cmarbach Posted January 3, 2014 Share #1 Â Posted January 3, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Why can't I set the manual lens detection for my Summarit .5cm 1.5 lens? Nr.1330435 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 Hi cmarbach, Take a look here Summarit 1.5 not listed in menu. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted January 3, 2014 Share #2 Â Posted January 3, 2014 Because it is not an M lens, but an LTM one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jip Posted January 3, 2014 Share #3 Â Posted January 3, 2014 Only M lenses are available and R lenses when using the R-M adapter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaques Posted January 3, 2014 Share #4 Â Posted January 3, 2014 I really wish Leica would enable the user to create their own custom profiles for lenses that are not supported. Best case scenario they would implement in camera profile creation like the new Sony and Fuji cameras... Failing that- simply being able to name a new profile, lets say 'summarit 1.5' and couple the closest matching existing lens profile to it. Then you could have all your non favorite non-M/R lenses named in the list- customised to suit you and your lenses- ready to be selected at leisure. And the lens used would be recorded on the metadata- very handy! Wouldn't that be GREAT? Â I don't see why the latter solution couldn't be implemented via firmware? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UliWer Posted January 3, 2014 Share #5 Â Posted January 3, 2014 The 1:1.5/5cm Summarit was built in a version with M-bayonet as well as a version with screw-mount since the times of the M3.The M-version was listed as SOOIA-M: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Summarit_f%3D_5_cm_1:1.5 Â So this alone would not be a sufficient reason for omitting the lens from the menue for manual lens detection. Leica doesn' list all of their former lenses in the menue, perhaps to avoid a too long list, or perhaps out of "laziness". Â Anyway it isn't necessary to apply a special code for this lens. You may well use the setting for the pre-aspherical version of the 50mm Summilux, since the Summilux has the same optical characteristics as the older Summarit, the EXIF will show you "50mm" and if the max. aperture is too high, you might consider that the lens never reached the transmission of its nominal opening. It was a 1:1.8 or even 1:2-lens as far as light-transmission is concerned. So also the setting for an older version of the Summicron would do no harm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvaliquette Posted January 3, 2014 Share #6 Â Posted January 3, 2014 I really wish Leica would enable the user to create their own custom profiles for lenses that are not supported.... Â +1 Â If the unused codes were not "verbotten", Leica users could create their own "personnal" codes for lens identification in the EXIF data and, optionally, batch processing in post! Please consider it, Leica. It does not cost you anything and would make many digital M users happy. And it could be allowed, with the warning that Leica could reclaim any or all of the "unused" codes at any time for any future lens(es). Â Guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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