Shutter Release Button; Serial Exposures - Leica S2 Instructions Manual

Record mode

Shutter release button

The LEICA S2 has a three-stage shutter release button (1.1):
1. A brief tap activates the distance and exposure metering
systems, as well as the displays in the viewfinder and the top
panel. If the shutter release button is held at this pressure
point, the metering systems and displays remain active.
When you let go of the shutter release button, the metering
system and the displays remain activated for around a further
12s.
Notes:
• If play mode was previously set (see p. 46), when you tap the
shutter release button the camera reverts to record mode, if
it was previously in standby mode (see p. 26), it is reactivated,
i.e. metering systems and displays are turned on.
• The shutter release button remains blocked
- if the internal buffer memory is (temporarily) full,
e.g. after a series of up to 10 pictures,
- if the memory card(s) inserted is/are full and the internal
buffer memory is (temporarily) full, or
- if no memory card is inserted and the internal buffer
memory is full.
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2. Pressing the shutter release button to the first pressure point
and holding it in this position stores the metered exposure
value in , and modes (see p. 38/39). When using
autofocus in AF s - sharpness priority - mode (see p. 33) this
simultaneously stores the focus setting.
After the shutter release button has been let go, new measure-
ments can be carried out.
Note:
You can also use the menu to set button 1.17 to store the metered
exposure value and/or the automatic focus setting (see p. 35).
3. Pressing further releases the shutter or starts any preselected
self-timer delay time (see p. 40).

Serial exposures

You can use the LEICA D-LUX S2 to take single pictures and
also to produce sequences of pictures.
Einstellen und Anwenden der Funktion
1. In the CAMERA section of the menu (see p. 13/22), select
Drive Mode (5.1) And
2. then select Continuous in the submenu.
3. The subsequent functioning is determined by how you operate
the shutter release button:
- A series of pictures is taken for as long as you hold down
the shutter release (provided that the memory card has
sufficient capacity).
- If you press the shutter release button briefly, the camera
continues to take single pictures.
Note:
Regardless of how many pictures have been taken in a series,
both play modes (see p. 24) initially show the last picture in the
series or the last picture in the series saved on the currently
active card (see p. 31), if not all of the pictures in the series have
been transferred from the internal camera memory to the rele-
vant card yet.
Details of how to select other pictures in the series, as well as
further review options, can be found in the sections under
„Review mode" starting on p. 46.