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Subject: [Leica] DIY 6-bit coding problems
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:34:36 +1000
References: <23B20654-6122-4E08-9B33-A1429140B071@yahoo.co.uk> <AANLkTinao475XSD3dMsAgypJPovPXgqYnwSXiHb-YJ2L@mail.gmail.com>

Everyone buys one. Then you pay for some more permanent coding.
John Milich is your friend.

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
My two ml of Sharpie ink.



On 30 September 2010 19:42, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
> I will sell you my genuine M-coder for $20 :-) I don't use it because the
> sharpies wear off too quickly....
>
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:23 AM, Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at 
> yahoo.co.uk>wrote:
>
>> Maybe this has been queried before, but I'm having trouble coding my 
>> lenses
>> with a sharpie and this template:
>> http://whimster-photography.com/leica_m_lens_codes/template.jpg
>>
>> My lenses: ?CV 21, f/4; CV 35 f/1.2; Canon LTM 35 f/2 with VC M-mount
>> adapter, f/2; 35 Asph 'Cron; 50 'Cron IV; 90 thin Tele-Elmar; 90 Leica
>> Canada 2.8 (chrome); Leica 135 2.8, goggles.
>>
>> After coding with a sharpie, the CV 21 is recognized as a 21 when I press
>> the Info button on my M8. ?The 135 is mis-recognized as a 21. ?The others
>> are not recognized as coded at all.
>>
>> I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. ?However, when I print off the template
>> mentioned above, the diameter seems a bit too wide, so I have to kind of
>> guess the correct positioning for the sharpie marks.
>>
>> Any advice welcomed!
>>
>> Peter Cheyne
>>
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In reply to: Message from geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne) ([Leica] DIY 6-bit coding problems)
Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] DIY 6-bit coding problems)