Leica M Instruction Manual page 201

MARKINg ThE pICTURE FILES
FOR COpYRIghT pROTECTION
The Leica M enables you to mark your picture files by entering text or
other characters.
You can enter up to 17 characters of information under 2 headings
for each picture.
1. In the main menu (see p. 154/246) select
(page 4,
information SETUP
• A sub-menu containing the options
and
Information Artist
Copyright information
2. Turn on the
Copyright information
operation.
• The information lines are activated and the first position is
marked as ready for editing.
3. Use the setting dial (29) to select the desired characters and
press the relevant direction on the direction pad (30) to move
between positions.
You move to the lines either by pressing the appropriate
Artist
directions on the direction pad or using the
button (20).
The available characters include various punctuation marks,
numbers from to , upper and lower case letters and a space
0 9
which appear in this order in an endless loop.
4. Confirm your setting by pressing the
Copyright
section).
Copyright information
appears in the monitor. Only the
line is initially activated.
function and confirm the
(31) or
INFO
SET or INFO button.
RECORDINg ThE LOCATION WITh gpS
This option is only available if the multifunction hand grip is attached
(available as accessory, see p. 226).
The Global Position System enables the current position of the
receiver to be determined worldwide. The multifunction hand grip is
equipped with an appropriate receiver. If the hand grip is attached to
the Leica M, when the function is activated the camera continuously
receives the corresponding signals and updates the position data.
You can write this information - latitude and longitude, height above
, sea level - to the "EXIF" data.
Note:
The corresponding menu function on the camera is only available
when the multifunction hand grip is attached.
Setting the function
1. In the main camera menu, select
and
2. Select or
On
• The satellite symbol
SET
( ) in the camera monitor indicates the status (only with
picture data display):
= Last position determined up to 1min ago
–
,
_
= Last position determined up to 24hrs ago
–
= Last position determined at least 24hrs ago, or no
–
position data available
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(page 4 /
GPS
.
OFF
section),
SETUP