Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, that was my experience with marking by that method as well (several years ago when I had the M8). Just unreliable for me. Others have reported that they were happy. I suggest that you also ensure that you do not have any ink residue on the sensing strip on the mount. One vulnerability for that is if the ink is not quite hardened (or overly thick) when the lens is mounted. A friend of mine here even ended up with some of that residue on the coverglass of their M8 sensor. I'm told that the scrubbing needed to remove it was a stimulating activity ;-) Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 1 April 2014 15:35, Richard Endress <rendress at mac.com> wrote: > Gene, I am using a Sharpie fine point marker and a kit called Coder Kit > made by Match Technical. Got it on eBay from China. Just saying that > makes me think I need to check their horseshoe shaped template against some > others available on the web. The code marks I am using are from LHS > website. And they line up to where the sensor is on the camera when the > lens is mounted. Richard > > > > From: grduprey at mchsi.com > Subject: Re: [Leica] Inconsistent lens detection on M 8 > Date: March 31, 2014 12:07:31 PM EDT > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > > How are they coded? I do know some methods are not very reliable. > > Gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Endress" <rendress at mac.com> > To: lug at leica-users.org > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 4:03:12 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: [Leica] Inconsistent lens detection on M 8 > > Hello all, > > I am just getting around to coding my lenses. I am getting inconsistent > results. My 28mm f2.8 and 50mm f2.8 show up fine but my 50mm f2 and > Voigtlander 50mm f1.5 and 12mm f5.6 are not detected. A Voigtlander 35mm > f1.7 was not detected on the first shot but detected on the second. Any > ideas why the inconsistency? richard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >