Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]no Frank, Stefan is head of Production, not marketing he didn't say they had patented bar codes he said the LENS bar coding was patent APPLIED for will they get it? that's up to the patent office and lastly, vignetting usually increases with the angle of view Stephen Frank Filippone wrote: >My cut on this..... > >First of all, we have no idea what the coding actually does. We are told >some things, retold other things,. And like Ted says, wait >till there are some out there and some real tests ( no marketing) can be >done. > >Binary Coding is patentable? Amazing........ The individual codes will be >reverse engineered ( a trip to the local camera dealer >will give you the codes). What can be done with it still depends on what >it does..... > >Vignetting is a matter of angle of attack of the light rays hitting the >sensor, not the lens.. > >I can believe there might be a flash that reads the lens focal length and >adjusts the reflector for angle of view.. My Nikon >flashes have this ability.....( although not automatic). > >Mr. Daniels is Mr Leica Marketing. > >Frank Filippone >red735i@earthlink.net > >I talked with Stefan Daniels at Photokina about the M8 lens bar codes. > >He told me >1) lens bar coding is patent applied for (so don't expect commercial 3rd >party coding) >2) lens coding benefits vignetting on wide angles >3) lens coding makes for more accurate TTL flash exposures > >of the course the question is how big are the benefits >time will tell > >Stephen > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >