Technical data

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30. Release button for exposure compensation
ring
31. Base plate catch
32. DX contact strip
33. Schematic diagram for inserting the film
34. Coupling for motorised film transport
35. Take up spool
36. Contacts for transfer of the selected film
speed setting mode – automatically using
DX code or manually, or the manually set
film speed and any exposure compensation
set
Viewfinder displays
A. Using LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes)
Four-digit seven segment digital display with
decimal point and raised point (with automa-
tic brightness control, adjusted to the outside
brightness
1
) for:
• Display of the automatically or manually
set film speed,
• Reference to any exposure compensation
set,
• Display of the automatically controlled
shutter speeds in aperture priority mode,
• Reference to the use of exposure memory
lock,
• Warning of over or under exposure or
being below the measuring range in aper-
ture priority mode
• Run-up of shutter speeds slower than 1s
and
• indication of battery level
Two triangular and one circular LED:
• Jointly as a light balance for manual expo-
sure adjustment and for
• Warnings when below the metering range.
Flash-shaped LED:
• Flash status
B. Bright-line frame for 50mm and 75mm
(Example)
C. Metering field for focusing
1
Earlier Leica M lenses with additional viewfinder op-
tics for adjustment of the image field size cover the
outside brightness sensor in the viewfinder window,
limiting the automatic control.
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C (75 mm)
C (50 mm)
A
B
D
B (75 mm)
B (50 mm)
C