Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/21

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Subject: [Leica] Petition for initiating M8 lens identification in firmware
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Wed Jan 21 15:49:42 2009
References: <E2C3B2FE-3B3E-4FEF-B466-E0DF0A87832F@mac.com><36172e5a0901201415r11fd39c0k14ca8efb9f33c169@mail.gmail.com> <6af76ca00901201531j70e140bcpf7037b6c9e2f8bb1@mail.gmail.com> <012120092316.27480.4977ACB50001318900006B58223045151403010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com>

I guess they should recall my M6. I occasionally forget to set the ISO  
when changing film.

It IS detrimental to my results.

Maybe I should be angry at them for not protecting me.

I find it difficult to understand the point at which options become  
bad things for users.

Ric


On Jan 21, 2009, at 6:16 PM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:

> Leica has turned this option down on the grounds that users may  
> forget to change the settings when they change lenses and get  
> potentially detrimental results.


Replies: Reply from leica at web-options.com (Bob W) ([Leica] Petition for initiating M8 lens identification in firmware)
Reply from crbirchenhall at googlemail.com (Christopher Birchenhall) ([Leica] Petition for initiating M8 lens identification in firmware)
Reply from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] Petition for initiating M8 lens identification in firmware)
In reply to: Message from mitcha at mac.com (Mitch Alland) ([Leica] Petition for initiating M8 lens identification in firmware)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Petition for initiating M8 lens identification in firmware)
Message from crbirchenhall at googlemail.com (Christopher Birchenhall) ([Leica] Petition for initiating M8 lens identification in firmware)
Message from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com) ([Leica] Petition for initiating M8 lens identification in firmware)