User manual LEICA DIGILUX2

[. . . ] LEICA DIGILUX 2 Instructions Illustrations inside front and rear covers Foreword We wish you a great deal of pleasure and success using your new LEICA DIGILUX 2. The high performance LEICA DC VARIO-SUMMICRON 7­22, 5 mm f/2­2. 4 ASPH. wide angle zoom lens will give you excellent picture quality and, thanks to its wide range of focal lengths, will open up a host of picture composition options, particularly for landscape and interior photography. Thanks to its fully automatic programmed exposure control mode and autoflash feature, the LEICA DIGILUX 2 provides uncomplicated photography. Alternatively, you can take over picture composition yourself at any time using the manual settings. [. . . ] · The microphone (1. 4) for sound recording is located on the front of the camera, thus mainly the ambient noises of the subject are recorded. 112/ 122) select the menu item w AUDIO REC (3. 8) and follow the further menu instructions. Press the shutter release button (1. 13) all the way down to take the photograph. · The large microphone symbol in the center of the monitor flashes, while the 5 black triangles below it, showing the expired and remaining recording time, turn red successively at 1s intervals (2. 1. 33). Note: It is not necessary to hold the shutter release button to continue sound recording. Sound recording can be stopped at any time by pressing the shutter release button all the way down again. Video recording - ü/l MOTION IMAGE You can also use the LEICA DIGILUX 2 to produce video recordings. They are made in QuickTime (Movie) format with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. Whereas the resolution is a fixed preset, a picture frequency of between 10 fps and 30 fps can be chosen. The possible duration of your recording sequences depends on the capacity of the memory card you are using. The 64 MB card included with the camera allows you recording times of around 6 minutes or 2 minutes. The software required for review can be found on the CD ROMs supplied, or it can also be downloaded from the Internet free of charge: http://www. apple. com/quicktime/download Note: Video recordings are always made with sound recording Setting and using the mode 1. Set the record/review selector (1. 15) to one of the record modes 6/7 (see p. 112/ 122) select the menu item l MOTION IMAGE (3. 12) and follow the further menu instructions. The following options are available: ONE TIME ­ after a single video recording, the mode is deactivated, or ON ­ the mode is permanently activated (until it is switched off in the same way). The picture frequency is selected with the 2 nd function of the sub-menu (MOTION RATE). · In the viewfinder/monitor (1. 19/32) the corresponding displays ü (2. 1. 1 e) and x/A (2. 1. 7 a/b), and the signal for sound recording w (2. 1. 12) then appear. Detailed guide / Record mode / 149 Note: A setting to ONE TIME is automatically reset to OFF when the camera is switched off or switches to stand-by mode. Consequently, this setting has to be made again prior to another video recording. Specify your framing and press the shutter release button (1. 13) to the pressure point. 131/132) the green dot (2. 1. 11 b) appears as soon as the focus has been set Notes: · When video recording starts (the first frame), the focus (when using one of the AF modes) and exposure settings are locked, i. · If, when using one of the AF modes, you want to arrange your main subject off center at the start of recording, resulting in it not being covered by the autofocus metering area, but you still want the former to be the basis for focusing and exposure, you therefore have to proceed as described with metering memory-lock (see p. Video recording ends automatically when the memory card capacity is reached. · In this case, the displays on the monitor disappear and MEMORY CARD FULL appears for a short time. [. . . ] White balance Optionally: Automatic, presets for daylight, cloud, halogen lighting, electronic flash, and for black and white pictures and manual setting. (corresponds to 28­90 mm with 35 mm-format); 13 lenses in 10 elements, 4 aspherical surfaces. Digital focal length extension Optionally: off, 2 x or 3 x. Distance setting range Automatic distance setting of 60 cm or 30 cm to infinity (AF, or AF Macro). Manual distance setting 30 cm to infinity with ring on lens, optionally magnification function as focusing aid. [. . . ]