Lens codes for the M-10 ?

[RonM]

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I am awaiting the arrival of an M-10 to replace the M 240 I have been using.   I had that camera  (manually)  coded for use with the old 21mm  Voigtlander  f/4.5 Color Skopar, and had good results.  I am looking for suggestions as to what coding to use with that lens and the 35mm f/2 Zeiss Biogon that I will be using with the M-10?

 

I know the 15mm Voigtlander-III can work well on the M-10 without coding and wonder if that might be an alternative to the old 21?

 

 

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[adan]

As far as I know, the specific codes needed for a given lens are the same with an M10 as any previous Leica FF.

 

However, be aware that the M10 is much pickier about recognizing non-Leica manual markings than the previous cameras. None of the hand-made "Sharpie" coding I put on lenses, that worked on an M9, are recognized by the M10 (or else they are recognized in strange ways, such as a 90mm recognized as a 35 f//1.4 ASPH    ).

 

Now, it just so happens that I tried out an M-mount 21mm Color-Skopar f/4.0 (was that what you meant?) on the M10 a month ago, using the menu to ID it as a 21mm Elmarit pre-ASPH. It came out pretty good - perhaps just a faint hint of purple on the right side.

 

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[RonM]

Adan,

Thank you for the reply.   Yes, I did mean the f/4; did not mean to make it even slower!   I did use the 21mm Elmarit profile with the 240, and it worked well, ( similar to your example ) but I thought that since the M-10 uses a different sensor, the profile might be different.  I will definitely try that setting, and plan to manually select the lens, and not rely on painting on the code.

[a.noctilux]

Ron,

 

Don't worry, if it works on M240, it would work also on M10, if you choose selection in manual the lens in the list.

 

For the Zeiss Biogon 2/35, I would try 2/35 Asph. to begin with.

[RonM]

Thanks, a.noctilux.  I will give that a try with the Boigon.

Now the M-10 just has to arrive!