[Leica] M8 trials and tribulations?

[Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)]

Many mechanical SLRs had a little prism to view the actual aperture  
dial through the viewfinder. This could not work on a Leica (or  
Olympus OM) since the aperture rings are at the front of the lenses  
and therefore not all in the same place relative to the optics :-(.
Frank

On 7 May, 2007, at 10:56, Daniel Ridings wrote:

> Richard,
>
> You've been inspired by Nikon F3's way of handling the aperture  
> through the viewfinder, right?
>
> :-)
>
> Daniel
>
> Richard wrote:
>> 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)
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