Leica Digilux 3 Quick start guide

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The following functions have been added or changed starting with firmware version 2.0.
Read these instructions along with those for the camera.
A multiple exposure function has been added to the menu.
• When you use the Live View function, you can take pictures while checking the composition.
• When you take pictures using the viewfinder, you can check the composition using the review images.
• If the intervals between taking pictures are long, check the setting for power save mode, and ensure that
the power will not turn off before you finish taking pictures.
1Press [MENU/SET], use 3/4to select [MULTI. EXPO.] and
then press 1.
2Determine the composition, and take the first
picture.
• After taking the picture, press the shutter button halfway
down to take the next picture.
• Use the command dial ( ) or 3/4to select [NEXT],
[RETAKE] or [EXIT]. One of the following operations will
be performed when [MENU/SET] is pressed.
• [NEXT]: Advance to the next picture.
• [RETAKE]: Return to the first picture.
• [EXIT]: Record the image of the first picture, and
finish the multiple exposure picture-taking
session.
A: When taking pictures using the viewfinder
B: When taking pictures using the Live View function
C: After the first picture has been taken
3Determine the composition, and take the second picture.
• After taking the picture, the first and second pictures taken will be
superimposed over each other and displayed.
• After taking the picture, press the shutter button halfway down to take
the next picture.
• Use the command dial ( ) or 3/4to select [NEXT], [RETAKE] or
[EXIT]. One of the following operations will be performed when
[MENU/SET] is pressed.
• [NEXT]: Advance to the next picture.
• [RETAKE]: Return to the second picture.
• [EXIT]: Record images up to the second picture taken, and finish the multiple exposure
picture-taking session.
D: When taking pictures using the Live View function
4Determine the composition, and take the third picture.
• After taking the picture, the images of the first, second and third pictures
taken will be superimposed over one another and displayed.
• Use the command dial ( ) or 3/4to select [RETAKE] and then press
[MENU/SET] to return to taking the third picture.
E: When taking pictures using the Live View function
5Use the command dial ( ) or 4to select [EXIT] and then
press [MENU/SET].
• You can also press the shutter button halfway to finish.
• The images up to the third picture taken are recorded, and the multiple
exposure picture-taking session will be completed.
F: After the third picture has been taken
• Compensate the exposure to match the subject so that all the superimposing effects will be just
right.
• The recording information displayed for pictures taken with multiple exposures is the recording information
for the last picture taken.
• If [MENU/SET] is pressed while taking pictures, the photographed images are recorded, and the multiple
exposure picture-taking session will be completed.
• We recommend setting the [O.I.S.] switch on the lens to [OFF] and using a tripod when taking pictures with
multiple exposures.
• The multiple exposure setting is cancelled at the following times:
• When the power has been turned off (including power save mode)
• When the card has been changed
• When the USB connection cable has been connected to the camera
•There are some restrictions using the multiple exposure function. The following functions will not be available:
•Continuous mode
• Auto bracket mode
• Extended optical zoom
• Digital zoom
•etc.
Concerning the Firmware Update 2.0 for Digilux 3
A multiple exposure function has been incorporated.
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[MODE3] has been added to [OIS MODE] on the menu for taking pictures.
• It is more difficult to achieve the effects of panning in the following situations:
• In brightly lit places such as in broad daylight on a summer’s day
• When the shutter speed is faster than 1/100 s
• When the subject is moving slowly and the speed at which the camera is turned is too slow (to make it
look like the background is flowing by)
• When the camera cannot track the movements of the subject closely
• It is recommended that you take pictures using the viewfinder.
In addition to the high-angle mode that makes it easier to see what is on the LCD monitor screen
when taking pictures from high positions, there is now also a new low-angle mode that similarly
makes it easier to see what is on the LCD monitor screen when taking pictures from low positions.
1Keep [DISPLAY] pressed for one second.
A: [DISPLAY] button
B: LCD monitor
2Select the mode using the command dial ( ) or 3/4.
3Press the shutter button halfway to enter the setting.
• The setting can also be entered by pressing [MENU/SET].
: High-angle mode
: Low-angle mode
To cancel the high-angle mode or low-angle mode
Keep [DISPLAY] pressed again for one second. This causes the screen in step 2to be displayed.
Now select the [OFF] setting to cancel the high-angle mode or low-angle mode.
• The high-angle mode or low-angle mode is cancelled when the power is turned off (including power save
mode).
• In the high-angle mode or low-angle mode, the brightness of the image displayed on the LCD monitor is
adjusted. Depending on the subject, the image may appear to be somewhat different than in reality, but the
image recorded remains unaffected.
• When sunlight or other strong light is reflected by the LCD monitor so that it is hard to see what is on the
screen, you might not be able to judge the effect of the high-angle mode or low-angle mode. In such cases
it is recommended that you shade out the light with your hand to use the mode.
• The high-angle mode or low-angle mode will not work in the following situations:
• In the playback mode
• While menu screens are displayed
[MODE3] (panning mode) has been incorporated for image stabilization
(camera shake correction).
Item Effect
[MODE1]
()
Camera shake is corrected at all times in the mode for taking pictures. It enables you to take
pictures with stability after deciding on the composition using the telephoto function.
[MODE2]
()
Camera shake is corrected when the shutter button is pressed. The resulting correction is more
effective.
[MODE3]
()
Camera shake is corrected only for vertical movements. This mode is
ideal for panning (a method of taking pictures which involves following a
continually moving subject (from left to right or vice versa) with the camera
to create a dynamic effect).
