wda Posted June 16, 2011 Share #21 Posted June 16, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I asked this question as I leave for Europe next week for 3 glorious months and worry I will forget to switch to manual when using this beauty.\, thereby losing EXIF data. Simply set a profile dedicated to this lens and call it "135mm". Get in the habit of checking your selected profile before shooting a new location etc. Easy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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algrove Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share #22 Posted June 16, 2011 I checked briefly this morning when after updating my M9 and noticed that this lens is now included in the lens profiles. Cool! I HAVE NOT YET DOWNLOADED THE NEW FIRMWARE, BUT THE 135 APO 3.4 SHOWS UP UNDER THE MANUAL LIST. FIGURE THAT? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 16, 2011 Share #23 Posted June 16, 2011 Nothing new there - it was always in the list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share #24 Posted June 16, 2011 Now, after the new firmware 1.162 for the M9 is out, the situation has changed. Now you can code your Apo-Telyt-M 135 mm lens. Use the 6-bit lens code 53 (110101). Let me make sure I understand, if I have a match Technical Coder Kit, I just darken positions 1,2,4 & 6 and the M9 should recognize this lens too? Almost sounds too simple! Thanks. Where do you find the complete list including the APO 135 3.4? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindolfi Posted June 16, 2011 Share #25 Posted June 16, 2011 Now, after the new firmware 1.162 for the M9 is out, the situation has changed. Now you can code your Apo-Telyt-M 135 mm lens. Use the 6-bit lens code 53 (110101). Yes you can code the Apo Telyt 135/3.4, and the M9 does recognize code 110101 with firmware 1.162. Just tried it and it works. Thanks. A little hidden surprise from Leica which makes life easier when using this lens: no more filling in of exif data later and when auto ISO is used in some cases, the lowest handheld exposure time is set to match this focal length. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted June 16, 2011 Share #26 Posted June 16, 2011 Now, after the new firmware 1.162 for the M9 is out, the situation has changed. Now you can code your Apo-Telyt-M 135 mm lens. Use the 6-bit lens code 53 (110101). Send your e-mail to Leica again. You might get a different answer now. What's the source? Thanks, K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share #27 Posted June 16, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yes you can code the Apo Telyt 135/3.4, and the M9 does recognize code 110101 with firmware 1.162. Just tried it and it works. Thanks. A little hidden surprise from Leica which makes life easier when using this lens: no more filling in of exif data later and when auto ISO is used in some cases, the lowest handheld exposure time is set to match this focal length. Thanks! What great info. I got this lens just at the right time-after a firmware update and before an extended trip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted June 16, 2011 Share #28 Posted June 16, 2011 How about the TE 135/4? Is that recognized as well? K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted June 16, 2011 Share #29 Posted June 16, 2011 Let me make sure I understand, if I have a match Technical Coder Kit, I just darken positions 1,2,4 & 6 and the M9 should recognize this lens too? Yes, exactly. How about the TE 135/4? Is that recognized as well? You mean, via 6-bit lens code? No, it's not. The code for the Elmar 135 mm 1:4 lenses still is 39-0, so no 6-bit coding possible due to the zero 2-bit frameline code. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindolfi Posted June 16, 2011 Share #30 Posted June 16, 2011 How about the TE 135/4?Is that recognized as well? K-H. It is in the manual list, so perhaps. To find the code is a matter of trying. This list shows the codes that are used. Anywhere where there is a zero in the third column is a free place. 