Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, mon ami I've recently coded my Elmarit 24/2.8 ASPH and the Summicron 35 (IV), I have not see anu?y difference with my previous pictures. I apprecite the inforation on the EXIF, that's all.... Cheers Lluis El 09/11/2010, a las 18:15, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> escribi?: > 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