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CONTENTS
Foreword ...............................................................................................3
Warning messages ..................................................................................6
CE notice ...............................................................................................6
Legal notes .............................................................................................6
Disposal of electrical and electronic equipment .......................................6
Scope of delivery ....................................................................................7
Designation of parts ................................................................................8
Displays
In the viewfinder .................................................................................10
In the top panel display .......................................................................11
In the monitor .....................................................................................12
Menu items ...........................................................................................16
Preparations
Attaching the carrying strap ..................................................................18
Charging the battery .............................................................................18
Inserting / removing the battery ...........................................................21
Charge level displays ..........................................................................21
Inserting and removing the memory cards .............................................21
Changing the focusing screen ...............................................................23
Leica S lenses .......................................................................................24
Attaching and removing the lens .........................................................24
Eyepiece adjustment .............................................................................25
Turning the camera on and off ...............................................................25
Menu control ........................................................................................26
Navigating in the menu / Setting functions .........................................26
Quick access to menu functions .........................................................29
Presets
Basic camera settings
Menu language ................................................................................30
Date and time ..................................................................................30
Automatic power off .........................................................................30
Signal tones .....................................................................................31
Monitor and top panel display ..........................................................31
Basic picture settings
File format .......................................................................................32
Compression rate ............................................................................32
JPEG resolution ................................................................................32
White balance ..................................................................................33
Automatic and fixed settings ..........................................................33
Direct color temperature setting ....................................................33
Manual setting by metering ...........................................................33
ISO sensitivity ..................................................................................34
Image properties (contrast, sharpness, color saturation) ..................35
Working color space ........................................................................35
Storing picture data / memory card management ............................35
Recording mode
Shutter release button ........................................................................36
Series exposures .............................................................................36
Distance setting .................................................................................37
Manual focus setting -
MF ................................................................37
Automatic focus setting ...................................................................37
AFs – Sharpness priority ...............................................................37
AFc – Shutter release priority ........................................................37
Exposure metering ..............................................................................38
Exposure metering methods .............................................................38
Spot metering ...............................................................................38
Center-weighted metering .............................................................38
Multiple field metering ...................................................................38
Metering memory lock .....................................................................38
Storing with the joystick ................................................................39
Exposure compensation ...................................................................39
Bracketing .......................................................................................40
Values above and below the metering range .....................................41
Exposure control
Setting the shutter speed and aperture / Selecting the ....................42
Exposure mode
Shutter speed dial ............................................................................42
The click wheel ................................................................................42
Exposure modes ..............................................................................42
Programmed automatic exposure mode .........................................44
Program shift ................................................................................44
Aperture priority ............................................................................44
Shutter speed priority ....................................................................45
Manual aperture and exposure time setting ...................................45
The
B setting ..............................................................................46
Taking photographs with the self-timer ................................................46
Mirror pre-release...............................................................................47
Depth of field preview button and depth of field ..................................47
