Leica Digital-Modul-R Instructions Manual page 85

The most important settings/controls
Switching on/off
Switching on
The Digital-Modul-R is switched on using one of the
three shutter release buttons (camera shutter release –/
main – [1.27] and portrait format shutter release [1.28]
buttons) or using the camera's stop-down slider or, on
the LEICA R9, using its master switch. The LED (1.20)
briefly lights up and the displays in the data panel (1.21)
appear (see p. 69; in some cases until the Digital-
Modul-R is automatically switched off, see next sec-
tion). At the same time, the Leica logo appears in the
monitor (1.11) – it disappears when the camera is ready
to use (after approx. 3 s).
If the acknowledge tones are activated (Acoustic Sig-
nal, 3.14, see p. 88), they also indicate that the camera
is ready to take pictures.
Note: After attaching and switching on the Digital-
Modul-R, you should check whether the camera's shut-
ter is cocked and therefore ready to take pictures. If
not, this can be done at any time using the camera's
quick wind lever or, after switching on the Digital-
Modul-R, by tapping one of the shutter release buttons
(see also "The shutter release buttons", p. 82).
Switching off
The Digital-Modul-R is switched off using either its
button (1.15) or, on the LEICA R9, using the
OK/OFF
camer's master switch. The displays in the monitor
(1.11) and the data panel (1.21) disappear.
The Digital-Modul-R is automatically switched off if an
automatic power off time is specified using menu con-
trol (Auto Power Off, 3.13, see p. 70/86/88) and it is
not operated during this time.
Taking photographs
After switching on, the Digital-Modul-R is always in
record mode, i.e. the monitor (1.11) remains dark once
it is ready to use.
Operation of the camera, including the settings for all
camera functions, remains unchanged when using the
Digital-Modul-R. The only difference is that you must
take account of the frame for digital format (see p. 72)
on the focusing screen when determining the trimming.
From review mode (see next section), you can switch
back to record mode at any time by tapping one of the
shutter release buttons (see p. 82) or operating the
camera's stop-down slider.
Selecting review modes
To review the pictures, you can choose between two
modes: To review for an unlimited time –
review briefly after taking the picture – Auto Review.
Review for unlimited time -
By pressing the button (1.10), you can switch to
PLAY
review mode at any time.
The last picture taken appears in the monitor along
with the corresponding displays (see p. 68). However, if
the memory card inserted does not contain any image
files, when you switch to review mode, the following
message appears: No valid image to play.
Automatic review of last picture - Auto Review
In Auto Review mode, each picture is shown in the
monitor (1.11) immediately after it has been taken. This
allows you to quickly and easily check whether the pic-
ture was successful or needs to be taken again.
The function allows you to choose the duration for
which the picture is shown and to review the picture
information with or without a histogram (see p. 84).
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