kuau
Newbie
I am trying to code my Zeiss 25mm Biogon using Match Technical Lens Decoder kit I got from PopFlash. I want to use the 6bit code for the Leica Elmarit 28mm 2.8 asph lens which I was told works best with the zeiss 25mm.
I have tried 4 times using the decoder kit, black pen, but can't get it to work. Is there a secret to get this to work?
I also sent an email to jm@milich.com a few days back but never heard back from him.
Any advice, I like to use the lens a lot but it's a pain to remember to switch the code on the m9 manually.
Thanks
Steven
I have tried 4 times using the decoder kit, black pen, but can't get it to work. Is there a secret to get this to work?
I also sent an email to jm@milich.com a few days back but never heard back from him.
Any advice, I like to use the lens a lot but it's a pain to remember to switch the code on the m9 manually.
Thanks
Steven
kbg32
neo-romanticist
I use the ZM 25/2.8 on my M9. Fantastic lens. Mine is not coded at all. I set the lens manually in the camera to the Leitz 24/2.8. Works great! No magenta edges.
thrice
Established
With my 25 Biogon the 24mm Elmarit ASPH setting does still get a little magenta. The 28 Elmarit setting is meant to be best for a balance of vignette and colour shifts.
What I think is causing you the headache is the framelines your lens brings up. If it is bringing up the 35mm framelines (as required to be a 24mm ASPH) then it won't take the 28mm coding. If you manually switch your framelines to the 28/90 framelines you should notice that it is registered as the 28 Elmarit. I use cornerfix nowadays.
What I think is causing you the headache is the framelines your lens brings up. If it is bringing up the 35mm framelines (as required to be a 24mm ASPH) then it won't take the 28mm coding. If you manually switch your framelines to the 28/90 framelines you should notice that it is registered as the 28 Elmarit. I use cornerfix nowadays.
D&A
Well-known
Hi Steven,
I've had more than one sample of the Zeiss 25mm in the past and once coded as a 24mm (since lens brought up coorisponding frameline) to allow coding as a 24mm...the other lens was coded as a 28mm as it brought up the 28mm framelines. In both instances, no red edge was detected in my particular samples..so it may depend on sample lens/camera combination which coding/mount is better. (Just sent you a detained e-mail too). Thanks.
Dave (D&A)
I've had more than one sample of the Zeiss 25mm in the past and once coded as a 24mm (since lens brought up coorisponding frameline) to allow coding as a 24mm...the other lens was coded as a 28mm as it brought up the 28mm framelines. In both instances, no red edge was detected in my particular samples..so it may depend on sample lens/camera combination which coding/mount is better. (Just sent you a detained e-mail too). Thanks.
Dave (D&A)
Rendy
Member
I also had the coding problem with my Zeiss 21/2.8 for a while. Try many black pen/paint/ink and none of them work at all. I even code the white part, but that makes no difference. After think about for a while, I decide to manually set the frame selector to 28/90 and try agin. It works! I guess one must have the right coding and right frame selected for the coding to work. You may have the same problem.
kuau
Newbie
Update
Since my 25 zeiss brings up 24/35 lines on my M9 I tried using the 24 elmerit code
I got it to work once but when I took the lens off and put it back on no luck
I'm not sure this is a problem but where one of the marks go is right on one of the mount screws
Since my 25 zeiss brings up 24/35 lines on my M9 I tried using the 24 elmerit code
I got it to work once but when I took the lens off and put it back on no luck
I'm not sure this is a problem but where one of the marks go is right on one of the mount screws
Rendy
Member
kuau,
I use the white correction tap to cover the screw. Unlike paint, you can clean it easily.
rendy
I use the white correction tap to cover the screw. Unlike paint, you can clean it easily.
rendy