Technical data

The shutter release button should be pressed

gently – not jerkily – until the shutter opens with a

quiet click. The shutter release has a threaded

socket to accept standard cable releases.

Note: The second pressure point canno

t be de-

tected when using cable releases.

The shutter speed dial

The size and position of the shutter speed dial (11)

on the LEICA M7 are ergonomically perfect: on

the one hand it is extremely easy to operate even

with the camera held to the eye. On the other

hand, it is still well-protected against the settings

being accidentally changed.

In addition, the direction in which it turns

(like that of the aperture ring on the lenses)

corresponds to the exposure meter displays in the

viewfinder for manual setting: for example, if the

left-hand triangular LED lights up, turning the dial

in the direction of the arrow, i.e. to the right, leads

to the slower shutter speed required.

The LEICA M7’s shutter speed dial is used to se-

lect the two exposure modes – aperture priority

mode by setting it to the "AUTO” position marked

in orange or red

, manual mode by selecting one

of the shutter speeds from 1/1000s to 4s, the

sync speed 1/50s for flash mode in the ""

position marked in orange or red

, or "B” for long

time exposures. When the dial is set to "B”, the

shutter remains open for as long as the shutter

release button is depressed.

In aperture priority mode, the exposure is con-

trolled automatically and continuously, with shut-

ter speeds in the range from 1/1000s to 32s.

These shutter speeds, like most of those set

manually, are created electronically, which means

they are only available if there is sufficient power

(more information can be found in the section

"The power supply” on page 71).

To ensure optimum visibility, these engravings are in

orange on black chromium plated cameras and red on

silver chromium plated cameras.