Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes to number one, the lens is still a 28mm lens, it feels like a 28mm lens but with cropping that looks like a 35mm lens it is still unclear if the coding does anything, 99.99 of all M lenses will work, i think the coding is like ROM on R lenses. not much use #3 it is just a little faster than 100, i am not following what you are trying to understand . also if you shoot raw format, it will give you +/- 1~2 stops leverage depending on the lighting conditions. one thing to note about digital, it is much like shooting slides, the exposure needs to be precise or you Will have burned highlights. (this is one area that that digital needs improvements) On 9/16/06, Luis Ripoll <luisripoll@telefonica.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm sorry but I'm absolutely ignorant about digital, I've read the report > for the M8 and I'm trying to understand three points: > > 1.- Viewfinder framelines: If you fit the M8 with a 28mm, the frameline you > will see on the M8 would be the 35 mm focal length frameline? > > 2.- What is the purpose of the 6 bit coded lenses?. If I put an "ancient" > lens on the M8, it should work as well with manual and automatic mode? > > 3.- If the ISO range is from 160 to 2500, and I'm used to be with i.e. 100 > ASA, this implies that the minimum ASA for digital is 160?. On this case a > lens with a f stop of F4 could be the equivalent about 3,4/2,8 for a 100 > ASA. > > Could someone clarify me these points? > > Thanks in advance, > > Saludos desde Barcelona > Luis > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad