Instruction manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword .................................90
FCC Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Warning messages ..........................94
Legal notes ................................94
Disposal of electrical and electronic equipment....94
Scope of delivery ...........................95
Designation of parts .........................96
Displays
In the viewfinder..........................98
On the monitor...........................99
Menu items
In the main menu ........................102
In the image parameters menu .............103
Quick guide...............................104
Detailed instructions
Preparations
Attaching the carrying strap...............106
Charging the battery ....................106
Inserting the battery in the camera/
Removing the battery ...................108
Charge level displays ....................108
Inserting and removing the memory card ....109
Leica M lenses .........................110
Attaching a lens .......................111
Removing a lens .......................111
The most important settings/controls
Switching the camera on and o/
The main switch .......................112
Selecting picture and review modes ........113
Review for unlimited time................113
Automatic review of last picture...........113
Shutter release button ...................114
Series exposures ......................115
Shutter speed setting dial ................116
Monitor...............................117
Setting the brightness ..................117
Displaying basic settings/
Data in picture mode ..................117
Displaying image data in review mode. . . . . .117
The histogram.........................118
Menu control ..........................119
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Image parameters menu ................119
Setting the menu functions ..............120
Presets
Basic camera settings
Menu language.......................122
Date and time........................122
Automatic power off...................123
Button acknowledgement and signal tones
..123
Basic image settings
Switching lens type identication on/o....124
Resolution ..........................125
Compression rate/le format ...........125
White balance........................126
For automatic or fixed settings .........126
For direct setting of color temperature ...127
For manual setting by metering .........127
ISO sensitivity........................128
Image properties (contrast, sharpness,
color saturation).....................129
Working color space...................130
Holding the camera correctly...............130
Bright-line view- and rangefinder ............131
Distance metering .......................134
Superimposed image method (double image)
..134
Split image method .....................134