Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, You've been inspired by Nikon F3's way of handling the aperture through the viewfinder, right? :-) Daniel Richard wrote: > I am not Frank, and I don't care about this issue a single bit, but if > someone were to pay Leica a few million $$$, here's what they can do: > they can add a little optical sensor about where the red dot is. The 6 > bit encoding tells the camera what the focal length is and the camera > then can tell where the aperture ring is. The optical sensor can then do > a little character recognition and tell what the current aperture is. > The camera doesn't even have to do all the calculation, it can encode > the little bitmap of what it sees in the EXIF data and host PC program > can do the character recognition. Never challenge a geek on the > "possibility." If money is no objection, we can send people to the moon. > :-) > > At 08:07 PM 5/6/2007, you wrote: >> Frank, >> >> If you think you are so smart, can you suggest any POSSIBLE way that >> the EXIF file could even >> detect what aperture is used on each photo? Shutter speed , of course. >> Aperture? NFW! There >> is no connection 'tween the lens and the M8 body except the RF cam and >> the fixed bar code. >> >> Jerry > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > please use richard at imagecraft.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information