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SHUTTER RELEASE BUTTON
The shutter release button (1.19) has three pressure
points:
1. Tapping briefly to the 1
st
pressure point activates
exposure metering and the viewfinder display, and
starts any preselected self-timer delay (see p. 147).
When the shutter release button is released, the
metering system and the displays remain activated
for around a further 12s (for more details, refer to
the sections under “Exposure metering” on p. 123).
If the shutter release button is held at this pressure
point the display remains active or, if review mode
was previously selected (see p. 138) the camera
reverts to picture mode.
If the camera was previously in standby mode (see p.
106), it is reactivated and the display is turned on.
While the shutter release button is held in this
position, you can use the adjusting dial (1.29) to
quickly and easily set an exposure compensation (for
more details, refer to the “Exposure compensation”
section on p. 125).
Note:
The shutter release button remains blocked
– if the internal buffer memory is (temporarily) full, e.g.
after a series of ≥ 8 pictures, or
– if the memory card inserted and the internal buffer
memory are (temporarily) full.
2. Pressing down to the 2
nd
pressure point saves the
metered exposure value in aperture priority mode,
i.e. the shutter speed determined by the camera (for
more details, refer to the “Metering memory lock”
section on p. 124). After the shutter release button
has been released a new metered value can be
determined.
3. Pressing the shutter release button all the way down
takes a picture. The data is then transferred to the
memory card.
Notes:
• You cannot feel the second pressure point when
using a cable release.
• Even if review mode (see p. 138) or the menu (see
p. 110) was previously active, tapping the shutter
release button switches immediately to picture mode.
• You can use the menu to select and set button
acknowledgement (feedback) tones (see p. 113).
• To avoid camera shake, the shutter release button
should be pressed gently – not jerkily - until the
shutter releases with a soft click.
SERIAL EXPOSURES
On the Leica M Monochrom, you can not only take
single pictures - by setting the main switch 1.18 to (
S
[single]), but also series of pictures - by setting the main
switch to (C [continuous]), e.g. to capture sequences of
movement in several stages.
Apart from the operation of the shutter release button
(1.19), series of pictures are taken in the same way as
single pictures: As long as you hold down the shutter
release button (provided that the memory card has
sufficient capacity), a series of pictures is taken.
However, if you only press the shutter release button
briefly, this will again result in a single picture.
Pictures can be taken at a maximum of about 2 frames
per second and ≤ 8 in succession.
Notes:
• The specified picture frequency and the maximum
possible number of pictures in a series relate to a
standard setting – ISO 320 and DNG format. With
other settings, the frequency and number may be
lower.
• Regardless of how many pictures are taken in a
series, in both review modes (see p. 138), the last
picture in the series or the last picture in the series
stored on the card - if not all pictures in the series
have been transferred from the camera's back-up
memory to the card at this point - is shown first.
