Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, there's a little sensor right there already. It is used to compare exposure info vs TTL for aperture estimation for flash work. And the electronics in this camera are waaay ahead of that in the Apollo missions. (of course, that's not saying much for the electronics sophistication). Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Monday, 7 May 2007 17:07 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 trials and tribulations? I am not Frank, and I don't care about this issue a single bit, but if someone were to pay Leica a few million $$$, here's what they can do: they can add a little optical sensor about where the red dot is. The 6 bit encoding tells the camera what the focal length is and the camera then can tell where the aperture ring is. The optical sensor can then do a little character recognition and tell what the current aperture is. The camera doesn't even have to do all the calculation, it can encode the little bitmap of what it sees in the EXIF data and host PC program can do the character recognition. Never challenge a geek on the "possibility." If money is no objection, we can send people to the moon. :-) At 08:07 PM 5/6/2007, you wrote: >Frank, > >If you think you are so smart, can you suggest any POSSIBLE way that the >EXIF file could even >detect what aperture is used on each photo? Shutter speed , of course. >Aperture? NFW! There >is no connection 'tween the lens and the M8 body except the RF cam and the >fixed bar code. > >Jerry // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com) _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information