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User Guide
Leaf Aptus
Creo,
a subsidiary of Kodak
www.leaf-photography.com

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  • Page 1 User Guide Leaf Aptus Creo, a subsidiary of Kodak www.leaf-photography.com...
  • Page 3 Copyright Copyright © 2005 Creo Inc. All rights reserved. No copying, distribution, publication, modification, or incorporation of this document, in whole or part, is permitted without the express written permission of Creo. In the event of any permitted copying, distribution, publication, modification, or incorporation of this document, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend, or copyright notice shall be made.
  • Page 4 limitation, loss of use, loss or alteration of data, delays, or lost profits or savings arising from the use of this document. Patents This product is covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents: RE37,376 5,412,737 5,699,174 6,014,471 6,189,452 6,396,422 6,579,660...
  • Page 5 The Basic Steps............................5 2 Turn on Your Camera Back and Camera Using the Leaf Aptus with a Compact Flash Card and Battery ..............8 Using the Leaf Aptus Camera Back with a Digital Magazine..............10 Working in Tethered Mode........................10 Formatting a Compact Flash Card......................
  • Page 6 Leaf Aptus User Guide 7 Customize the Touch Screen Align the Touch Screen ........................... 52 Turn Off the Backlight ..........................53 Turn On the Backlight ..........................54 8 Adjust the Settings For a Shoot Clear Indicators and Information on Every Shot ..................56 See a Full-Screen View of Every Shot .......................
  • Page 7 Introduction Overview.................... 2 Using the Stylus ................. 4 The Basic Steps .................. 5...
  • Page 8 Chapter 1 – Introduction Overview The Leaf™ Aptus digital camera back is the world’s first camera back that includes a built-in large (6 x7 cm) LCD screen and an innovative graphic user interface. An integrated battery and compact flash (CF) storage card ensure easy shooting.
  • Page 9 Overview The following picture shows the location of the Leaf Aptus controls and stylus: On/Off switch User button Stylus...
  • Page 10 Chapter 1 – Introduction Using the Stylus The Leaf Aptus digital camera back is supplied with a stylus. Use the stylus to tap the touch screen. To remove the stylus for use, slide it out of the slot located at the top of the...
  • Page 11 Take a shot. Take a shot. Evaluate your shot. Check the exposure, focus, and composition of your shot, and set the gray balance for future shots. Edit your images. Organize your images using the Leaf™ Aptus editing tools.
  • Page 13 Turn on Your Camera Back and Camera Using the Leaf Aptus with a Compact Flash Card and Battery .....8 Using the Leaf Aptus Camera Back with a Digital Magazine....10 Working in Tethered Mode ...............10 Formatting a Compact Flash Card.............11 Inserting a Compact Flash Card ............16...
  • Page 14 Ensure that the battery is charged. For more information, see the Installation Guide. Before inserting a compact flash card in a Leaf Aptus digital camera back for the first time, you should format the card. For detailed instructions on formatting the compact flash card, see Formatting a Compact Flash Card on page 11.
  • Page 15 Using the Leaf Aptus with a Compact Flash Card and Battery message appears on the opening screen as follows: Ready to Shoot Ready to Shoot message To turn the camera off, press and hold the on/off button until the light turns orange.
  • Page 16 Chapter 2– Turn on Your Camera Back and Camera Using the Leaf Aptus Camera Back with a Digital Magazine Connect the digital magazine to the camera back with the FireWire cable. For more information, see the Installation Guide. Press and hold the on/off button on the digital magazine until the green light turns on.
  • Page 17 Formatting a Compact Flash Card Formatting a Compact Flash Card You can use a card reader or the Leaf Aptus digital camera back to format a compact flash card. The format procedure depends on the operating system that you are using, Windows or Macintosh OS®X. If you use the Leaf Aptus digital camera back to format the card, we recommend that you use a computer running Macintosh OSX.
  • Page 18 Volume Format Mac OS Extended (journaled) and the box shows Name Untitled Go to the desktop, and select the LEAF-CF volume. Go to > File Get Info. In the Leaf-CF Info window, ensure that shows Format...
  • Page 19 Formatting a Compact Flash Card Close the Disk Utility application. Drag the LEAF-CF volume to Trash...
  • Page 20 Chapter 2– Turn on Your Camera Back and Camera Formatting a Compact Flash Card With Windows Insert the compact flash card in a card reader. Using a FireWire cable, connect the card reader or Leaf Aptus digital camera back to the computer. On the desktop, click...
  • Page 21 In the Format dialog box, in the box, select File System FAT 32 In the box, type Volume label LEAF-CF Ignore the area, and click Format options Start When the format procedure is complete, go to the desktop and click My Computer...
