[Leica] Wide Tri Elmar reading codes

[len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)]

Hi Howard,

The wide Tri-Elmar is not the same as the standard TE. There is no  
way to trip any switches. This is why you tell the camera which focal  
length you're using. What you describe is normal.

Len


On Jul 11, 2007, at 8:10 PM, Howard Cummer wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
> Went into Kerrisdale Camera today in Vancouver to check out their  
> used Leica inventory (R almost all gone - shopped out to KEH camera  
> I was told) and just a few M lenses left. They, however, did have a  
> new Wide Tri Elmar, which was offered to me to try on my M8. This  
> style of customer service is quite a contrast to what happens in  
> Hong Kong! Attaching the Wide TE brought up the choice of 16mm,  
> 18mm and 21mm frames which you select from the set button. However,  
> when I switched to another focal length the camera did not read the  
> change. I understand that a switch in focal length is supposed to  
> trigger micro switches in the camera so that it can read the  
> changed focal length and adjust the soft ware accordingly. This did  
> not happen. We called the Leica rep and did not get an answer as to  
> why this was happening. The standard Tri Elmar works fine on my M8  
> so we discounted that there was something wrong with the reading of  
> the code LED's. I would like to know if other Wide Tri Elmar owners  
> have had a similar experience and if so, what was done about it.
> Thanks
> Howard (now in Vancouver - where it is as hot as Hong Kong)
>
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