21 A2.2.3
    • [Improved] ND filter value persistance
    • [Fixed] EV adjustments were ignored in LRT autoramping algorithm mode
    • [Fixed] Autoamping with settings with different step sizes or special LOW/HIGH values with steps other than 0.3EV
    • [Fixed] Spikes in LRT autoramping output
    • [Fixed] Detecting Nikon Z9 capabilities
  • 2022-08-17 A2.2.2
    • [Added] Preliminary support for more Nikon Z9 features
  • 2022-08-12 A2.2.1 B2.2.1
    • [Added] Image previews for Canon CR3
    • [Improved] Bluetooth parameter negotiation – more reliable connection
    • [Fixed] Bug where Canon EOS 5D Mark IV showed “Busy. Please wait” and couldnt turn off
    • [Fixed] Canon Trigger getting stuck
    • [Fixed] Nikon releasing USB trigger
    • [Fixed] Nikon driving auto focus when starting video recording
    • [Fixed] Nikon Video recording not starting on some older models
    • [Fixed] Internal unrecovered error after doing 3 timelapses
  • 2022-05-25 A2.2.0 B2.2.0
    • [Fixed] Canon trigger issues
    • [Fixed] Duplicate previews when quality is RAW+JPEG with two memory cards
    • [Fixed] Canon thumbnail when quality is JPEG+CR3
  • 2022-05-04 A2.1.4
    • [Fixed] Autoramping Canon: Shutter speed was not ramped farther than 1.6 seconds on some cameras
    • [Fixed] Autoramping: Ramping order now persists a setting becoming temporarily unavailable
    • [Fixed] Nikon: Triggering with USB only
  • 2022-04-22 A2.1.3
    • [Fixed] 65k and more photos remaining were displayed as [?]
    • [Fixed] Canon: Timelapse paused unexpectedly
    • [Fixed] Autoramping: Sometimes shutterspeed was not ramped correctly on sunrises
    • [Fixed] Autoramping: Switching between program modes sometimes disabled ramping aperture or shutter speed
    • [Fixed] Autoramping Canon: Sometimes not all settings were ramped
    • [Fixed] Autoramping Nikon: Sometimes Shutterspeed jumped back to 30s during sunrise EV-24h without USB cable
  • 2022-03-21 A2.1.2 B2.1.3
    • [Improved] Accessory discovery, pairing and handling
    • [Improved] Internal USB data handling
    • [Improved] Camera shooting info now emulated using shutter speed on cameras that don’t support it natively
    • [Fixed] Repeated reconnection to accessories failed eventually
    • [Fixed] Bug showing Unleashed is initializing
    • [Fixed] Unplugging USB cable on the camera side not being detected
    • [Fixed] Settings not available until turning the mode dial on Canon
    • [Fixed] Duplicates in image preview when shooting with 2 memory cards
    • [Fixed] LRT algorithms and image review not always working on Z6/7 II
    • [Fixed] Continuous shooting on some Canons
  • 2021-12-18 B2.1.2
    • [Improved] Accessory handling
    • [Improved] QStarz parsing more robust
    • [Fixed] Automatic reconnection of accessories
    • [Fixed] Connection parameter negotiation of accessories
  • 2021-11-23 A2.1.1 B2.1.1
    • [Improved] USB communication
    • [Fixed] Nikon: Triggering in Mirror-Up (MUP) drive mode
    • [Fixed] Canon: Camera never sleeping with GPS enabled
  • 2021-11-05 A2.1.0 B2.1.0
    • [Improved] Canon GPS priority during a timelapse/autoramping
    • [Improved] USB communication with Nikon and Canon
    • [Fixed] Settings stuck in ‘initializing’
    • [Fixed] Canon RAW and RAW+JPG image preview
    • [Fixed] Canon triggering in GPS priority mode
    • [Fixed] Stuck in Idle when using external GPS
    • [Fixed] Reconnection loop when using external GPS
    • [Fixed] Minimizing the app no longer cancels an ongoing image transfer
    • [Fixed] Reconnection issues issues with accessories
  • 2021-10-18 A2.0.1 B2.0.0 C2.0.0
    • [Added] New Bluetooth API – extendable and better for Android Bluetooth Stack
    • [Added] App state API
    • [Added] New APIs for future app features
    • [Added] ND filter setting
    • [Added] Autoramping with emulated Long Exposure setting (Shutterspeed in BULB)
    • [Added] Advanced Unleashed settings – sleep modes, timeouts, LED brightness, etc settable from app
    • [Added] Deep sleep modes including completely off mode
    • [Added] Motion control support for third-party accessories
    • [Added] Day/Night limits for shutter speed, aperture and ISO moved from app to firmware
    • [Added] New setting to change the order of settings to be ramped
    • [Added] Long exposure setting ON/OFF switching where possible
    • [Added] Automatically setting long exposure to last shutter speed when switching LE ON
    • [Added] Support for extended shutter speeds on Nikon Z series
    • [Added] GPS mode changes to external when pairing a new GPS accessory
    • [Added] Automatically disable GPS on short-interval timelapses in order to ensure higher accuracy interval shooting
    • [Added] Warning on short-interval timelapses if the camera does not support them reliably
    • [Added] EV value buffering for displaying graph when ramping
