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Subject: [Leica] 40 Summicron on M9
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:47:51 -0400

Congrats Howard but bummer. 40 is my favorite focal length in M shooting.
Whats the work around?


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> From: Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:20:45 -0400
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] 40 Summicron on M9
> 
> Needed or not, the internal database of the M9 has codes for 35 thru 135 
> mm,
> as well as 16 thru 28, but the 40 isn't one of them.
> 
> I do have an M9. Now. Hee-he.
> 
> ?howard
> 
> On Oct 23, 2010, at 10:21 PM, Vick Ko wrote:
> 
>> Eh?  I would think 35mm and wider would need the most correction, 
>> therefore,
>> need coding.
>> 
>> Or is "above" equal to "longer"?
>> 
>> Then I would agree, 35mm and longer would need less correction.
>> 
>> Oh, but that was for the M8 smaller sensor.  What about full frame - are 
>> you
>> back to needing correction at, say, 50mm?
>> 
>> Pretty obvious I don't have an M9.
>> 
>> Vick
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/23/2010 10:14 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>>> 35mm or above lens really don't need coding.
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 7:02 PM, James Laird<digiratidoc at gmail.com>  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Can anyone tell me if the 40 Summicron is included in the lens
>>>> database of the M9, or are just the newer lenses in the database? Sure
>>>> would be nice if I can ever afford an M9 as it's one of my favorite
>>>> lenses. I'd use it anyway of course;-)
>>>> 
>>>> James Laird
>>>> 
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