Leica L-E, Instructions Manual

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114 / Shutter release button
ShUTTeR ReLeASe BUTTON
The shutter release button (1.19) has three pressure
points:
1. Briefly pressing to the first pressure point activates
exposure metering and viewfinder displays, and
starts a pre­set self timer delay time, if this has
been programmed (see p. 157).
when you let go of the shutter release button, the
metering system and the displays remain activated
for around a further 12s (for more details, refer to
the sections under “exposure metering” starting on
p. 135).
If the shutter release button is kept at this pressure
point, the displays remain active, or if the camera
was previously set to review mode (see p. 150), it
switches back into picture mode. If the camera was
previously in standby mode (see p. 112), it will be
reactivated and the displays switched on.
while the shutter release is held in this position,
you can use the setting dial (1.29) to quickly and
easily set an exposure compensation (for more
details, refer to the “exposure compensation”
section on p. 137).
Note:
The shutter release is locked
– if the internal buffer memory is (temporarily) full,
e.g. after a series of more than 8 pictures, or
– if the installed memory card and the internal buffer
memory are (temporarily) full.
2. Pressing to the second pressure point saves the
exposure metering value in aperture priority mode,
i.e. the shutter speed determined by the camera
(for more details, refer to the section “Metering
memory lock” on p. 136). once you let go of the
shutter release button, a new metered value can be
determined.
3. Pressing the shutter release button all the way
down takes a picture. The data is then transferred
to the memory card.
The shutter release button has a standard thread for
a cable release.
Notes:
• The second pressure point is not perceptible when
using a cable release.
• Even if review mode (see “Selecting picture and
review modes”, p. 113) or menu control (see p.
119) was previously activated, pressing the shutter
re lease button causes the camera to switch imme­
diately into picture mode.
• Menu control allows you to select or set button
acknowledgement (feedback) tones (see p. 123).
• To avoid blurring, the shutter release should be
pressed gently – not jerkily, until the shutter is
released with a soft click.
1.19a 1.19