summilux 28mm f1.4 on m240

[Mark Cha]

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hi

recently i purchased summilux 28mm f1.4 to couple with my m240. but i cant get the exif data when i have the camera automatically detecting the lens and also i cant find the lens in the list when i choose manual mode.

i found that the firmware is up to date so im thinking its not a matter of it. 

does anyone experience the same situation? any advice would be so much appreciated in line with this issue. 

[mmradman]

Can you M240 read other coded lenses OK?  One likely problem 6-bit reader probably needs cleaning.

In the camera menu you will not find lens in the manual selection list as lens was 6-bit from day one.  6-bit coding started with M8 in 2006, any lens manufactured before could be without 6-bit pits, Summilux 28 is very recent, launched in 2015.

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[Kwesi]

Does the lens info show up when you press "info" on the back of the camera?

[Mark Cha]

no its not. it says no information

[mmradman]

Perhaps you need to check your setting in the main menu and set lens detection to Auto.  If setting is Off or Manual camera will not recognise the lens.

[steamboat]

When I bought my M8.2 - new, just out - the lens detector did not work. Leica said to return it immediately to the seller and I received another camera. Did you just buy your M240 new?

[dugby]

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What is the firmware version displayed in the M240 menu ?

[Bohns]

Another possibility is just that the Summilux 28 may have been removed from the list of M lenses in the menu. You can choose and limit the lenses you own from the full list of M lenses which has been entered per default in the software.

Did you select your lenses in the past and not remember it ?