Picture Properties / Contrast, Sharpness, Color Saturation - Leica M 240 Instructions Manual

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The functions and settings described in the next two sections refer
exclusively to pictures in one of the JPEG formats. If one of the two
DNG formats is specified, these settings have no effect, as in this
case the picture data is always saved in its original form.
PICTURE PROPERTIES / CONTRAST, SHARPNESS, COLOR
SATURATION
In digital photography, key picture properties can be changed very
easily. While photographic software – after recording and transfer
to a computer – provides great scope for doing this, the camera
itself allows you to influence three of the most important picture
properties even before taking the picture:
• The contrast, i.e. the difference between light and dark areas,
determines whether a picture has a more "matt" or "glossy"
effect. As a consequence, the contrast can be influenced by
increasing or reducing this difference, i.e. by lighter reproduction
of light sections of the image and darker reproduction of dark
sections.
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• Sharp reproduction – at least of the main subject – using the
correct distance setting is a prerequisite for a successfully
picture. In turn, the impression of sharpness of a picture is to a
great extent determined by the sharpness of the edges, i.e. by
how small the transition area between light and dark is at the
edges in the picture. The impression of sharpness can thus be
changed by expanding or reducing these areas.
• The color saturation determines whether the colors in the
picture tend to appear as "pale" and pastel-like or "bright" and
colorful. While the lighting and weather conditions (hazy/clear)
are given as conditions for the picture, there is definite scope for
influencing the reproduction.
• All three picture properties can be adjusted – independently - to
five different levels using the menu, so that you can set the
optimum values for any situation, i.e. the prevailing lighting
conditions.
Setting the functions
1. In the main camera menu (see p. 154/248) select
, or
Sharpness Saturation
section), and
2. select the desired setting in the sub-menu.
(all on page 2,
Contrast IMAGE