Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's what it is, Bob, it is the new LR and not the M8 that is causing this. My curiosity is now satisfied. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Jan 18, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Robert D. Baron wrote: > ==On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > frozenlight.eu> wrote: > >> I did notice one very peculiar thing when looking at M8 pictures last >> night. At first, I was annoyed that Leica had reset the numbering. But >> OK, I figured that was an inevitable by-product of the repair. But then >> I noticed that the exif data includes aperture information, even for >> uncoded lenses! And I am not talking about the maximum aperture; with >> both coded and uncoded lenses, the M8 now tries to estimate the actual >> aperture used. It is not always correct (some shots I took at f1.2 are >> variously identified as having been taken at f1.4, f1.7 and even f2) but >> it is mostly in the correct ballpark. >> >> The version of the firmware is the same as before, so it must be some >> special Solms black magic :-) >> >> > > Have you upgraded Adobe LightRoom in the interim? All of a sudden I'm > seeing (in v2.6) the addition of what I would call guesses at the > aperture value in the exif data. > > It doesn't improve my photographs after I've made them, but if it was > accurate it might give an occasional plonker like me some idea about > what I did right or wrong. As it is, though, it is just one of those > little mysteries of life. > > :-) > > --Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >