How to research 'M Coded' lenses?

[sakthorp]

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I'm relatively new to Leica gear so please cut me some slack.

 

I've spent the better part of a half hour researching, er 'googling' Leica M lenses. Apparently my 'google' skills are poor as I am unable to obtain information on the dating of M lenses.

 

I have ordered a used Silver 50mm 'Cron. Serial No. 393XXX. Just curious if it's coded for my M9. (The retailer is not available until Monday morning)

 

I am also interested in obtaining a 75 Cron, so I would like to educate myself with used inventory.

 

I realize I am in the company of seasoned veterans, please be kind

 

~ Stephanie

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[k-hawinkler]

Leica Lens Serial Numbers

[rickp13]

welcome, stephanie

here's the source for a list of current and older lenses which can (or cannot) be coded for the m8. use it just as a reference. you should already have a list of lenses which the m9 can recognize, i think.

good luck

rick

p.s. in addition to googling, you can also use the search function on this forum. lots of good leica info for you already discussed x-zillion times.

 

Leica Camera AG - Downloads

[Ario Arioldi]

Stefanie,

you may whish to download tha latest Leica Bookled by E. Puts.

There are a lot of useful information, including production date by model and serial number of Leica lenses.

Downloads

Cheers,

Ario

[michali]

Welcome to the Forum Stephanie and I wish you many000's of beautiful photographs with your M9.

 

Have a look at Thorsten Overgaard's Leica Lens Compendium as well.

leica.overgaard.dk - Thorsten Overgaard's Leica Pages - Leitz and Leica Lens Compendium

 

This site gives you the exact year of manufacture of a particular lens by entering its serial no. and then clicking on "Interroger la base"

Summilux - Numéros de série

[sakthorp]

Thanks guys! Very useful information.... Off to figure out if the lens I ordered is coded or not :-)

[jaapv]

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Unless somebody had it coded, it won't be - this is a pre-M8 lens. Which is not a problem. You can either:

1. use it uncoded - there will be no detrimental effects on image quality with a 50 mm lens.

2. leave it uncoded and select it in a menu in the camera

3. have it coded by either Leica or one of several third-party workshops.

[sakthorp]

Jaap,

 

I would like the focal length in the EXIF data, so I will dial in the lens manually on the M9.

 

I am curious as to how a uncoded lens affects image quality with the wider lenses? Is there some sort of in camera correction(s) for distortion or vignetting of the wider lenses?

 

Unless somebody had it coded, it won't be - this is a pre-M8 lens. Which is not a problem. You can either:

1. use it uncoded - there will be no detrimental effects on image quality with a 50 mm lens.

2. leave it uncoded and select it in a menu in the camera

3. have it coded by either Leica or one of several third-party workshops.

[Ario Arioldi]

Jaap,

 

I would like the focal length in the EXIF data, so I will dial in the lens manually on the M9.

 

I am curious as to how a uncoded lens affects image quality with the wider lenses? Is there some sort of in camera correction(s) for distortion or vignetting of the wider lenses?

There is a correction for for vignetting, distortion, if any, is unaffected.

Cheers,

Ario