Operation Manual

4/ Contents
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 .................................................................9
In the top panel display ....................................................10
In the monitor....................................................................11
Menu items..........................................................................13
Preparations
Attaching the carrying strap ................................................14
Charging the battery............................................................14
Inserting / removing the battery to/from the camera.........17
Charge level displays ........................................................17
Inserting and removing the memory cards ..........................17
Changing the focusing screen..............................................19
Leica S lenses .....................................................................20
Attaching and removing the lens ......................................20
Eyepiece adjustment............................................................21
Turning the camera on and off
Automatic power off..........................................................21
Menu control / Settings
Menu control.......................................................................22
Navigating in the menu /
Setting the functions ........................................................22
Quick access to menu functions.......................................25
Presets
Basic settings for the camera
Menu language .................................................................26
Date and time...................................................................26
Automatic power off .........................................................26
Button acknowledgement and signal tones ......................27
Monitor and top panel display ..........................................27
Basic picture settings
File format / Compression rate ........................................28
White balance...................................................................29
Automatic and fixed settings .........................................29
Direct setting of color temperature................................29
Manual setting by metering ...........................................29
ISO sensitivity...................................................................30
Image properties
(contrast, sharpness, color saturation)........................31
Working color space..........................................................31
Storage of picture data / memory card management.............31
Picture mode
Shutter release button.........................................................32
Serial exposures ...............................................................32
Setting the focus .................................................................33
Manual focus setting - MF ................................................33
Automatic focus setting
AFs ................................................................................33
AFc ................................................................................33
Exposure metering
Exposure metering methods .............................................34
Spot metering ................................................................34
Center-weighted metering..............................................34
Multiple field metering...................................................34
Metering memory lock......................................................34
Exposure compensation ...................................................35
Bracketing ........................................................................35
Values above and below the metering range.....................36
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