A question similar to asking how they put the jam in the doughnut.

[GarethC]

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I've just coded my lenses and mounted the uv/ir filters.

 

Why does the camera not give me the focal length of the lens if the UV/IR cut isn't on the lens? It's like it doesn't recognize that it is coded without the filter.

 

These guys at Leica are smart.

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[sean_reid]

Is this a WATE? If so, the corrections for the WATE (sans filter) were meant to be general. So they don't vary by focal length and none is shown.

 

Cheers,

 

Sean

[GarethC]

No, I noticed it on a CV Ultron 35/1.7

[Shootist]

Never heard of that. The camera has NO idea if the filter is on or off. Something else is amiss.

[GarethC]

That's what I thought, but it didn't recognize it as 35mm without the filter and it did with.

 

I'm sticking with my premise that those guys at Leica are smart.

[voightL]

That's what I thought, but it didn't recognize it as 35mm without the filter and it did with.

 

I'm sticking with my premise that those guys at Leica are smart.

 

Or maybe you've a smart camera:D

[sean_reid]

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That's what I thought, but it didn't recognize it as 35mm without the filter and it did with.

 

I'm sticking with my premise that those guys at Leica are smart.

 

The camera, or lens, is haunted.

 

Cheers,

 

Sean

[GarethC]

nope, the guys at Leica are smart.

 

I want to check it again but some things are just meant to be mysteries so I'm not going to. The Zen of not knowing.

[M6J]

Your coding is probably not perfectly done. So the camera recognizes it some times and some times it doesn't. It just happened to have the filter on or not.

How did you do the coding?

[Hookeye]

Gareth, just a thought; are you aware that the filter should go in front of the lens and not between the lens and the housing ?

[guy]

I'm with Sean: your camera and / or lens is possessed. Quick, get a bell, book and candle!*

 

(*warning: candles give best results with f1.4 or faster.)

[GarethC]

In reality, Jordan is probably correct but I'm not going to ake the filter off to find out. There are just some things in life we don't need to know

 

I used a Sharpie and then went to the black nail polish solution which now is calling up the WATE on the CV15 and 35mm for the Ultron so all is good.

 

But wouldn't it be funny if I did take off the filters to try it out now.......................

[Alberti]

In reality, Jordan is probably correct but I'm not going to ake the filter off to find out. There are just some things in life we don't need to know

 

I used a Sharpie and then went to the black nail polish solution which now is calling up the WATE on the CV15 and 35mm for the Ultron so all is good.

 

But wouldn't it be funny if I did take off the filters to try it out now.......................

 

OK, but when you are using the Sharpie, keep your eye on the dougnut and not on the hole.