[Leica] How do you take off the M lens mount.......?

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)]

Frank,


As I remember it was Dave at Leica NJ that told me about the mount on the 35 
'lux.  It appears there are also a couple of other lenses that are built 
this way, but I do not remember which one they were, but they were old 
lenses.


Cheers,
Gene  -------------- Original message from "Frank Filippone" <red735i at 
earthlink.net>: --------------


> I guess there are 2 reasons to code a lens..... 
> 
> To ID it in the EXIF data, and to make that process idiot proof.
> To enable the M8 to perform its "magic" with the WA lenses.
> 
> Maybe a third one.... because you can.
> 
> I would like my WA lenses to be coded, and I am using Milich to cut the
> recesses for the coding on the 3E and my 28/2.  ( as an aside, they and  
> the
> WATE will go New Zealand with me in January,,,, )
> 
> On the 35/1.4 and 35/2V3, the mounts seem to have tiny screws around the
> periphery of the lens.  I absolutely refuse to touch them until I know if
> they are the way into the lens.
> I doubt that Leica would have designed a lens so that the lens mount would
> not come off.....somehow.... but I doubt these 2 lenses are as easy as
> removing 6 screws.
> I would like to have one or the other to be coded, because I use them so
> often... now thinking about it, and the 1.33 factor of the M8, maybe I
> should not bother.... I probably will settle for a wider lens, like my 28 
> as
> my standard carry around lens.
> 
> The 50 Pre ASPH Lux is another matter, and I do understand that one is a 
> bit
> hairy..... and I will probably not bother with the effort involved.
> 
> I do appreciate the info on not needing to code the 35/1.4.  It does make 
> me
> more comfortable in using  the lens.....
> 
> BTW, did you realize that if you remove 3 mounts and send them to Milich to
> code, that you do not have the 3 lenses for use?  I found this out after
> sending off the mounts.....
> 
> A bit dumb, but I do learn.....sometimes.....
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
> 
> The 35/1.4 pre-asph lens cannot be coded unless you do it yourself,
> mechanical skill required of course, which I do not have.  The mount cannot
> be removed, as it is part of the overall lens body, or so I have been told.
> I think that there is another problem in that one of the screws is in the
> wrong place.  The other lenses are codeable as far as I know.  I use my
> 35/1.4 pre-ash with no problems, you do not really need to code it, in my
> opinion.
> 
> 
> Gene -------------- 
> 
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