Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Frank, My 21 Elmarit came from Samy's in Santa Ana. ?Cal's did not have any lenses at all when I was there in July. ?As it was, Samy's had only this one WA lens in stock at the time. ?You are probably entirely correct as to how the early lenses were coded, mine is a Chrome lens, definitely a early coded lens, which has since been discontinued. ?That was my though as to why the lens mount is incorrect and does not trigger the 28/90 frame lines, which is what it should do.? Gene -------------- Original message from "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>: -------------- Gene.... Cal's told me that the lenses they had that were coded, were done as a > factory retrofit early in the program. > > ( I think Gene has a lens from Cal's Cameras in Costa Mesa CA>....) > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > The 21 Elmarit Asph I bought new last July has the 6 bit code, and it is > the correct code. However the lens does not imprint the data as it does > not bring up the correct frame lines. If I manually select the frame > lines, it then records the data in the file. The lens mount is incorrect, > according to the Leica reps I talked to at Photokina, so it is now in NJ > to have the mount replaced with the > correct part. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information