Leica M Operating Instructions Manual page 161

• flashes rapidly after taking the picture (at 4Hz), and the other
displays go out:
The flash power was sufficient, but the flash unit is not yet ready
for further use.
• goes out after taking the picture, together with the other
displays:
The flash power was not sufficient, e.g. due to the choice of too
small an aperture stop for the subject. If the flash unit is set to a
partial discharge power, because of the lower power require-
ment it may be ready for use despite the flash LED not lighting
up.
When the flash unit is set to camera control (A) or manual
mode (M)
• does not appear despite the flash unit being switched on and
ready for use:
An exposure time shorter than
the camera. In such cases the camera will not fire the flash unit
even though it is switched on and ready for use.
• flashes slowly (at 2Hz) before the picture is taken:
The flash unit is not yet ready for use.
• is lit up before the picture is taken:
The flash unit is ready for use.
FLASH EXPOSURE COMPENSATION WITH LEICA SF 26
This function can be used to selectively reduce or strengthen the
flash exposure regardless of the exposure of the available light, e.g.
in a picture taken in the evening, to lighten the face of a person in
the foreground while retaining the lighting atmosphere.
/ s has been set manually on
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Setting the function
1. In the picture parameters menu, select
2. in the corresponding sub-menu
Flash Exposure Compensation
• A scale appears in the monitor instead of a sub-menu, with
an EV value indicated in red and a white triangle to indicate
the relevant setting. If it is at a value of
the function is deactivated.
3. Set the desired value.
• In the initial menu list, a set compensation is indicated by
.
EV+ X
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Notes:
• This function is only available with system-compatible flash units
that do not have their own compensation setting, e.g. not with
the Leica SF58. On the Leica SF 58 and similar flash units, the
correction is made directly at the flash unit.
• Brighter flash illumination selected using a positive compensa-
tion requires a higher flash power, and vice versa. Therefore,
flash exposure compensation has a more or less significant
impact on the flash range: A positive compensation reduces the
range, while a negative compensation increases it.
• A flash exposure compensation setting remains active until it is
reset to (see step 2.), i.e. after any number of pictures and
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even after turning off the camera.
Example, either plus or minus, "X" stands for the respective value
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Flash Settings
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, this means that
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