WATE +/- 6 bot coding

[uroman]

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How hard is it to request leica to 6-bit code a lens?

I am considering a non 6 bit coded WATE

any disadvantage to buying a non coded wate

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[Rick]

I thought all WATE lenses were coded. The lens was designed for the M8 to give roughly 21-28mm equivalent. Being a lens designed for the digital M I would have thought they all started out coded?

 

Also, being a new design from scratch, Leica chose to make the lens telecentric which is why it works so well in the corners on digital sensors including the M digital cameras. Other Leica wides in this range never seem as sharp in the corners to me.

[Ivar B]

I thought all WATE lenses were coded. The lens was designed for the M8 to give roughly 21-28mm equivalent. Being a lens designed for the digital M I would have thought they all started out coded?

 

Also, being a new design from scratch, Leica chose to make the lens telecentric which is why it works so well in the corners on digital sensors including the M digital cameras. Other Leica wides in this range never seem as sharp in the corners to me.

 

I believe you are right - the WATE is factory coded.

 

In general, there is no problem having an uncoded lens coded. I have two such lenses with Leica now, one 2/35 ASPH and one 3.4/135. It costs about 239 Euros with focus optimisation.

[01af]

How hard is it to request Leica to 6-bit-code a lens?

It's totally easy. Just ask.

 

 

I am considering a non-6-bit-coded WATE.

As far as I know, non-six-bit-coded Tri-Elmar-M 16-18-21 mm Asph lenses don't exist.