Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do that all the time!! One of these days I'm going to have to get mine coded because I can never remember to enter it manually. The only one I have coded now is the Noctilux. Tina On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > Tina, > > You forgot to mention: if the vignetting and other (if any) corrections are > significant, you can always enter the lens identity manually. > > Admittedly, this is a pain in the neck and easy to forget. Some months ago, > I posted a picture of a gull on a post and Bob Adler commented: "How did > you > get that close to the duck with a 35mm lens?" Of course, it was a 90mm > lens, > and I forgot to change the lens choice manualy. > > Herb > > Ted - >> >> If your lenses are coded and you ever wanted to give a lecture on the >> fabulous 21 and its uses, you could use LR to immediately choose all of >> the >> photos you ever made with the 21. >> >> Some of the wides have special software adjustments for color balance, >> vignetting and so forth, if they can be identified by the coding. >> >> That's about it! >> >> Tina >> >> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:15 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: >> >> > Hi Crew, >> > CODING? for M series lenses on an M8 or whatever? >> > >> > Here we go, stupid question for the week. Is the coding just the usual >> > techie number stuff? Or is it absolutely necessary? Do major good >> things >> > happen if I do have them coded? Or major bad things happen if I don't? >> > >> > I have a CV 15mm & 21, both cut beautiful images. a Leica 35 Summilux, >> 90 >> > Summicron, & a Noctilux. Did have several others... sold them. >> > >> > Not one has been marked other than maybe me banging them on something. >> > >> > So I have tons of images shot with any mixture of these lenses, several >> > have been published, several are for the new medical student book. But >> they >> > all look cool and blow up to make beautiful prints 18X12 on 13X19 fine >> art >> > paper. Colour or B&W. >> > >> > Clients have been very pleasantly surprised, I am quite happy with the >> > results, nor do I have any qualms about the "LEICA" looking >> quality nice and >> > sharp! So? What am I doing wrong that I acquire such wonderful quality >> > without seeing any weird looking effects in the photographs without >> coding? >> > >> > Or am I just bloody lucky? Yeah I know it could be me not >> understanding >> > the techie stuff as usual. :-) But then if I did that techie kind of >> stuff >> > for the past 60 years I wouldn't be where I am today. >> > >> > cheers, >> > Dr. ted :-) >> > PS: Or is it merely another money making line by Leica to have older >> lenses >> > returned for coding because some techie guy in Wetzlar on a test bench >> saw >> > three microns difference and freaked out! Therefore all coding is >> necesary? >> > >> > Last question. >> > "Can you actually see the difference in a print with the naked eye, >> coded >> > or not?? If not? then like... "WHO CARES!" :-) >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, > for they are subtle and will pee > on your computer! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com