maxofrome Posted November 10, 2012 Share #1 Posted November 10, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Dear all, a question, I am looking for an old 90mm Summicron on the web but a question raise in my mind. Are these lens fully usable on the M9 , I mean lens code are available for lens like these or I will have some limitations? Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ecar Posted November 10, 2012 Share #2 Posted November 10, 2012 Yes, both are definitely usable. My (v3-11136) was coded by Leica. Not sure about the v2, but I don't see why it could not be coded as a v3, although the in-camera correction may not be perfectly tailored to the lens in this case. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamuishirou1999 Posted November 10, 2012 Share #3 Posted November 10, 2012 How much was it to get coded by Leica? I've just been manually selecting mine in the menu. I would rather have mine coded so I don't have to keep doing that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecar Posted November 10, 2012 Share #4 Posted November 10, 2012 Can't remember the exact price, as it was a while ago. Probably around 100-150 EUR at the time. I understand prices for this service have gone up since then. I'd just ask Leica for a current quote. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxofrome Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted November 10, 2012 thabks all but what happend if I use such lens on M9 without code? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
!Nomad64 Posted November 10, 2012 Share #6 Posted November 10, 2012 6-bit coding is meant to two purposes: identifying your lens and including that info in metatags and providing proper correction to vignetting and magenta casting. As the latter inconvenience affect focal lenghts below 35mm I wouldn't lose my sleep abot the lack of coding. Besides, if you really need to you can always have the lens manually detected via the in-camera menu. Hope this helps, Bruno Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxofrome Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share #7 Posted November 10, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) 6-bit coding is meant to two purposes: identifying your lens and including that info in metatags and providing proper correction to vignetting and magenta casting. As the latter inconvenience affect focal lenghts below 35mm I wouldn't lose my sleep abot the lack of coding. Besides, if you really need to you can always have the lens manually detected via the in-camera menu. Hope this helps, Bruno thanks a lot! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artichoke Posted November 10, 2012 Share #8 Posted November 10, 2012 6-bit coding is meant to two purposes: identifying your lens and including that info in metatags and providing proper correction to vignetting and magenta casting. As the latter inconvenience affect focal lenghts below 35mm I wouldn't lose my sleep abot the lack of coding. Besides, if you really need to you can always have the lens manually detected via the in-camera menu. I use a version II late production other than the Exif data, there is no change whether I code it properly on not haven't even tried to code this lens, which performs well on my M9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxofrome Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted November 10, 2012 I use a version II late productionother than the Exif data, there is no change whether I code it properly on not haven't even tried to code this lens, which performs well on my M9 very good to ear, is the same version (late'70) I am looking for,wishing to obtain good image for portraits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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