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Any word on when this will be released?
Do you mean able to read the 6 bit code on some Leica glass ??Does it come "chipped"?
Does it come "chipped"?
Didn't some newer VC, or was it Zeiss start to have the empty little impressions that the user could fill in themselves ?I thought the 6 bit coding had copyright (or some other) issues and why Zeiss and Voigtlander couldn't code their lenses. Not sure what applies to reading the codes.
Totally agreed.Still trying to get the eBay seller to understand that the problem I have with his adaptor is not that it focuses 'beyond infinity', but that it cannot even get to infinity...
The good news is that I did manage to put a whole bunch of my M mount lenses on the XP-1 to test them (at medium distances only). None had any visible colour shift in the corners, in fact less so than on my GXR. The corners were pretty good, not quite as good as the GXR on some, but perfectly fine for most work.
Saying that, focussing MF lenses on the XP-1 is truly awful compared to the GXR. The fixed magnification is unsuitable for some focal lengths, combined with the slow refresh rate of the EVF makes things painful and jumpy. They really need to look into a better way, focus peaking and gain up on the EVF with faster refresh and a choice of magnifications.
I will hang on to my GXR for my M mount lenses for now, and enjoy the great Fuji AF lenses on the XP-1.
Thanks Michiel. Yesterday I finally got around to viewing some of the XP-1 photos on my 27" iMac, as up till then I had just been using my MBP 13". Wow! Those files are nice, so clean I can hardly tell what ISO they are shot at. So far I only have the 35mm Fujinon lens, but is superb. I am selling my ZM C Biogon 35mm now! (I will keep the CV 35/2.5 skopar though).That is some good info for Manual lens users. Thanks David.
The camera is tempting though.
Michiel
No nothing to do with the Leica optical barcodes at all. However, in that post you basically answered what I suspected.Didn't some newer VC, or was it Zeiss start to have the empty little impressions that the user could fill in themselves ?
Makes me think that the reading of the code itself may not be copyrighted, just having it. Sort of typical Leica silliness IMHO, especially sending in lens to get coded for big money when really all you need is a sharpie marker.
Anyways, given the XPro has 6 lens slots, I would guess each adapter can be recognized, rather than an adapter also being able to read 6 bit code.