Sound Recording - Leica M Instruction Manual

Starting / Ending the recording
A recording starts the first time you press the video shutter release
(17) and ends when you press it again.
A video recording in progress is indicated in the monitor by a
flashing red dot and the elapsed recording time in live view mode
(see page). In the viewfinder, it is indicated by alternate flashing of
the two dots in the digital display.
As video recordings on the Leica M are made in 16:9 or (with VGA
resolution) in 4:3 format, black strips appear in the monitor. These
are above and below the image in the former case, to the left and
right in the latter.
Individual pictures can still be taken while a video recording is in
progress. Pressing the shutter release button interrupts the video
recording for the duration of the photo. Individual pictures are taken
with the relevant settings on the camera.

SOUND RECORDING

Sound recordings using the built-in microphone (9) are made in
mono. An external microphone is available as an accessory for stereo
recording (see p. 227).
Setting the function
1. In the main menu (see p. 154/246) select
section).
SETUP
The sub-menu contains the options
.
Wind Elimination
To influence the sound, you can choose from two options or a manual
setting, which you can use to regulate the level or deactivate sound
recording.
2. In the Audio settings sub-menu, select
.
Manual
If you have selected
and the current level (B), you will see a bar chart
– indicating the current level (C)
– the peak value
1
– a full modulation marking (E)
197
(page 4,
Audio
Audio Adjustment
,
Standard
, next to the microphone symbol ( )
Manual
(D)
and
, or
Concert