Incredible Bokeh and no 6bit code

[Roger Pellegrini]

I am looking a used 50 Summicron and just saw an ad for one on E-Bay that mentioned "incredible Bokeh and no 6bit code." Can anyone tell me what this means.

Roger Pellegrini

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

"Incredible bokeh" means it renders out of focus areas of the image very smoothly (though there's some ambiguity about what exactly that means).

No idea about the 6 bit code bit, though. 6 bits, that's $1.50 isn't it?

 

[takef586]

6 bit coding is useful for using M mount lenses on the Leica M8

 

[Pete H]

6 bit coding is useful for using M mount lenses on the Leica M8

I thought it meant that if you have bought an M8 you don't have 6 bits to rub together any more.

Actually it is a code so that the M8 recognises which lens is mounted electronically. But that's d*****l, so why worry?

 

[John Koehrer]

"Incredible bokeh" means it renders out of focus areas of the image very smoothly (though there's some ambiguity about what exactly that means).

No idea about the 6 bit code bit, though. 6 bits, that's $1.50 isn't it?

David, David, David.
No! 6 bits is 75 cents. Remember two bits is a quarter.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

I knew something wasn't quite right with that.

 

[keithwms]

Roger, I'd take it as an insider Leica joke. The point is that you don't have to spend big bucks to get fantastic bokeh.. Especially if you are a film Leica user, then you might harbour a bit of bitterness about how much Leica is charging for the coded lenses.... etc...

 

[keithwms]

P.S. Of course maybe it's not meant as joke but merely to inform you that if you want to coded you'll need to arrange that separately. Leica will no doubt charge a substantial amount for that.

 

[bob100684]

what does the coding do for the M8? Just for Exif data?

 

[ron110n]

The lens coding (bar code) for the M8 is for the frame in your rangefinder VF to correspond to your particular lens focal length. That is only true in the M8. All film M, you don't need it unless you want to invest to an M8 in the future. Trouble is, what if the M9 technology don't need the bar code. Coded lens will work on all film and digital M.

 

[keithwms]

On the m8, the coding allows issue like falloff and chromatic aberration etc. to be corrected after capture, in a lens-specific way. The sensor records the r,g, and b signals separately and so if you know what lens you're using, you can adjust those before interpolating to make the rgb image pixel. That's my understanding of it. The thins is, as long as you store a truly raw file which has the pre-interpolated r,g,b data, then you don't need coding. You can do the corrections later. So frankly I think it's an example of overengineering at high cost to the consumer.

 

[bob100684]

On the m8, the coding allows issue like falloff and chromatic aberration etc. to be corrected after capture, in a lens-specific way. The sensor records the r,g, and b signals separately and so if you know what lens you're using, you can adjust those before interpolating to make the rgb image pixel. That's my understanding of it. The thins is, as long as you store a truly raw file which has the pre-interpolated r,g,b data, then you don't need coding. You can do the corrections later. So frankly I think it's an example of overengineering at high cost to the consumer.

sounds pure leica..... I do realize they make some of the nicest rangefinders on the planet, but seriously, do they really justify the price? Maybe I'm just not picky shooting my elan and a 50mm f1.8......?