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Subject: [Leica] CV 1.4/40mm and 1.2/35mm on M8 - what is your experience?
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 12:14:32 -0700
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Um, of course all 35mm can be easily detected by the M8 as 35mm, if they
have mechanical thingie that brings up the 35mm frameline, then it's an easy
step for the firmware to guess that it is a 35mm lens. So no big deal there.



On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 4:19 AM, FRANK DERNIE
<frank.dernie at btinternet.com>wrote:

>
> I have not had my 35 f1.2 coded but I do use the filter. I have no idea why
> but all my 35mm lenses are recognised as 35mm by my M8, including the 35mm
> setting on the tri-elmar, even though they are not coded. It started after
> one of the firmware updates IIRC.
> Frank
>
>
> --- On Fri, 15/5/09, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
>
> > From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> > Subject: [Leica] CV 1.4/40mm and 1.2/35mm on M8 - what is your
> experience?
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Friday, 15 May, 2009, 7:25 AM
> > I know at least some of you use the 1.2/35mm on the M8, and
> > perhaps someone out there also uses the 1.4/40mm. What are
> > your experiences? What framelines does the 40 bring up?
> > Those using the 1.2/35mm--did you have it coded (obviously,
> > not by Leica) and do you use it with an UV/IR filter?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Nathan
> >
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Replies: Reply from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] CV 1.4/40mm and 1.2/35mm on M8 - what is your experience?)
In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] CV 1.4/40mm and 1.2/35mm on M8 - what is your experience?)
Message from frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE) ([Leica] CV 1.4/40mm and 1.2/35mm on M8 - what is your experience?)