Leica M Instruction Manual page 43

To use unrestricted automatic setting
4. In this sub-menu, select
OK
By factory default, the automatic setting uses sensitivities up to
and shutter speeds of up to
800
Note:
By factory default, the
Maximum ISO
To restrict the automatic setting range
4. In this sub-menu, select
Set maximum ISO
.
exposure time
Selecting
Set maximum ISO
while Set maximum exposure time displays a further sub-menu
containing the alternatives
.
setting
5. In the sub-menu, select the highest sensitivity
Set maximum ISO
to be used, and thus the range within which the automatic setting
will operate, or in the
Set maximum exposure time
select either
1/Focal length
camera to ensure blur-free shutter speeds, or
.
.
1/Focal length
function is limited to
ISO 800
and/or
Set maximum
displays a list of available values,
and
1/Focal length Manual
sub-menu
if you want to leave it up to the
2
Manual setting
When using
1/Focal length
if the shutter speed would fall below the
threshold due to lower brightness, e.g. at slower speeds than
ISO
1/60s with a 50mm lens.
6. In the
Manual setting
speed you want to specify (
7. Confirm your setting by pressing the
.
Note:
When using automatic bracketing (see p. 186) the following rule
applies:
The sensitivity automatically determined by the camera for the
uncorrected picture is also used for all other pictures in a series, i.e.
this ISO value is not changed during a series. This may mean that the
slowest shutter speed specified under
is exceeded.
.
This function requires the use of coded lenses or setting of the lens type used in
2
the menu (see p. 162).
168
does not switch to a higher sensitivity
1/Focal length
sub-menu, select the slowest shutter
- ; in whole steps).
1/2s 1/500s
or button.
SET INFO
Set maximum exposure time