  • Page 22 Chapter 2– Turn on Your Camera Back and Camera Inserting a Compact Flash Card Open the compact flash door. Open the door Insert the compact flash. Compact Flash...
  • Page 23 Removing a Compact Flash Card Removing a Compact Flash Card Open the compact flash door, and then press the release button. Release button...
  • Page 25 Prepare to Shoot Change the Interface language............20 Set the Date and Time ..............21 View and Define a Predefined Camera Setting ........22 Create a Folder .................23 Select a Folder for Your Shot.............24 Assign a Base Name to the Shot ............25 Add Notes and Copyright Information to Your Shot ......26...
  • Page 26 Chapter 3– Prepare to Shoot Change the Interface language Scroll down, and then tap Interface Language. Tap the desired language.
  • Page 27 Set the Date and Time Set the Date and Time Scroll down, and then tap Date and Time. Using the virtual keypad, tap the date and time values, and then Note: You need to set the date and time only once. If the time-zone that you work in changes, reset the date and time accordingly.
  • Page 28 To change a camera setting: Tap the relevant setting, and from the menu that appears, select an option. For more information about these settings, see the Leaf Capture User Guide.
  • Page 29 Create a Folder Create a Folder Your shots are automatically saved in the storage unit connected to your camera: digital magazine (Leaf DM) or compact flash (CF). To enhance organization, you can create folders for storing your shots. Shots Folder.
  • Page 30 Chapter 3– Prepare to Shoot Select a Folder for Your Shot Tap a folder, and then tap choose...
  • Page 31 Assign a Base Name to the Shot Assign a Base Name to the Shot Leaf Aptus applies this name to all future shots, adding a number in sequence each time, until you define a new base name. File name Using the virtual...
  • Page 32 Chapter 3– Prepare to Shoot Add Notes and Copyright Information to Your Shot Scroll down, and then tap Notes...
  • Page 33 Add Notes and Copyright Information to Your Shot Click in either the Description Copyright Notice area. Use the virtual keypad to tap the desired information, and then tap...
  • Page 35 Take a Shot Take a Shot ..................28...
  • Page 36 Chapter 4 – Take a Shot Take a Shot Take a shot. Note: To guard against accidental taps to the screen, you can “lock” it. For more information, see Customize the Touch Screen on page 49.
  • Page 37 Evaluate Your Shot Check the Exposure................28 Check the Focus................32 Set the Gray Balance ................ 33 Check the Composition..............34 Browse Through Your Images ............34 Flag, Annotate or Delete a Shot............35 View Information About Your Shot........... 35...
  • Page 38 Chapter 5 – Evaluate Your Shot Check the Exposure To check the exposure of your shot, do one or all of the following: • On the touch screen: Tap the histogram button to examine the exposure data in the histogram. Tap the histogram, and then use the picker tool to view the exposure data for a specific spot on the image.
  • Page 39 Check the Exposure (cont’d) Check the Exposure (cont’d) Using the Histogram and Picker Tool histog Examine the histogram to check that most of the exposure data lies within the exposure limits. Exposure data that lies within the limits is shown in white. Overexposed and underexposed data is shown in gray.
  • Page 40 Chapter 5 – Evaluate Your Shot Check the Exposure (cont’d) Using the overexposure and underexposure alarms over A flashing mask covers the overexposed and underexposed areas of the image. Note: It is possible to configure which exposure areas appear, overexposed or underexposed.
  • Page 41 Check the Exposure (cont’d) Check the Exposure (cont’d) Press the User Button to View the Histogram and Information About Your Shot Press the user button. The histogram appears with the overexposure and underexposure indicators. To hide the overlays, press the button again.
  • Page 42 Chapter 5 – Evaluate Your Shot Check the Focus zoom To magnify the image area 100% (1:1), tap a desired point on the image. Increase or reduce the magnification, tap either , and then tap the image. Each tap on the image changes the magnification by a fixed percentage.
  • Page 43 Set the Gray Balance Set the Gray Balance To set the gray balance for all future shots: Photograph your subject with a gray card, or ensure that there is a neutral gray area in the scene. gray Tap the gray card or on a gray area in the image.
  • Page 44 Chapter 5 – Evaluate Your Shot Check the Composition View the image area that lies within the red border. Crop mask Note: To see a crop mask on your image, you must select a size for your shot in the camera settings. If you select a size but do not want the crop mask to appear, you can hide the mask.
  • Page 45 Flag, Annotate or Delete a Shot Flag, Annotate or Delete a Shot Tap the image and hold until the flag note delete buttons appear. Tap the relevant button. View Information About Your Shot info The image information and EXIF data appear on the image.
  • Page 46 Chapter 5 – Evaluate Your Shot...
