Help-Lens coder kit does not work

[Scargos2]

I purchased the d-coder kit and have tried a lot to get the camera to recognize
the lens. I have the recognize lens IR on . Using a Sharpie pen to mark the lines or dots on the lens using the decoder. I have it with the right side up.
I tried 3 different lens and not one will work. 50mm, 35mm 90mm
Have anyone else have this problem.
Thank
Rick

 

[cap'n bill]

Have you checked the coder template against the camera mount?. If the detent slot and code reader diodes don't line up it can't work. this was the situation with one template I downloaded.

 

[bradhusick]

try the coder ring on a lens that's already coded and see if you need to offset it a bit.

 

[GrahamWelland]

I had the slight offset problem with the one I got originally (blue). I found I had to offset it slightly for an accurate registration. You can only really check with a coded lens.

Something else to watch out for is that the mounts bring up the correct framelines because they are used alongside the code. This was a problem for some of the ZM lines (21 certainly).

 

[Scargos2]

I have a 75 coded,will check to see if the coder is off.
Thanks

 

[Scargos2]

I tried over and over. will not work.
Checked by records and I purchased for you Bradhusik.
How did you find the decoder to work?

 

[tom in mpls]

Any advice where to buy the best (easiest? most reliable?) coder?

 

[Mango]

I have the Bo Coder, for $5, it is excellent! I highly recommend it:

http://bophoto.typepad.com/bophoto/2009/01/m8-coder-simple-manual-handcoding-of-m-lenses.html

Here is the original post on the coder:

http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11561

 

[GrahamWelland]

:thumbs: For the Bo Coder too. I liked mine so much, I saved up and bought a second. No registration issues whatsoever.

Thanks again Bo! :salute:

 

[bradhusick]

I tried over and over. will not work.
Checked by records and I purchased for you Bradhusik.
How did you find the decoder to work?

It worked for me if I was very careful. I know the maker, Tim Isaac, and he'd happily replace it for you if it's not working for you. You can reach him at www.matchtechnical.com.

 

[tom in mpls]

I have the Bo Coder, for $5, it is excellent! I highly recommend it

A note from Bo:

"M9 UPDATE: Just got my M9, clearly something have changed, my coded lenses which works just fine with the M8 mostly did not work with the M9... until I socked on a bunch more ink. they must have changed the sensor to require more contrast, as a single layer of sharpie don't seem to do the trick anymore. this will be a easy fix on the new grooved lenses, I'm heading out in town for black model airplane enamel.. on my 15mm I have a coding strip and this worked, but the same strip on the CV 35 1.4 did not work, probably because it was a bit more worn, I updated it with a fresh one and now that lens also works.

Conclusion... soak on more ink, paint or whatever you are using for black. The M9 have a more picky sensor, I'm almost wondering if they did this new calibration to bug people doing sharpie codes."

 

[jackperk]

Where can you get the codes with which to use the coder?

jack

 

[tom in mpls]

Where can you get the codes with which to use the coder?

jack

Jack, send me an email and I'll send the codes out to you; I have them in a word document file.

 

[jeffvk]

Here are the codes I found. Waiting for the Bo coded. My Xacto skills I guess weren't very good. IF you have a chance, check your coded lens against it and confirm.

http://whimster-photography.com/leica_m_lens_codes/index.html

 

[Scargos2]

Coded My 90,35 with a little work to figure it out, but My 50 I worked on it for three days to get to work. What a pain in the ----

 

[dfarkas]

The Match Tech M-Coder kit from Tim Isaac works very nicely. The template snaps securely into place, the look-up wheel is comprehensive and easy to use, and the machinist pen works better than Sharpie. I've had no problem coding some of my older lenses with it and being recognized by the M9.

Coder Kit for M Mount Lenses | Dale Photo & Digital

David

 

[Scargos2]

Than's the coder I am using, but will try the Machinist pen. Have been using a Sharpie.

 

[Alnitak]

I can confirm what Bo wrote; the M9 is much more finicky than the M8 with manual coding. It's been a bear to get them to work as I would like on the M9 when they worked fine on the M8.

Jeff

 

[jeffvk]

Update. Just coded my Zeiss 28mm for the m8 with Bo's coder and the lens code below. I have to say, I did a poor job with the sharpie. Slapped the lens on just to see how bad, and it worked great. The info on the photo shows 28mm.

http://whimster-photography.com/leic...des/index.html


jeffvk

 

[tom in mpls]

90 Elmarit coded with Match coder; the process took perhaps a minute and my M9 recognized the lens. This is a slick system as the plastic template snaps firmly into place on the lens mount making accurate placement of the marks a breeze.