0 000000 0 1 000001 1 2 000010 0 3 000011 1 4 000100 1 5 000101 1 6 000110 1 7 000111 1 8 001000 0 9 001001 1 10 001010 0 11 001011 0 12 001100 0 13 001101 0 14 001110 0 15 001111 0 16 010000 1 17 010001 0 18 010010 0 19 010011 0 20 010100 0 21 010101 0 22 010110 0 23 010111 1 24 011000 1 25 011001 1 26 011010 1 27 011011 1 28 011100 1 29 011101 1 30 011110 1 31 011111 1 32 100000 1 33 100001 1 34 100010 1 35 100011 1 36 100100 1 37 100101 1 38 100110 1 39 100111 1 40 101000 0 41 101001 1 42 101010 1 43 101011 1 44 101100 1 45 101101 1 46 101110 1 47 101111 1 48 110000 1 49 110001 1 50 110010 1 51 110011 0 52 110100 1 53 110101 1 54 110110 0 55 110111 0 56 111000 0 57 111001 0 58 111010 0 59 111011 0 60 111100 0 61 111101 0 62 111110 0 63 111111 0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted June 16, 2011 Share #31 Posted June 16, 2011 It is in the manual list, so perhaps. To find the code is a matter of trying. Actually it's a matter of taking a look in the image file's metadata. By the way, lens code 51 is for a forthcoming 14 mm 1:3.8 lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindolfi Posted June 16, 2011 Share #32 Posted June 16, 2011 Indeed, when you manually select the 135/4, you get Lens ID : Macro-Elmar-M 90mm f/4; Unknown (0) in the metadata, so that is not correct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted June 16, 2011 Share #33 Posted June 16, 2011 Indeed, when you manually select the 135/4, you get Lens ID : Macro-Elmar-M 90 mm f/4; Unknown (0) in the metadata, so that is not correct. No. What you really get is, 39-0, which means, "135 mm 1:4". When you see, "Macro-Elmar-M 90 mm f/4; Unknown (0)", then that's just a wrong metadata interpretation by the software you're using. The Macro-Elmar's code is 39-1, and many programs reading (and interpreting) Leica lens codes cannot properly tell 39-0 from 39-1. Unfortunately these include Lightroom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindolfi Posted June 16, 2011 Share #34 Posted June 16, 2011 According to the lens code list, code 39 is the Macro-Elmar-M 90mm f/4, so it is not so strange that ExifTool gives that as an answer. Even the latest LightRoom gives the same answer. Also we need an update of LightRoom with the latest firmware, given that it does not show properly that the 135/3.4 was used when the lens is coded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted June 18, 2011 Share #35 Posted June 18, 2011 When shooting the 135 APO-Telyt with a M9 and manual lens selection with last (not newest firmware), Lightroom 3 interprets the EXIF data as "135 Elmarit 2.8 (I/II)" I have selected the APO-Telyt correctly in the manual lens selection menu, not the 135 Elmarit. I don't know, how it works after the firmware update. EDIT: after the latest firmware has been written on the M9, Lightroom interprets the 135 APO-Telyt as "135mm" - no further designation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share #36 Posted June 18, 2011 Yes, exactly.. I just coded my APO 135 and for some reason under automatic it shows up as a 35mm not 135mm. Any suggestions? I even re blacken the slots. What have I done wrong? Also how do you guys know that certain codes are for certain lenses? Like code 53 is for the APO 135 f3.4. The one site I looked at does not show the APO 135 f3.4 as being coded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindolfi Posted June 18, 2011 Share #37 Posted June 18, 2011 Algrove, the code for a 35mm f/1.4 ASPH is 011101 The code for the apo 135 is 110101 So perhaps something has shifted? Also check if you did not reverse black and white. As I posted, for me it works perfectly, the 110101 code for the apo 135. It produces the same exif automatic as hand set from the manual list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share #38 Posted June 18, 2011 According to the lens code list, code 39 is the Macro-Elmar-M 90mm f/4, so it is not so strange that ExifTool gives that as an answer. Even the latest LightRoom gives the same answer. Also we need an update of LightRoom with the latest firmware, given that it does not show properly that the 135/3.4 was used when the lens is coded. I like that list, but how do you know which code is for which lens? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted June 18, 2011 Share #39 Posted June 18, 2011 According to http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/1738623-post1.html : 110101 (1 = black patch; 0 = white patch) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share #40 Posted June 18, 2011 Algrove, the code for a 35mm f/1.4 ASPH is 011101The code for the apo 135 is 110101 So perhaps something has shifted? Also check if you did not reverse black and white. As I posted, for me it works perfectly, the 110101 code for the apo 135. It produces the same exif automatic as hand set from the manual list. I just rechecked what I did and it was 110101, but on my Coder kit it does say that the code 110101 is for the Summarit-M 35mm f2.5, Product 11643. What could be up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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