  • Page 47 Edit Your Images Go from Shoot View to Edit View .............38 Select a View for Your Images............39 Browse Through Your Images ............39 Select Multiple Images ..............41 Flag, Annotate or Delete an Image............41 Select a Folder ..................43 Move Your Images ................44 Go to Shoot View ................45...
  • Page 48 Chapter 6– Edit Your Images Go from Shoot View to Edit View In Shoot view, tap edit Use Edit view to: • Display your images in various view modes. • Browse through your images to flag, annotate, and delete single or multiple images.
  • Page 49 Select a View for Your Images Select a View for Your Images more , and view select a view. Browse Through Your Images Do one of the following: • prev next or use the scroll bar. • Roll the user button back or forwards. As you move from one image to the next, the image is automatically selected.
  • Page 50 Chapter 6– Edit Your Images View Information and EXIF Data and tap more an image. , and view select a single view. Information saved with the image and the EXIF data appear beside the image.
  • Page 51 Select Multiple Images Select Multiple Images Tap an image and hold until the button Multi appears on the image. Tap the button, and then tap the images that you Multi want to select. Flag, Annotate or Delete an Image Tap the image, and then tap flag note...
  • Page 52 Chapter 6– Edit Your Images Sort Your Images more , and sort select a sorting parameter from the options (alphabetical, time, or flag)
  • Page 53 Select a Folder Select a Folder more , and folder select a folder. Shots folder choose Note: The Shots folder is always positioned at the top of the folder list.
  • Page 54 Chapter 6– Edit Your Images Move Your Images Tap an image and hold until the button Move appears on the screen. Move Tap the desired folder. Move...
  • Page 55 Go to Shoot View Go to Shoot View To open a specific image in Shoot view, tap the image and then tap , or double- shoot tap the image.
  • Page 57 Customize the Touch Screen Align the Touch Screen..............48 Turn Off the Backlight ..............49 Turn On the Backlight............... 50...
  • Page 58 Chapter 7 – Customize the Touch Screen Align the Touch Screen Display. Align Touch Screen Follow the instructions on the screen.
  • Page 59 Turn Off the Backlight Turn Off the Backlight Display Backlight Off After Tap a power source. Tap the desired time.
  • Page 60 Chapter 7 – Customize the Touch Screen Turn On the Backlight Display Backlight On After Select the desired option.
  • Page 61 Adjust the Settings For a Shoot Clear Indicators and Information on Every Shot......... 56 See a Full-Screen View of Every Shot..........57 Show and Hide the Crop Mask ............58 Adjust the Transparency of the Crop Mask........59 Adjust the Transparency of the Histogram and Info Bar..... 60 Rotate the Histogram and Info Overlays..........
  • Page 62 Chapter 8 – Adjust the Settings For a Shoot Clear Indicators and Information on Every Shot Shoot View Options On Shoot...
  • Page 63 See a Full-Screen View of Every Shot See a Full-Screen View of Every Shot To hide the menu buttons for a full-screen view of your shots: Shoot View Options On Shoot On the Maximize bar, tap image The image appears in full-screen view.
  • Page 64 Chapter 8 – Adjust the Settings For a Shoot Show and Hide the Crop Mask Shoot View Options To view a crop mask, tap . To hide a crop mask,...
  • Page 65 Adjust the Transparency of the Crop Mask Adjust the Transparency of the Crop Mask Shoot View Options Crop Mask Transparency Tap the desired intensity, where 0% is opaque and 100% is completely transparent.
  • Page 66 Chapter 8 – Adjust the Settings For a Shoot Adjust the Transparency of the Histogram and Info Bar Shoot View Options Histogram/ Info Transparency Tap the desired intensity, where 0% is opaque and 100% is completely transparent.
  • Page 67 Rotate the Histogram and Info Overlays Rotate the Histogram and Info Overlays Shoot View Options On the Auto-Rotation bar, tap...
  • Page 68 Chapter 8 – Adjust the Settings For a Shoot Format the Disk Format Disk Tap the disk that you want to format, and then choose...
  • Page 69 Configure the User Button Configure the User Button for Shoot ..........64 Configure a Long Press of the User Button........66...
  • Page 70 Chapter 9 – Configure the User Button Configure the User Button for Shoot To configure the user button for viewing indicators or flagging images in Shoot view: User Button Shoot view Select Indicators . If you Flag select Flag, do not go on to step 4.
  • Page 71 Configure the User Button for Edit View Configure the User Button for Edit View To configure the user button for flagging or deleting images: User Button Edit view Flag Delete...
  • Page 72 Chapter 9 – Configure the User Button Configure a Long Press of the User Button A long press on the user button can either lock or unlock the touch screen, or turn the display on or off. User Button Long Press Select the desired option.