Self Coding Experiment

[stephengilbert]

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Having obtained a screw thread adapter, and not having any white paint around, I thought I'd put the black mark on to indicate a WATE and see what the camera thought. With only the second "bit" marked in black and the others left unfinished brass (bronze?) the menu asked me to choose the 16, 18 or 21mm setting.

 

It appears that only the black mark is necessary, at least for this lens option. Now if I just had a lens.

 

Steve

[bradreiman]

i had the same experience. very easy. now i just wish i had a 39mm filter...b

[Guest guy_mancuso]

You can buy a 39mm leica filter that one is easy . B&H has that one and i think Tony does also.

[AGeoJO]

I know Tony at Popflash does because I just returned an unopened one since I ordered the wrong size. He will get it back tomorrow 05/02/07.

[bradreiman]

except im waiting for my one from leica-patiently of course. and popflash website doesnt ship international and bh only ships to the credit card billing address and I travel for a living. thanks for the heads up tho....b

[grober]

With only the second "bit" marked in black and the others left unfinished brass (bronze?) the menu asked me to choose the 16, 18 or 21mm setting.

 

Steve

 

RATS! I can't get my M8 to repeat your experience. But good to hear YOU CAN!

 

I'm very certain the single black mark is in the right spot since a separate "9cm" adapter in use with my 28mm Ultron with its 28/2.8 nail polish spoofing code works just fine. (I simply patterned my new adapter after the successful locations encoded for my 28.)

 

Try, try, try again, I guess. Maybe I'm not holding my mouth right or something...

 

-g

[scott kirkpatrick]

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except im waiting for my one from leica-patiently of course. and popflash website doesnt ship international and bh only ships to the credit card billing address and I travel for a living. thanks for the heads up tho....b

 

I've dealt with both Popflash and with B&H on international orders and on orders picked up when travelling to places with lower sales tax. With Popflash, call them up and talk to Tony. You ought to be able to convince him of your bona fides. He reads this forum from time to time. With B&H (and others) that won't ship to a hotel, find a company that you are working with at your port of call and a person at that company who will hold it for your arrival. The shipper simply wants to be clear of any liability for non-delivery when they send an expensive item, someone signs for it, and you don't finally receive it or claim not to have received it. If you make it your responsibility to get the item, they'll ship.

 

scott

[howard_cummer]

I also have been experimenting with getting the M8 to read codes on non Leica lenses.

Here is a picture of the coding on a Leica 35 Lux asph (on the left) and next to it is a CV Nokton 40 f1.4SC. You can vaguely see on the CV lens barrel where I have marked off where the code dots should be, including one over the screw head.

 

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/UV+IR+Code+Pix/_1000064.JPG.html

 

http://tinyurl.com/2rsmtw

 

Here is the CV 40 now coded with matt black water soluble model paint - including a splash over the screw head which is in the way. The M8 manages to read the code as 35mm!!

 

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/UV+IR+Code+Pix/_1000072.JPG.html

 

http://tinyurl.com/32t4x6

 

Here is a picture off our balcony with lens code on, IR filter off and no filter on the camera:

 

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/UV+IR+Code+Pix/L9991044.JPG.html

 

http://tinyurl.com/25l4gs

 

And finally, here is a picture of the same scene with lens code on, IR filter recognition on and the filter (a 43mm heliopan 8025) on:

 

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/UV+IR+Code+Pix/L9991045.JPG.html

 

http://tinyurl.com/yqc9za

 

The posted pictures are from the basic Jpegs - I haven't yet fooled around with the RAW files. I will wait for night fall to see what happens under tungsten light but I am pretty pleased with myself,

Cheers

Howard