parigby Posted July 5, 2010 Share #1 Posted July 5, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Has anyone has experience of using the Thumbs Up lens Coder Kit 2.0, and if so what are your thoughts. Thanks in advance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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therefromhere Posted July 5, 2010 Share #2 Posted July 5, 2010 I have one and use it for my Zeiss 50/1,5. It works perfectly, though if I switch lenses a lot, I'll have to re-mark the code as the marker wears off. Thats a marker problem, not a problem with the kit. Typically it's once per 2 or 3 changes. The price is a bit high for what you get, but the quality of presentation is top notch, but too big to carry around practically. I noted down the notches for my lens and carry the pen and template separately to cut down on size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PasMichiel Posted July 5, 2010 Share #3 Posted July 5, 2010 It works ok. Nice case. Ofcourse when changing the lens often you have to place the code more times. And there is only a black pen and not a white one. So my APO 90mm didn't get it before I placed a white dot myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caimi Posted July 5, 2010 Share #4 Posted July 5, 2010 What did you use to make the white dot? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PasMichiel Posted July 6, 2010 Share #5 Posted July 6, 2010 gel pen. And wait very long to get it dry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanetomlane Posted July 6, 2010 Share #6 Posted July 6, 2010 I found the coder kit great but I didn't have much luck just using the pens. In the end I used the kit to mark the lens flange and then very carefully milled out the markings using a Dremel. I then used Humbrol enamel Matt Black and Matt White to fill in the coding. I did this some time ago on my 24 Elmarit, 35 Summicron, 50 Summicron and 90 Summicron and it worked just fine. I still need to do the Tri-Elmar (MATE) which I will get round to doing. Sounds a daunting task but if you're careful it's straight forward. ______________________________________ Regards, Tom Photography by Tom Lane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PasMichiel Posted July 7, 2010 Share #7 Posted July 7, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) How about the screws? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanetomlane Posted July 8, 2010 Share #8 Posted July 8, 2010 How about the screws? I'm not sure who your question is directed at, but if it was me, from memory, none of the coding marks lined up with any of the screws. However, I'll double-check on that when I get home. ________________________ Regards, Tom Photography by Tom Lane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfx Posted July 8, 2010 Share #9 Posted July 8, 2010 Black and white nail polish works very well and does not wear off. Tim Isaac of Match Technical confirmed that I could not use his coder kit on my 90mm Tele Elmarit M because screws lined up with the 6 bit coding location, and other Forum members suggested a terrific work around for this lens. I used both black and white nail polish on one of the screws to approximate the edge of the one black mark in the 6 bit coding (it was, oddly, in the middle of a screw), and the M9 has recognized the lens perfectly as coded since. Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanetomlane Posted July 8, 2010 Share #10 Posted July 8, 2010 Black and white nail polish works very well and does not wear off. Tim Isaac of Match Technical confirmed that I could not use his coder kit on my 90mm Tele Elmarit M because screws lined up with the 6 bit coding location, and other Forum members suggested a terrific work around for this lens. I used both black and white nail polish on one of the screws to approximate the edge of the one black mark in the 6 bit coding (it was, oddly, in the middle of a screw), and the M9 has recognized the lens perfectly as coded since.Rich Mine's a 90 Summicron and so it may have different coding. However, I will check tonight when I get home and let you know. _______________________ Cheers, Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanetomlane Posted July 9, 2010 Share #11 Posted July 9, 2010 Mine's a 90 Summicron and so it may have different coding. However, I will check tonight when I get home and let you know._______________________ Cheers, Tom I did check last night and yes, one of the coding marks fell directly on top of one of the screws. (There are three coding marks together and it falls on the centre one.) As the screw-head is slightly recessed I just painted the top of it matt black. If the screw needs to be removed in future it would be easy enough to remove the paint from the 'cross-head'. ______________________ Regards, Tom Photography by Tom Lane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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