    • [Added] New camera model names
    • [Added] Failure recovery mechanisms
    • [Improved] Bluetooth responsiveness
    • [Improved] Internal communication speed increased considerably
    • [Improved] USB communication reliability
    • [Improved] Communication with Nikon cameras without USB cable
    • [Improved] Timelapse and autoramping (completely overhauled)
    • [Improved] Tap-to-trigger mechanism
    • [Improved] Image quality handling on Canon cameras with multiple card slots
    • [Improved] Third-party accessory support
    • [Improved] Accessory connection speed
    • [Improved] Bulk data transfer mechanism
    • [Improved] Power and meter-on detection on Nikon cameras
    • [Improved] LED sequences and responsiveness
    • [Improved] Error reporting in some edge cases
    • [Fixed] USB initialization issues
    • [Fixed] Slow reconnection issues
    • [Fixed] Battery drain issues
    • [Fixed] Triggering during playback on Canon
    • [Fixed] Several triggering issues on Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Issue causing trigger detection not to work on most Nikon cameras
    • [Fixed] Intervalometer triggering issues
    • [Fixed] Several autoramping issues
    • [Fixed] Edge case in autoramping changes
    • [Fixed] Partial autoramping (e.g. ramping with manual lenses)
    • [Fixed] Timelapse stopping after one or two shots
    • [Fixed] Timelapse trigger not updating after the timelapse is done
    • [Fixed] LRT Algorithm Autoramping on Nikon D3100/D3200
    • [Fixed] Image Review for Nikon D3100/D3200
    • [Fixed] Thumbnails sent twice on Canon cameras saving RAW + JPEG
    • [Fixed] Video trigger not updating after stopping video on some Nikon cameras
    • [Fixed] Video issues on Nikon Z series
    • [Fixed] Video issues on Nikon DSLRs
    • [Fixed] Video issues on Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Geotagging videos on Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Flickering to ISO Auto on Canon cameras in certain conditions
    • [Fixed] Shutter speed flickering on geotagged long exposure shots in Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Shutter speed steps on Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Focus mode issues on Nikon cameras with USB cable
    • [Fixed] EV meter parsing issue in Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Default initialization on some settings
    • [Fixed] Failure recovery mechanism issues
    • [Fixed] Issue causing Unleashed to think that a Nikon camera is off when it is not
    • [Fixed] Sleep mode failing to work sometimes
    • [Fixed] Bug causing Unleashed to get stuck in sleep mode if it has gone 49 days without losing power
    • [Fixed] Bug causing accessories not to reconnect after waking up from sleep mode
    • [Fixed] Handling of long lists of setting options
    • [Fixed] Protocol issues on newer Nikon cameras without USB cable
    • [Fixed] Playback/Menu buttons disabled on newer Nikon cameras (Z 6 II/ Z 7 II)
    • [Fixed] Wrong error shown on long exposure setting
    • [Fixed] Shutter speed staying in BULB when changing from BULB to another mode in some Canon cameras”,
    • [Fixed] SD card error on trigger not clearing when installing SD card
    • [Fixed] Number of photos remaining in timelapse when not shooting a timelapse
    • [Fixed] Issue causing settings not to update when the camera has values unknown to the Unleashed
    • [Fixed] Missing shooting information on some Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Recovery mode issues
  • 2020-12-18 A1.4.7 B1.4.10 C1.4.2
    • [Fixed] Bug where incorrect version number could be shown in certain circumstances
  • 2020-12-07 A1.4.7 B1.4.10 C1.4.1
    • [Fixed] Bug detecting camera capabilities when the capabilities list is very long
    • [Improved] Internal production optimisations
  • 2020-04-17 A1.4.5 B1.4.9 C1.4.0
    • [Fixed] changes on 760D did not show in app (or showed N/A)
    • [Fixed] D780 displayed as D6
  • 2020-04-09 A1.4.4 B1.4.9 C1.4.0
    • [Fixed] Image Review for Nikon D3100/D3200
    • [Fixed] LRT Algorithm Autoramping on Nikon D3100/D3200
  • 2020-03-26 A1.4.3 B1.4.9 C1.4.0
    • [Fixed] Intervalometer/Autoramp sometimes stopped when app not active
    • [Fixed] LRT algorithm sometimes stopped changing settings
    • [Fixed] Unleashed went to idle while the shutter was open
    • [Fixed] Settings not available while the shutter is open for a long time
    • [Fixed] Triggering on some Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Long Exposure with Mirror Up
    • [Added] With Long Exp. & MUP, Unleashed triggers after 25s if user doesn’t
    • [Added] New camera names
  • 2020-02-24 A1.4.2 B1.4.8 C1.4.0
    • [Improved] Increased Idle Timout for better Usability
    • [Improved] Video recording method on Z6/Z7
    • [Improved] Geotagging with Z6/Z7
