Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joseph, Allen piqued my interest as well. You can get it here (for the MAC). http://homepage.mac.com/aozer/EV/ It gives a lot more info than any other program I've seen. Len On Oct 13, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Joseph Low wrote: > Allen > > Your note piqued my interest - please tell us more > about this utility > > Thank you > > Joseph Low > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of > allen.graves@charter.net > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 10:17 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: RE: [Leica] LHSA meeting in Wetzlar; Leica Camera AG > > Entering the lens data manually is certainly possible as I do this > regularly on my Nikon D200. I don't think that the camera does > anything with the info, though, except enter it into the EXIF data > and probably use it in the metering programs.All that is entered is > the focal length and maximum aperture of the lens, and that value > is then stored for future use. You can have up to 4 different lens > max. apertures for the same focal length using custom menus. > > I see no reason that Leica could not have stored a list of the > lenses supported by in-camera processing in a menu for easy > selection, though lens "upgrading" probably does supply a small but > significant (to Leica) revenue stream. > > As an aside, it is pretty amazing to use an EXIF viewer (like > Opanda for the PC or EXIF Viewer for the Mac) to look at all the > data that is recorded for each shot taken with a camera- there is > far more recorded than you see with most image viewers. I just > learned that the total number of photos taken with the camera is > recorded in the jpeg files, along with a lot of other esoteric, > equally useless trivia, though it might be useful if you were > buying a used camera. > > Allen > > > > ---- Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: >> Is the cell you refer to the little dot just above the red Leica >> dot ? >> It is hard to see on a black camera, but sticks out nicely on a >> Chrome one.... >> >> It appears funny to me that the data is put in the EXIF field if >> the lens is coded, but not possible to manually enter into the >> camera for the same purpose. With all the digital doo jiggeys >> available, it would seem trivial to figure out some combination of >> button pushes and knob turns to make this a reality for all of us >> "Classic" lens owners...... >> >> I point out again, that the reason ( or justification) of why you >> want this feature is a long photo shoot where there is no way you >> will remember which lens was on the camera for each shot... IF the >> data actually does anything to the image ( in the camera or in >> the computer) >> >> Actually looks like a throw back to metering cells before through >> the lens metering..... Retro M8 anyone? >> >> Frank Filippone >> red735i@earthlink.net >> >> >> AFAIK, the aperture data is an approximation coming front the little >> cell on the front, but used only if the lens is coded. >> >> Lucien >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information