RFA
Member
Hi Everybody
Hello, I'm new to this forum and have a couple of questions that hopefully someone can help with;
I recently bought a Zeiss 25mm f2.8 for my M8 and I'm having difficulty coding it, I modified the mount to bring up the 24mm bright lines and coded it as an Elmarit M 24, this hasn't been very reliable, I think because one of the black marks catches the edge of a screw, if I code it as an Elmar M 24 the other edge of the screw catches a black mark and I get the same problem, ie sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. This is temporary marking using a fine tip felt pen, I've used this method with an old Summicron 35mm Version 1 and haven't had any problems other than having to redo it occasionally. So far I haven't seen any great problems using it uncoded but it is handy to know what lens was used sometimes.
Does anyone in the UK permanently code these lenses at a reasonable cost?
Regards
Ron
Hello, I'm new to this forum and have a couple of questions that hopefully someone can help with;
I recently bought a Zeiss 25mm f2.8 for my M8 and I'm having difficulty coding it, I modified the mount to bring up the 24mm bright lines and coded it as an Elmarit M 24, this hasn't been very reliable, I think because one of the black marks catches the edge of a screw, if I code it as an Elmar M 24 the other edge of the screw catches a black mark and I get the same problem, ie sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. This is temporary marking using a fine tip felt pen, I've used this method with an old Summicron 35mm Version 1 and haven't had any problems other than having to redo it occasionally. So far I haven't seen any great problems using it uncoded but it is handy to know what lens was used sometimes.
Does anyone in the UK permanently code these lenses at a reasonable cost?
Regards
Ron
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Have you asked Malcolm Taylor? He's done a Voigtlander for me.
Contact details on http://www.ukcamera.com/collect/
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RFA
Member
Hi
Thanks for that, I'd forgotten about Malcolm Taylor, I used him many years ago for a CLA on an M2 and some lens cleaning.
I have now tried coding it as a 24mm Summilux which avoids any of the screws, the results look OK but I haven't had time to really test it out, at least after removing and refitting the lens several times it seems to be reliable.
Regards
Ron
Thanks for that, I'd forgotten about Malcolm Taylor, I used him many years ago for a CLA on an M2 and some lens cleaning.
I have now tried coding it as a 24mm Summilux which avoids any of the screws, the results look OK but I haven't had time to really test it out, at least after removing and refitting the lens several times it seems to be reliable.
Regards
Ron