My TL2 isn't recognising my M lenses

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

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Hi

I have two TL lenses and a bunch of M lenses. When I attach my 90mm APO f2 lens it shows up in lightroom as a 35mm lens. Where am I screwing up and how do I fix it??

Thanks in advance

 

Neil

[gbealnz]

Dunno.

You're using the genuine Leica adapter?

And the lens(es) are 6-bit coded?

Then the info should come through.

I had a few issues, using the genuine adapter, but with after-market 6 bit mount rings on a lens (50 Summicron I think).

It didn't always work.

If you've got the new 6-bit lenses though all should be fine.

Gary

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

Dunno.

You're using the genuine Leica adapter?

And the lens(es) are 6-bit coded?

Then the info should come through.

I had a few issues, using the genuine adapter, but with after-market 6 bit mount rings on a lens (50 Summicron I think).

It didn't always work.

If you've got the new 6-bit lenses though all should be fine.

Gary

 

Gary my 90mm apple doesn't have the 6 bit code but on the SL you have an option to add it in the menu but I can't find where you do that on the TL

 

Neil

[gbealnz]

Ah, never thought of that.

But, you have me stumped, I only have the T, so you'll need someone with the TL2 to assist.

Gary

[thighslapper]

It's either recognised as coded and the info put in the EXIF file ....... or not.

 

No facility to manually add a lens from a list as far as I am aware, but I will try today with some uncoded lenses and see what happens. 

 

It shows 35mm probably because that was the last lens you used that was recognised by the camera .....

[nocturnal1]

On the original T, uncoded lenses (such as vintage M lenses) will all show up as 35mm by default. There is no menu for selecting a lens like you have on the M.  I have not heard of (and doubt) either of these features changing with the T2, but I cannot confirm that. 

I have not found a convenient way of editing the exif data in my Lightroom workflow, so I have elected to color code the images in Lightroom to differentiate the various vintage lenses that show up as a 35. 

 

To get your 90 to show up as such, my understanding is you will have to have it 6-bit coded.

[Jim-St]

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I use the Lenstagger LR plugin to fill gaps in exif when shooting with uncoded lenses on my M9, and when shooting on M43 with Leica-mount lenses. It's a bit clunky, and requires you set it up for each lens you want to use, but it gets the job done

 

Jim

[frame-it]

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Gary my 90mm apple doesn't have the 6 bit code but on the SL you have an option to add it in the menu but I can't find where you do that on the TL

 

Neil

[northernlights]

My Leica T recognises my older 28 summicron asph 6bit v1 but does not recognise my newer 35 Summarit f2.4 asph which is obviously 6-bit. It comes out as 35mm but unknown lens.