Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/12

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Subject: [Leica] M8 and non-converted Leica M lenses
From: reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Sun Nov 12 12:46:19 2006
References: <5C95B2FD378816428E11770FBCAB5F480507265C@gmsrmail.gmsr.com>
 
We've been discussing this for a while.

Nobody actually knows the answer. There is lots of speculation. Cynics are 
speculating that the coding is good only for EXIF data. Computer programmer 
types are speculating that the coding constitutes an information interface 
that will be increasingly useful in the future. Loyalists are speculating 
that the camera's firmware can correct known lens issues if it knows what 
the lens is.


> I'm curious.  If one buys the M8 but plans to use relatively recent M
> lenses, without converting them, what features are lost?  In short, can
> non-converted lenses be used and, if so, what features are lost?
Replies: Reply from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] M8 and non-converted Leica M lenses)
Reply from leicanikon at earthlink.net (Stephen Gandy) ([Leica] M8 and non-converted Leica M lenses)
Reply from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] M8 and non-converted Leica M lenses)
 In reply to: Message from igreines at GMSR.com (Irving Greines) ([Leica] M8 and non-converted Leica M lenses)