[Leica] 15 cv cyan crap

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 12:08 AM -0300 1/4/08, Eduardo Albesi wrote:
>Hi Leo,
>you can try to use one of the older 13,5cm or 
>135mm adapters from Leitz. Their ring covers 
>perfectly the sensors and then the CV15 can be 
>coded as a 16mm WATE. There is one John Milich 
>who sells adapters with ready to code grooves 
>already machined into it. You can fill the 
>grooves with black paint as needed (it seems the 
>sensors read only the blacks in the 6 bits 
>code). His email is jm@milich.com and I am in no 
>way related to him.
>
>To mount the IR cut filter some use a 39mm 
>filter inside the hood and retained by a 
>suitable rubber o-ring
>
>ed a
>
>
>El 03/01/2008, a las 22:49, leo wesson escribi?:
>
>>  So how do I get rid of this awful cyan vingetting that I get with the 
>> 15cv
>>  and the M8?  I thought I could code the lens like it was a WATE but the 
>> ltm
>>  to m adapter doesn't cover the sensors for lens coding.
>>  Frustraaaating.
>>
>>  Leo
>>

If you don't mind an extra step and want to save 
some money get the newest adapters from Cosina; 
they don't have the cutout notch either, and can 
be milled by John Milich for the coding. I got 
some adapters from John, and while nice they're 
rather pricey.

This, along with the 21's and the WATE need the 
Leica filters; the camera correction does its 
best with these. The B+W and Heliopan filters 
which are fine for longer lenses are not as well 
suited to the widest lenses.


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