Leica Digilux 3 Software Manual

Concerning the Firmware Update 2.0 for Digilux 3

The following functions have been added or changed starting with firmware version 2.0.
Read these instructions along with those for the camera.
A multiple exposure function has been incorporated.
A multiple exposure function has been added to the menu.
• When you use the Live View function, you can take pictures while checking the composition.
• When you take pictures using the viewfinder, you can check the composition using the review images.
• If the intervals between taking pictures are long, check the setting for power save mode, and ensure that
the power will not turn off before you finish taking pictures.
1 Press [MENU/SET], use 3/4 to select [MULTI. EXPO.] and
then press 1.
2 Determine the composition, and take the first
picture.
• After taking the picture, press the shutter button halfway
down to take the next picture.
) or 3/4 to select [NEXT],
• Use the command dial (
[RETAKE] or [EXIT]. One of the following operations will
be performed when [MENU/SET] is pressed.
• [NEXT]: Advance to the next picture.
• [RETAKE]: Return to the first picture.
• [EXIT]: Record the image of the first picture, and
finish the multiple exposure picture-taking
session.
A: When taking pictures using the viewfinder
B: When taking pictures using the Live View function
C: After the first picture has been taken
REC 3 /
3
AUTO BRACKET
AFL AF/AE LOCK
AF/AE
AEL
BURST RATE H
MULTI. EXPO.
FLASH SYNC.
1
ST
MENU
SELECT EXIT
A B
P
P ISO ISO
100 100
STANDARD STANDARD
MULTI. EXPO.
WB WB
AUTO AUTO
MENU
CANCEL
ISO ISO
100 100
CUSTOM CUSTOM
SINGLE SINGLE
NORMAL NORMAL
MENU
CANCEL
19 19
19 19
STD STD
C
P F5.6 F5.6 125 125 ISO ISO
100 100
NEXT
RETAKE
EXIT
3 Determine the composition, and take the second picture.
• After taking the picture, the first and second pictures taken will be
superimposed over each other and displayed.
• After taking the picture, press the shutter button halfway down to take
the next picture.
) or 3/4 to select [NEXT], [RETAKE] or
• Use the command dial (
[EXIT]. One of the following operations will be performed when
[MENU/SET] is pressed.
• [NEXT]: Advance to the next picture.
• [RETAKE]: Return to the second picture.
• [EXIT]: Record images up to the second picture taken, and finish the multiple exposure
picture-taking session.
D: When taking pictures using the Live View function
4 Determine the composition, and take the third picture.
• After taking the picture, the images of the first, second and third pictures
taken will be superimposed over one another and displayed.
) or 3/4 to select [RETAKE] and then press
• Use the command dial (
[MENU/SET] to return to taking the third picture.
E: When taking pictures using the Live View function
) or 4 to select [EXIT] and then
5 Use the command dial (
press [MENU/SET].
• You can also press the shutter button halfway to finish.
• The images up to the third picture taken are recorded, and the multiple
exposure picture-taking session will be completed.
F: After the third picture has been taken
• Compensate the exposure to match the subject so that all the superimposing effects will be just
right.
• The recording information displayed for pictures taken with multiple exposures is the recording information
for the last picture taken.
• If [MENU/SET] is pressed while taking pictures, the photographed images are recorded, and the multiple
exposure picture-taking session will be completed.
• We recommend setting the [O.I.S.] switch on the lens to [OFF] and using a tripod when taking pictures with
multiple exposures.
• The multiple exposure setting is cancelled at the following times:
• When the power has been turned off (including power save mode)
• When the card has been changed
• When the USB connection cable has been connected to the camera
• There are some restrictions using the multiple exposure function. The following functions will not be available:
• Continuous mode
• Auto bracket mode
• Extended optical zoom
• Digital zoom
• etc.
1
D
P
ISO ISO 100 100
MENU
CANCEL
19 19
STD STD
E
P
ISO ISO
100 100
MENU
CANCEL
19 19
STD STD
F
P F5.6 F5.6 125 125
ISO ISO
100 100
RETAKE
EXIT