fursan Posted July 7, 2007 Share #1 Posted July 7, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) hello, i have been practicing with my new m8 and am totally hooked on rf. need much more time with the cam. i have been reading most threads and sean's reviews, but need your experienced input to clarify certain aspects of lenses ( i am thick! ). 1. buying m-mount bayonet lenses ( leica/zeiss/cv ) does not require any adapters for mounting on the m8. correct or false? 2. lenses ( leica/zeiss/cv ) upto 28mm for m8 will bring up the correct framing lines. correct or false? will this only happen with six-bit coding? 3. can use any lens ( zeiss/leica/cv ) below 28mm on m8 requires external vf. correct? 4. is six bit encoding required for all lenses? or just with infra-red filters? what if i only do bw imaging? what if i do not do six-bit coding? sorry for what might be obvious to you folks, but is perplexing to me. i cannot afford leica glass all the time!! appreciate your responses. Best regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stunsworth Posted July 7, 2007 Share #2 Posted July 7, 2007 Hi Fahim, to cover your points... 1. All M lenses will mount with the possible exception of the Voigtlander f1.2 35mm which has a small piece of plastic at the back of the lens that causes problems with infinity focussing. If you buy from Cameraquest this will have been removed and you'll be ok - don't know about other suppliers. There are also some other lenses from Leica that don't work with the M8, there's a list on the Leica website. Also you need to be very careful with collapsible lenses, as Leica do not recommend collapsing most of those. 2/3. Lenses including the 24mm will bring up the correct framelines - one exception is the Zeiss 25mm that will bring up the wrong framelines, the mount can be replaced, but it doesn't ship with the correct one. Anything wider than 24mm will require an external viewfinder - remember to take the crop factor into account when buying a viewfinder, so if you have a 21mm lens you'll need a 28mm viewfinder, 15mm you'll need a 21mm viewfinder, etc. 4. Even if you only do b&w it would probably be worthwhile to use coded lenses as the coding will correct any vignetting - probably only an issue with wide angle lenses. If you only intend to use the camera for b&w then you'll probably not need filters - perhaps someone else can confirm this. However if you are shooting RAW and decide at a later point to use the images in colour you will probably have issues with the dreaded magenta. Hope that helps, I'm sure others will correct any errors that I've made <grin> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fursan Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted July 7, 2007 Steve, Thanks a lot for your lucid response. the m8 and me..what a learning curve but i am enjoying every moment of the experience. Regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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