Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/31

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Subject: [Leica] Leica T lens on SL camera
From: john at mcmaster.fr (John McMaster)
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 09:10:38 +0000
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Perhaps they did not expect many people to put an APS-C lens on a FF camera? 
You are meant to buy a T body for that ;-)

john
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Well hopefully the next SL firmware update will include the provision to 
subsequently update the firmware on an attached ?T? lens.
This is a very stupid oversight in the original firmware, what were they 
doing!!!
Frank D.

> On 30 Jan 2016, at 19:00, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I thought there were quite a few T lenses out there.  I guess I did not
> phrase my question well.  I was thinking of an SL owner who had a bunch of 
> T
> lenses they were using on it.  If that person upgraded their SL firmware,
> would they also need to upgrade all their T lenses?  And if it can only be
> one on a T body, that would be a major headache for them.
>
> Aram
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: John McMaster
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 8:41 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica T lens on SL camera
>
> Not really, just the one lens is available ;-) On my S2-P I have to update 
> each S lens individually, on later bodies you update the camera then can 
> update each lens from that.
>
> john
> ________________________________________
>
> I wonder if every time a T owner upgrades the firmware on their camera if
> they have to upgrade the firmware on each of their lenses to match?   And
> would this happen to SL owners, too?  I guess it would be a minor
> inconvenience for a T owner, but a major headache for an SL owner.
> Something to ask.
>
> Aram
>
>


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