6 Bit Coding

[smitty's]

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Hi All,

  I have several Leica M lenses being used on M8.2 and M9 bodies. My only 6 Bit coded lens is Elmarit 28 Asph. If I switch the camera to manual and select the lens being used on the camera does it achieve the same result as a lens with 6 bit coding? These are not real old lenses just ones made previous to digital bodies

.Thanks, Smitty

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[jaapv]

1 minute ago, smitty's said:

If I switch the camera to manual and select the lens being used on the camera does it achieve the same result as a lens with 6 bit coding?

Yes

[jdlaing]

Just now, smitty's said:

Hi All,

  I have several Leica M lenses being used on M8.2 and M9 bodies. My only 6 Bit coded lens is Elmarit 28 Asph. If I switch the camera to manual and select the lens being used on the camera does it achieve the same result as a lens with 6 bit coding? These are not real old lenses just ones made previous to digital bodies

.Thanks, Smitty

Selection in the menu has the same effect as 6 bit code. The caveat to that is the newer lenses having 6 bit codes since their beginning are not in the menu.

[antigallican]

And if you remember to switch the camera coding  every time you swap a lens you're a lot cleverer than me. 🤭

[a.noctilux]

M9 has manual lens selection.

M8-2 doesn't have this function.

[smitty's]

I don't generally switch lenses that often, using a 50 summicron most of the time. I would love to have them converted to 6 bit but that I think would be an expensive proposition..

[antigallican]

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1 hour ago, a.noctilux said:

M9 has manual lens selection.

M8-2 doesn't have this function.

Thanks. I only have the M9.

[a.noctilux]

9 minutes ago, antigallican said:

Thanks. I only have the M9.

Sorry John,

I was not clear,

my post is for @smitty's post #1

M8-2 and M9 bodies.

2 hours ago, smitty's said:

Hi All,

  I have several Leica M lenses being used on M8.2 and M9 bodies. My only 6 Bit coded lens is Elmarit 28 Asph. If I switch the camera to manual and select the lens being used on the camera does it achieve the same result as a lens with 6 bit coding? These are not real old lenses just ones made previous to digital bodies

.Thanks, Smitty

 

[antigallican]

17 hours ago, a.noctilux said:

Sorry John,

I was not clear,

my post is for @smitty's post #1

M8-2 and M9 bodies.

 

Thanks. If I hadn’t had the info and been new to these cameras the information would have been very welcome -  and it may still be to people casually browsing