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Subject: [Leica] M not recognizing new Summarit-M 35
From: matt at kollarfoto.com (Matt Kollasch)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:32:19 +0100
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I survived... barely... and now the tuna recognizes the rye.

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 9:30 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> I was confused because the "Summarit Quartet" came out in 2007.
> In digital years that's a long long time ago.  During the reign of Leica M8
> the Troublesome.
> But then I saw that when they  came out they were f 2.5's. And who the hell
> want's a 2.5 lens I never knew that was an f stop?!  They are now upgraded
> to 2.4 a real f stop that somebody's heard of and that was just last year
> in
> celebration of 2014. And that was maybe a week after the Leica M 240 came
> out so the camera  doesn't even know if its a lens or what. It thinks it's
> a
> tuna sandwich on rye..
> Upgrading firmware is scary. Few have ever done it and lived.
>
> On 3/25/15 2:25 PM, "Matt Kollasch" <matt at kollarfoto.com> wrote:
>
> > ?That makes sense. I like your temporary solution, too. Thanks, Sonny.?
>
> On
> > Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > Probably not in the camera's database. It may show up when there's a
> >
> > firmware update.  I'd just mark it as a Summicron 35 asph.
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 25,
> > 2015 at 12:58 PM, Matt Kollasch <matt at kollarfoto.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I have a
> > new Summarit 35 / f2.4 purchased a few weeks ago and my M240
> > does
> > > not
> > recognize it.
> > > My M recognizes all other lenses. And if I try to manually
> > assign it,
> > this
> > > lens is not listed as a choice.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts on
> > this?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > /matt
> > >
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