Operating Instructions

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The following indications appear

in the viewfinder:

• (time priority) for the selected exposure

mode (2.6d)

• The symbol for the selected metering method

(2.3)

• The manually set shutter speed value (2.9a)

• The automatically set aperture value (2.7)

The

mode can be used with all Leica R lenses

with an automatic diaphragm.

Important:

The smallest aperture (16 or 22) must be set on

the lens, so that the entire aperture range is

available for automatic control. If this is not the

case, the display flashes in the viewfinder.

When the shutter is released, the camera still

automatically sets a correct speed-aperture com-

bination. In such cases, however, the aperture

range is limited to the range between open aper-

ture and the set aperture value.

Notes:

With some older lenses, the display flashes

even if you stop down as far as possible, but the

correct aperture is nevertheless set.

With very little light or extreme brightness, the

available aperture range of the lens you are using

may no longer be sufficient for the selected shut-

ter speed. In this case, the correct exposure is

still used, by automatic setting of the appropriate

shutter speed, i.e. by "overriding” the manual sel-

ection. For underexposure, appears (possibly

accompanied by the warning that the metering

range has not been reached , see "Working

below the metering range”, p.141) or for over-

exposure.