Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Exactly the reason Leica has refused to do this. Gene? -------------- Original message from "Bob W" <leica@web-options.com>: -------------- > > This would involve a menu of 64 options. > > Not necessarily. It could involve 2 menus - one to specify the focal > length, > another to specify 'lux, 'cron etc. > > Presumably the purpose of dialling this information in is to allow the > firmware to weave its magic, as it does when it reads the lens coding. > However, it leaves the possibility wide open of forgetting to dial in the > right details when you change the lens, so the firmware would apply the > wrong magic. The damage this could cause might well outweigh any > advantages. > This possibility does not arise with lens coding. > > Bob > > > > > Geoff > > > > Lets have a discussion on the option to have a menu option on the M8 > > to override the physical 6-bit coding of lenses. This would involve a > > menu of 64 options. I have a nice 21mm Zeiss lens I use on my M6TTL > > and it would be nice to use on my delayed M8 without going through the > > hoops of some third party engraving appropriate 6 bits notches on the > > lens mount and messing about with black and white nail polish. Perhaps > > more to the point I have a number of older Leica lenses, both M and > > LTM, I would like to use on the M8 (when it arrives) without having to > > wait weeks if not months for Leica to code them - by the way do they > > support LTM lenses on the M8? > > > > What I am saying as a Leica User I would find this a very attractive > > option. Technically it is a trivial option to implement. > [...] > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information