Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]40C Isn't that 104 in Louisiana? I have a recipe for that. ;-) btw, I just got me a new Icey-Tek ice box with walls about two inches thick. Similar to the Yeti, but since I don't need the tie downs or rope handles, I could save about a hundred bucks. (Three of my Igloo boxes were destroyed in the tree fall thing last summer.) Lika ice box. ;-) http://www.icey-tek-coolers.com/40-quart-icey-tek-cooler-ice-box/ (Mine's purple, school colour) On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:43 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Richard, that was my experience with marking by that method as well > (several years ago when I had the M8). Just unreliable for me. Others have > reported that they were happy. > I suggest that you also ensure that you do not have any ink residue on the > sensing strip on the mount. One vulnerability for that is if the ink is not > quite hardened (or overly thick) when the lens is mounted. A friend of mine > here even ended up with some of that residue on the coverglass of their M8 > sensor. I'm told that the scrubbing needed to remove it was a stimulating > activity ;-) > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 1 April 2014 15:35, Richard Endress <rendress at mac.com> wrote: > > > Gene, I am using a Sharpie fine point marker and a kit called Coder Kit > > made by Match Technical. Got it on eBay from China. Just saying that > > makes me think I need to check their horseshoe shaped template against > some > > others available on the web. The code marks I am using are from LHS > > website. And they line up to where the sensor is on the camera when the > > lens is mounted. Richard > > > > > > > > From: grduprey at mchsi.com > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Inconsistent lens detection on M 8 > > Date: March 31, 2014 12:07:31 PM EDT > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > > > > > How are they coded? I do know some methods are not very reliable. > > > > Gene > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Richard Endress" <rendress at mac.com> > > To: lug at leica-users.org > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 4:03:12 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > > Subject: [Leica] Inconsistent lens detection on M 8 > > > > Hello all, > > > > I am just getting around to coding my lenses. I am getting inconsistent > > results. My 28mm f2.8 and 50mm f2.8 show up fine but my 50mm f2 and > > Voigtlander 50mm f1.5 and 12mm f5.6 are not detected. A Voigtlander 35mm > > f1.7 was not detected on the first shot but detected on the second. Any > > ideas why the inconsistency? richard > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA