Taking Pictures In Auto Mode - Leica V-LUX 1 Instructions Manual

Basic
Taking Pictures in
Auto Mode
This mode allows beginners to take pictures
easily. The settings for those functions which
are easy to make mistakes with are fixed at
the time of purchase allowing pictures to be
taken with fewer mistakes.
Select [AF] or [AF MACRO] with the
focus switch.
AF
AF
MACRO
MF
FOCUS
Auto Mode Settings
In auto mode the following items are fixed
at the time of purchase to prevent mistakes
being made when using the camera.
[W.BALANCE]
[SENSITIVITY]
[AUDIO REC.]
[METERING MODE] [
[AF MODE]
[CONT.AF]
[AF ASSIST LAMP] [ON]
[PICT.ADJ.]
[FLIP ANIM.]
[EXT.FLASH]
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[AUTO] P83
[ ] P85
P89
[OFF]
] P89
[ ] P90
[OFF] P91
P91
[STD.] P94
Cannot be set P95
Automatically P99
switches
between
PRESET/TTL
AUTO
The Backlight Compensation
Backlight refers to when light comes from
the back of a subject.
In this case, the subject, such as a person,
will become dark.
If you press , the compensating backlight
ON indication [ ]
backlight compensation function is
activated. This function compensates the
backlight by brightening the whole picture.
3
BACKLIGHT
• If you press while [
[ ] disappears and the backlight
compensation function is canceled.
• We recommend using the flash when you
use the backlight compensation function.
(When using the flash, it is fixed to Forced
ON [ ].)
• The flash setting is fixed to AUTO/Red-eye
reduction [ ] when the backlight
compensation function is set to [OFF].
• Even if the focus switch is set to [AF], you can
take pictures approaching the subject at a
distance of up to 5 cm (0.16 feet) from the
lens by rotating the zoom ring upmost to Wide
the same as if [AF MACRO] was selected.
• The settings for [ASPECT RATIO],
[PICT.SIZE], [QUALITY] and
[CONVERSION] in auto mode are
applied to other recording modes.
• The AF Macro icon does not appear in
auto mode [ ].
• You cannot use the following functions in
auto mode.
– [WB ADJUST.]
– Exposure compensation
– Auto bracket
– Flash Output Adjustment
– [D.ZOOM]
– [COL.EFFECT]
– [FOCUS/AE LOCK]
appears and the
3
BACKLIGHT
] is displayed,