Shutter Release Button - Leica M 240 Instructions Manual

Note:
If the camera is out of use for an extended period or is stored in a
case, always turn it off at the main switch. This prevents any power
consumption, including that which continues to occur in standby
mode after the exposure meter is turned off automatically and the
display is extinguished. This also prevents pictures from being
taken accidentally.
THE SHUTTER RELEASE BUTTON
The shutter button (17) has two pressure points:
1. Pressing down to the 1st pressure point
– activates exposure metering and the viewfinder display
– saves the metered exposure value in aperture priority mode, i.e.
the shutter speed determined by the camera (for more details,
refer to the "Metering memory lock" section on p. 185)
– restarts a self-timer delay time that is already in progress
(see p. 200)
If the shutter button is kept at this pressure point, the displays
remain visible, or if the camera had previously been set to review
mode, it switches back into picture mode. If the camera had
previously been in stand-by mode, it will be reactivated and the
displays switched on.
If you let go of the shutter button, the metering system and the
displays remain activated for around a further 12s (for more details,
refer to the sections on p. 182).
Note:
The shutter button remains blocked
– if the internal buffer memory is (temporarily) full, e.g. after a
series of ≥16 pictures, or
– if the memory card inserted and the internal buffer memory are
(temporarily) full, or
– if the battery has exceeded its performance limits (capacity,
temperature, age)
2. Pressing the shutter button all the way down takes the picture
or starts a preselected self-timer delay time. The data is then
transferred to the memory card.
The shutter button has a standard thread (17a) for a cable release.
Notes:
• If review mode (see p. 206) or menu control (see p. 154) had
been activated, pressing the shutter button causes the camera
to switch immediately into picture mode.
• To avoid wobble, the shutter button should be pressed gently,
not jerkily, until the shutter is released with a soft click.
• The shutter button can be pressed to take one or more individual
pictures while a video recording is in progress. Details of video
recordings and the video shutter button (18) can be found on
p.198.
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