Leica Digilux 2, Instructions Manual

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3. Press the MENU button (1.25) to confirm your
setting and to exit the menu system.
• The original viewfinder/monitor screen
appears again with the corresponding display
(2.1.3 a/b/c/d/e/f).
If, however, you have selected manual white balance,
further settings need to be made after the 2nd step.
To do this, proceed as follows:
Manually setting the white balance - h
3. Open the relevant sub-menu by pressing right on
the direction pad.
4. Aim the camera at an object that you know is
white or neutral gray. It should fill the frame in the
viewfinder/monitor.
5. Press the shutter release button (1.13) all the way
down.
• When the setting has been made, which can be
seen in the viewfinder/monitor screen, the
original image with the relevant display appears
there again (2.1.3 g).
Fine adjustment of the white
balance -
b WB ADJUST
If one of the four fixed presets or the manual setting
of the white balance has been set, the LEICA DIGILUX 2
allows further fine adjustment. In this connection, a
warmer, i. e. slightly redder, or cooler, i. e. slightly
bluer, color reproduction can be deliberately and
sensitively achieved, e. g. to rule out color casts from
specific lighting situations or, vice versa, to deliber-
ately create a specific light mood.
Setting the function
In the main record menu
j
REC
1
/
4
(see pp. 112/
122) select the menu item
b
WB ADJUST (3.2) and
follow the further menu instructions.
• During setting, the effect can be followed on the
viewfinder/monitor screen, at the same time the
symbol for the white balance function set that is to
the left of the scale changes from white to red or
blue.
• After setting, the original viewfinder/monitor
screen appears again with the relevant red or blue
display (2.1.3 b/c/d/e/g).
Note: Fine adjustment only concerns the white bal-
ance function that has been set. If it is to be done for
another white balance function, this has to be set and
then the fine adjustment has to be made again.