Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/20

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Subject: [Leica] Canon AF adapters and chips
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Thu Mar 20 07:47:53 2008
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Frank,

The adapter has an 8 pin sm chip. In exif data it also identifies all  
lenses as 50mm. I assume it's active and not something like a fusible  
link.

Len


On Mar 20, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> This is only a curiosity question.....
>
> Is the "chip" for AF on the adapter a passive piece on printed  
> circuit board
> (PCB) material with attendant  connections or does the "chip"  
> contain any
> active parts like an IC chip on the PCB?
>
> Could someone please look?
>
> BTW, I looked on Ebay for the answer without luck, but I found a  
> picture of
> the owner of a Chinese ( I suspect it was Taiwanese) company with  
> the former
> CEO of Ebay as a selling tool......  The Owner looked to be about  
> 14 years
> old.
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
>
>
>
>
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