[Leica] M8 and non-converted Leica M lenses

[red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)]

My cut on this.....

First of all, we have no idea what the coding actually does.  We are told 
some things, retold other things,. And like Ted says, wait
till there are some out there and some real tests ( no marketing) can be 
done.

Binary Coding is patentable?  Amazing........  The individual codes will be 
reverse engineered ( a trip to the local camera dealer
will give you the codes).  What can be done with it still depends on what it 
does.....

Vignetting is a matter of angle of attack of the light rays hitting the 
sensor, not the lens..

I can believe there might be a flash that reads the lens focal length and 
adjusts the reflector for angle of view..  My Nikon
flashes have this ability.....( although not automatic).

Mr. Daniels is Mr Leica Marketing. 

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net 

I talked with Stefan Daniels at Photokina about the M8 lens bar codes.

He told me
1) lens bar coding is patent applied for (so don't expect commercial 3rd 
party coding)
2) lens coding benefits vignetting on wide angles
3) lens coding makes for more accurate TTL flash exposures

of the course the question is how big are the benefits
time will tell

Stephen