Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/14

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Subject: [Leica] Digital Leica M
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Wed Jun 14 09:03:17 2006
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20060614092110.027dd008@ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net>

William - So were not going to get individual (i.e., one at a time) 
frame line selection?  Too bad.  A missed opportunity.  :-(

(I did suggest this in an earlier e-mail.)

Dick

>Clive,
>
>It is not "essential", but there is a reason beyond the metadata
>None here have yet guessed it.
>
>Although menu entry was suggested some months back, that
>option would appear to be impractical. This was confirmed at
>the Forum meeting in Solms last weekend.
>
>William
>
>At 08:07 AM 6/14/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>>It is not clear to me why the code on the lens is a requirement. It is
>>trivial to provide  menu based entry to identify the lens on the
>>camera - unless they intend to test every lens and characterise its
>>performance. I doubt they will do that - 8 bits would not be enough.
>>
>>I can use any old  Nikon F-mount lens on the D200 by entering its
>>maximum aperture and focal length.
>>
>>95 euros for six dots is Leica type pricing - preposterous (unless
>>they throw in a CLA)
>>
>>On 6/6/06, lambroving@att.net <lambroving@att.net> wrote:
>>...
>>>http://www.leica-camera.com/imperia/md/content/pdf/objektive/18.pdf
>>...
>>
>>--
>>Clive
>>http://clive.moss.net/blog
>
>
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In reply to: Message from lambroving at worldnet.att.net (William G. Lamb, III) ([Leica] Digital Leica M)