Turning The Camera On And Off - Leica M Operating Instructions Manual

EN THE MOST IMPORTANT SETTINGS / CONTROLS

TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF

The camera is turned on and off using the main switch
below the shutter release button
positions:
a. – Camera turned off
OFF
b. S – Single picture
Pressing the shutter release takes a single picture regardless
of how long it is held down for. Activation of the shutter release
button is extremely quiet and causes minimum vibration.
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and is a lever with four detent
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c. C - Continuous series
A series of pictures are taken for as long as the shutter release
is held down and the capacity of the memory card used and
the internal buff er memory is suffi cient. At least 8 pictures are
taken in rapid succession, subsequent pictures with a reduced
frequency.
d. - Self-timer
Pressing the shutter release starts the set delay time (see p.
160), then the picture is taken.
TURNING ON
After turning on, i.e. after setting one of the three functions
, the LED 28 lights up briefl y and the displays in the viewfi nder
appear (see p. 192).
Note:
After turning on, the camera is ready to use after approx. 1s.
TURNING OFF
Even if the main switch is not set to
cally turned off if an automatic power off time has been set in the
menu ( , see p. 134), and none of the controls are
Auto Power Off
used during this time.
S , C or
, the camera is automati-
OFF