[Af Assist Lamp] Focusing In Low Light Conditions Becomes Easier; [Slow Shutter] Recording Bright Pictures In Dark Places - Leica C-Lux 1 Instructions Manual

Menu Settings
• The focus position is not predetermined. It
is set to a position automatically
determined by the camera at the time of
focusing. If you want to determine the
focus position to take pictures, switch the
AF mode to 1-area-focusing mode (High
speed), 1-area-focusing mode or
Spot-focusing mode.
• Switch the AF mode to 1-area-focusing
mode (High speed) or 1-area-focusing
mode if it is difficult to focus using
Spot-focusing mode.
• The AF mode cannot be set in simple
mode [ ], [FIREWORKS] (P52) or
[SELF PORTRAIT] (P51) in scene mode.
[AF ASSIST LAMP]
Focusing in low light conditions
becomes easier
Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode
MENU
/SET
menu and select the item to set. (P64)
Illuminating the subject makes it easier for
the camera to focus when recording in low
light conditions that make focusing difficult.
• If the AF assist lamp is
set to [ON], an AF area
with a size wider than
usual is displayed and the
AF assist lamp
on when you press the shutter button
halfway in dark places etc.
ON The AF assist lamp turns on in low
light conditions. At this time, the AF
assist lamp icon [
the screen. The effective range of
the AF assist lamp is 1.5 m
(5 feet).
OFF The AF assist lamp does not turn
on.
70
turns
] appears on
• Be careful about the following when using
the AF assist lamp.
– Do not look at the AF assist lamp from
close up.
– Do not cover the AF assist lamp with
your fingers or other objects.
• When the AF assist lamp is turned on, the AF
area in the center of the screen is displayed
and it is bigger than usual. (P69)
• When you do not want to use the AF
assist lamp (e.g. when taking pictures of
animals in dark places), set the
[AF ASSIST LAMP] to [OFF]. In this case,
it will become more difficult to focus on the
subject.
• The setting for [AF ASSIST LAMP] is fixed
to [ON] in simple mode [
• The setting for the [AF ASSIST LAMP] is
fixed to [OFF] in [SCENERY] (P49),
[NIGHT SCENERY] (P50), [FIREWORKS]
(P52) and [SELF PORTRAIT] (P51) in
scene mode.
[SLOW SHUTTER]
Recording bright pictures in dark
places
Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode
MENU
/SET
menu and select the item to set. (P64)
The shutter speed is automatically
adjusted. However, if you want brighter
pictures you can manually select an even
slower shutter speed.
• The slow shutter speeds you can select
are: [1/8–], [1/4–], [1/2–] and [1–].
• This is effective if you want to take bright
pictures of both a night landscape and a
subject using [NIGHT PORTRAIT] (P50)
in scene mode.
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