Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ed, We will just have to wait until late September to find out. Either way the news will go down better with some nice German wine and good company. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 7/13/06, Ed Kowaleski <ekowaleski@twmi.rr.com> wrote: > > I know that there has been speculation that the "6 bit" code will probably > have something to do with vignette correction within the camera. Leica > refers to "Image Optimization: without getting specific (at least in what > I > have read). Does anyone know authoritatively what the code does to the > image (not the Exif or metadata) in the camera? > > Ed K > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Didier Ludwig" <rangefinder@screengang.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:45 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] 6 Bit Coding on Lenses > > > > Frank > > > > I think that was largely discussed here a few weeks ago. The M digital's > > in-camera software will use different anti-vignetting and other > > postprocessing algorithms, depending on which lens is used. > > > > Didier > > > > > > > > > > > >>Statements from Leica today...... > >> > >>"Lenses in the current range as well as many earlier models can be > >>retrofitted at the cost of the owner to benefit from the image > >>optimization in the camera." > >> > >>"Apart from the improvement in image quality, this information is also > >>written into the EXIF image file." > >> > >>There is a more than passing comment that the camera itself does > something > >>with the coding from the lenses. Do we have any data > >>that tells us what? ( apart from recording it into the EXIF data > >>locations). > >> > >>Frank Filippone > >>red735i@earthlink.net > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >