Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I notice that my M8 "knows" I have fitted a 35mm lens, even though none of my 35s are coded. It even senses the 35mm setting on the tri-elmar. The others not. Frank --- On Thu, 22/1/09, Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com> wrote: > From: Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com> > Subject: [Leica] ONT: prescient m8 exif > To: "Leica Users Group (LUG)" <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Thursday, 22 January, 2009, 2:02 PM > i have an off-brand lens with LTM to M adapter (a > voigtlander 28/1.9) > which of course is uncoded, and most image info shows up as > 0mm (uncoded), > but i was surprised that a few (less than > 10%) of the images i took with the M8 actually correctly > recorded "28mm" > as the focal length. this seems to be a totally > intermittent phenomenon, > sometimes a series of images will have 0mm, then one will > say 28mm, then > more 0mm. > > i am mystified! > > does the m8 perhaps use the viewfinder selector to make a > guess? i > recall sun tam exploring this possibility in an LHSA > Viewfinder article. > > i'd be fascinated to hear if anyone else has seen this > phenomenon? > > -rei > > -- > Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > Ridgewood, New Jersey > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information