    • [Added] Geotagging support for Nikon P7700 and P7800
    • [Added] Some setting values for Z6/Z7
  • 2020-01-18 A1.4.1 B1.4.7 C1.4.0
    • [Fixed] Longitude from GL-770 had swapped E/W
  • 2019-12-23 A1.4.1 B1.4.6 C1.4.0
    • [Added] Support for Transystem GL-770 FW 1.04.12J (with Number of Satellites support and more)
  • 2019-10-23 A1.4.1 B1.4.5 C1.4.0
    • [Added] Support for Transystem GL-770
    • [Improved] Accessory pairing/unpairing
    • [Improved] Accessory handling
  • 2019-10-04 A1.4.1 B1.4.4 C1.4.0
    • [Added] Support for QStarz BL-1000ST and BL-1000GT
    • [Improved] Accessory handling
  • 2019-09-18 A 1.4.1 B 1.4.3 C 1.4.0
    • [Improved] Long Exposure feature
    • [Fixed] Long Exposures failing when Unleashed went to idle (eg in timelapse)
    • [Fixed] Holux M-241+ Date decoding – finally
    • [Fixed] Firmware update problem – final solution
  • 2019-06-25 A 1.4.0 B 1.4.2 C 1.3.0
    • [Added] Long Exposure Durations (up to 4.6 hours)
    • [Improved] Wakeup speed after powersaving sleep
    • [Improved] Mirror (Lock-) Up handled correctly and relayed to app
    • [Improved] Tap to trigger to only take 1 shot even with very high speed cameras
    • [Fixed] Holux M-241+ date decoding
    • [Fixed] D3100 & D3200 compatibility
  • 2019-05-20 A 1.3.2 B 1.3.1 C 1.3.0
    • [Added] Accessories support
    • [Added] GPS Error alert (red blink)
    • [Improved] Firmware update procedure greatly
    • [Improved] Unleashed power consumption
    • [Improved] GPS behaviour
    • [Fixed] Tap to trigger with Mirror Up option
    • [Fixed] Long BLE writes
    • [Fixed] GPS bug causing old data to be transferred to the camera after hours of no use
  • 2019-02-12 A 1.2.1 B 1.2.0 C 1.2.4
    • [Improved] Firmware update procedure
  • 2019-02-11 A 1.2.1 B 1.2.0 C 1.2.1
    • [Fixed] Thumbnail Bug
  • 2019-02-08 A 1.2.0 B 1.2.0 C 1.2.1
    • [fixed] Canon USB initializion bug causing Unleashed not to work at all on 550D, 60D 7D (with old Firmware) and show Error 70 on camera
    • [fixed] Canon USB initialization bug causing Unleashed not to work at all on 600D, 750D, 5Dmk2 6Dmk2 and other cameras
    • [fixed] Canon USB implementation bug causing settings flashing available/not available in a loop on 6Dmk2
    • [fixed] Canon USB connection would never work if it failed to initialize on power-on. Failure to initialize could be due to Wifi being enabled in the camera, as this disables USB. Even when Wi-Fi wass disabled later, the Unleashed would not attempt to reinitialize the USB connection
    • [added] Video recording for D3000 and D5000 series cameras. Was omitted from v1.0 because we can’t show live-view while recording on these cameras. Now starts recording without showing live-view
    • [fixed] Video recording on newer/higher-end Nikons would stop immediately after starting liveview when GPS was turned on
    • [fixed] Video errors were reported incorrectly for lower-end Nikon camera
    • [fixed] Video could not be stopped in app when it was started from the camera
    • [fixed] Date and time of the GPS data was in the future after the Unleashed would wake up from powersaving mode in certain conditions. If Setup->GPS->Set camera clock from GPS was active, the camera clock might have been set wrong by this
    • [added] if GPS was turned on, but the Unleashed is not getting GPS data from the app, the LED will now blink red between its normal colors and sequences, to signal an error. Details to the error will be shown in the App
    • [fixed] Videos were often not be geotagged
    • [fixed] Some settings showed wrong errors when the battery is low
    • [fixed] Some settings showed wrong errors when SD card is full
    • [fixed] Wrong errors shown on Nikon D200 when the camera is off
    • [fixed] Video, timelapse and autoramp were not available in app when camera set to BULB / T mode
    • [fixed] Trigger got stuck on Canon cameras when shooting in BULB mode and there was space for exactly one photo left
    • [fixed] Trigger was blocked on Nikon cameras (without USB cable plugged in) because of SD card error even though SD card is formatted/empty
    • [fixed] Trigger tap in the app sometimes did not end a picture started in T mode (“–” shutter speed) on Nikon D7100
    • [fixed] Auto ISO was not settable on Nikon cameras
    • [fixed] Nikon D4 was reported as D5100
    • [fixed] Nikon Z6/Z7 reported as Unknown (Displayed as N2: 001234 rather than N2: Z6)
    • [fixed] JPG Size could be changed even when quality is set to RAW on Nikon cameras over USB
    • [fixed] Image preview was downloaded twice when secondary slot function was set to Backup, and a second SD card was inserted in applicable Nikon cameras
    • [fixed] Image preview availability was wrong when USB cable is plugged in to the Unleashed, but not to the camera
  • A1.0 B1.0 C1.0
    • [added] Everything ;-)