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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/joechan/manuals Contents Page Page Description of the LEICA M 4-2....................4 Fitting the carrying strap...............................6 How to hold the LEICA.................................6 The bright-line measuring viewfinder ...........8 The field-of-view selector ...........................10 The rangefinder..........................................12 The rapid transport lever, release button, and shutter speed dial...........
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/joechan/manuals Fitting the carrying strap The eyelets (17) are provided for fitting the carrying strap. Release the double d-back length of leather from the round part of the shackle, push off both metal parts and hook them in the eyelets of the camera in opposite directions. Thread the leather holders through the slots in the metal parts and secure them with the round part of the shackle.
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/joechan/manuals The field-of-view selector The field-of-view selector (14) functions as a universal viewfinder; it enables the LEICA owner at any time to reflect into the viewfinder field the frames outlining the fields-of-view other than that of the lens that happens to be in the camera. Lever outward: field-of-view frames for 35 and 135mm focal lengths. Lever inward: field-ofview frame for the 28 and 90 mm focal lengths.
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/joechan/manuals The rangefinder Coincidence (double image) focusing: in portraiture, for instance, focus on the highlight in the sitter's eye. Observe the subject through the viewfinder and rotate the lens until the double contours in the measuring field coincide.
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/joechan/manuals The rapid winding lever (3) at each full lever movement transports the film through one frame, winds the shutter and advances the frame counter to the next number. The film can also be transported by several short strokes of the transport lever. ( = film plane indication). The release button (2) has a thread for a cable release (Code No. 14067).
Not For Resale – Free Download at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/joechan/manuals The LEICA lenses have a fixed ring with depth-of-field scale (10), a rotatable ring for setting the focusing distance (11) and an iris diaphragm ring (12). The distance scale The distance scale (11) indicates the distance on which the lens is set, and, in connection with the depth-of-field scale (10), the extent of the depth of field.
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/joechan/manuals Inserting the lens Taking out the lens The red knob on the lens mount (8) must face the red dot on the camera body. After a short turn to the right the lens will engage in the bayonet mount with a click. Change lenses in the shade (e.g. of your own body). Grip the rear, fixed ring (10) of the lens. Depress arresting button (7), rotate the lens to the left and take it out. Remove the lens cap before you take pictures.
Not For Resale – Free Download at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/joechan/manuals Flash synchronization Flash units and adapters without cable connection can be connected through the "X" flash contact in the accessory shoe (9). The LEICA M 4-P accepts all flash units on the market with standard flash plugs (coaxial plug) or with accessory-shoe contact. Flash cubes and certain types of flash-bulb are fired through the X contact bush. The table on the right offers information about the various possibilities.
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/joechan/manuals Inserting the film First make sure, by turning the rewind crank (16) in the direction of the arrow, that the camera is empty. If you feel any resistance, proceed as described on the following page. Take the camera in your left hand, base- plate facing you. Pull out the toggle in the baseplate (19), turn it to the left, and re- move the baseplate. The film lead must be trimmed like that of all films sold in cartridges.
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