Hi list- The Leica R family is not quite ready for lens coding but it is inevitable and definitely, IMHO, on the horizon. The hackers have figured out several ways to save money and the cat is out of the bag, for much less than US$ 125 a pop. Go to this URL, which includes a lead to the original thread in the Leica Camera Users Forum that started it off a few days ago. http://www.realityblur.com/photography/leica_m8.html All the best, Bill ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/