A low-angle mode that makes it easier to see what is on the LCD monitor
during Live View picture-taking at a low angle has been incorporated.
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Item Description of setting
:
High angle
This makes it easier to see what is on the LCD monitor screen when taking pictures
from high positions. It comes in handy when there are people in front of you and you
cannot get close to the subject. (In this mode, however, it is hard to see what is on the
display if you look at it straight on.)
:
Low angle
This makes it easier to see what is on the LCD monitor screen when taking pictures
from low positions. It comes in handy when taking pictures of flowers that are
blossoming close to the ground or taking pictures at the eye level of children or pets. (In
this mode, however, it is hard to see what is on the display if you look at it straight on.)
[OFF] This returns the LCD monitor screen to its normal brightness.
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In addition to pressing [FUNC.1] and turning the command dial, the following operation can now
be used to set the aperture when using a lens without an aperture ring in the aperture-priority
AE mode [ ] or manual exposure mode [ ].
Aperture-priority AE mode [ ]
• Take either of the steps below to set the aperture:
• Turn the command dial ( ) (when [DIREC. EX. COMP.] has been set to [OFF]).
• Press [FUNC.1], and turn the command dial ( ) (when [DIREC. EX. COMP.] has been set to [ON]).
• Press 3/4.
Manual exposure mode [ ]
• Turn the command dial ( ) to set the aperture.
The operation for the function used to set the following with direct
buttons has been changed.
A: Example: When setting the flash mode
• There are now two ways to select settings: besides operating
(command dial), it is now possible to select them using (3/4/2/1).
• There is no longer any time restriction before the settings are entered so that you can perform the settings
and check what you have set at your leisure.
Concerning the white balance settings
The steps taken to perform the white balance setting, color temperature setting and white
balance fine adjustment setting have been changed as follows.
∫To perform the white balance setting
A new white balance setting can be selected when [ ] or [ ] is selected.
1Press [WB].
2Select [ ] or [ ] using the command dial ( ) or
3/4/2/1, and press [WB].
3Point the camera at a sheet of white paper or any other white
object, ensure that only the white object appears inside the
frame at the screen center, and press the shutter button all
the way.
• The white balance cannot be set in the multiple exposure mode.
∫To set the color temperature
A new color temperature setting can be selected when [ ] is selected.
1Press [WB].
2Select [ ] using the command dial ( ) or 3/4/2/1, and
press [WB].
3Select the color temperature using the command dial ( )
or 3/4, and press [MENU/SET].
It is easier to set the aperture when you have mounted a lens without an
aperture ring.
You can now use the cursor buttons to set the white balance (WB), change the
color temperature or set the ISO sensitivity or flash mode. There is no longer
any time restriction before the settings are entered.
• Exposure compensation • Flash mode
• Flash fine adjustment • White balance
• Color temperature • ISO sensitivity
• Frequently used functions [FUNCTION] • External flash
STANDARDSTANDARD
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∫To finely adjust the white balance
The white balance can now be adjusted finely by selecting the white balance and pressing
[MENU/SET].
1Press [WB].
2Select the white balance that matches the picture-taking
conditions using the command dial ( ) or 3/4/2/1, and
press [MENU/SET].
3Finely adjust the white balance using 3/4/2/1, and press
[MENU/SET].
• Fine adjustments can be performed for the white balance items separately. (They cannot be finely
performed at [ ], [ ] or [ ].)
The [AUTO REVIEW] function on the setup menu has been changed as follows. In addition, the
auto review setting is now also effective even during the simultaneous recording of RAW files.
[HOLD]: After a picture is taken, the image remains displayed. Playback
zooming and moving the zoom position are now possible during
auto review.
• When [HOLD] has been selected, the zoom time setting is cancelled.
• When [HOLD] has been selected, press the shutter button halfway to
cancel the auto review.
The images can now be selected while maintaining the same zoom magnification and
zoom position of the playback zoom.
1Press [ ] (aperture stopping down button) during playback
zoom.
• The zoom position is now locked.
A: [ ] button
2Move to the next or previous image using 2/1.
2: To move to the previous image.
1: To move to the next image.
• To release the lock status, press [ ] again.
• The zoom position held in the lock status is released when the power is turned off (including power save mode).
• When the following images are displayed in the lock status, the zoom position will return to the center.
Press [ ] to release the lock, and then move the zoom position.
• Images with different aspect ratios
• Images with different numbers of recorded pixels
• Images with a different rotation direction (when [ROTATE DISP.] is set to [ON])
A: In the aperture-priority AE mode [ ]
B: In the shutter speed-priority AE mode [ ]
A mode with no time restrictions has been added to auto review.
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During playback zooming, it has now become possible to select the
preceding or the next images while the image is still zoomed.
It has now become possible to select [AUTO] for the ISO sensitivity in the
aperture-priority AE mode [ ] and shutter speed-priority AE mode [ ].
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[VERSION DISP.] has been added to the setup menu items.
[VERSION DISP.]: This enables the firmware versions of the camera
and lens to be checked.
• [–. –] is displayed as the lens firmware when the lens is not mounted.
Checking the firmware version
3/3
OFF
NTSC
ENG
EXIT
LENS FIRMWARE
BODY FIRMWARE
Ver. 2. 0
VERSION DISP.
Ver. 1. 0
SETUP
HIGHLIGHT
TV ASPECT
VIDEO OUT
LANGUAGE
VERSION DISP.
EXIT
MENU
SELECT