Leica R6 User manual

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Instrustions
TEICA
R6

We
hopethatyouwill obtainagreat deal
of
pleasure
from your new LEICA and wish
you many years
of successful
photography
with it. May we alsodrawyour attention to
the following facilities which are available
to you:
Technicalsewice
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Service
(see
warranty card) is availablefor
servicing your camera and carrying out
repairsin caseof damage.
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Contents Page
Brief description 4
Attaching the carrying strap 6
Shutter-speedsetting
ring 7
Insertingandchecking the batteries 8
Insertingthe cameralens 10
Removingthe cameralens 10
Adjustingthe eyepiece 11
Quick-wind
lever 12
Inserting the film 13
Setting
the film speed 15
Rewindingandremoving
the exposedfilm 15
Exposure-metermodes 16
Full-field integral mode 17
Selectivemode 17
Exposuremeter 18
Full-aperture exposurecontrol 20
Working-apertureexposurecontrol 20
Effectiveworking rangeof exposuremeter 20
Range
of exposure
meter 2l
Low-light warning 2l
Working diagramof exposuremeter 23
Manual override control
(exposure
correction) 24
The viewfinder ascomposition and
control centre
Ancillary light
Correction
lenses
Eyecup
Eyepieceobturator
Focusing
with the universal screen
Interchangeablefocusing
screens
Depth-of-field lever
Depth-of-fieldscaleon lens
Socket
for cablerelease
Independent
mirror release
Self-timer
Use of flash equipment
TTL exposurecontrol
Holding the camera
correctly
Multiple exposures
Designof LEICA R lenses
Automatic
diaphragm
Lenshoods
Filters and useof filters
Existing LEICA R and LEICAFLEX
lenses
andaccessories
Useof LEICA M lenses on the LEICA
Hints on the careof your LEICA R6
and its lenses
Cameracases
Motor Winder R and Motor Drive R
RC LEICA R electronicremote-control
unit
DB2 LEICA R databack
Interchangeable
lenses
Enlargers
Projectors
Binoculars
Spare
parts
for your LEICA R6
Focusingscreens
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Technicaldata
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Brief description
O Eyeletfor carryingstrap
@ Depth-of-fieldlever
@ Bayonetlock
@ Electronic
self-timer
@ CaUtesocketfor
independent
mirror release
@ Ittuminating
windowfor
shutter-speedindicator
O tttuminatingwindowfor
apertureindicator
@ Self-timerLED
@ Coaxialflash-contact
cablesocket
@ Ancillary light
@ Locking
button for
exposure-meteroverride
@ ISOfilm-speed
indicator
@ Overridesettinglever
@ Overrideindicator
@ Focusing
ring
@ Depth-of-fieldscale
@ Reddotfor alignmentof
interchangeablelenses
@ Aperture-settingring
@ Selectorswitch
(selective
/ integralmode)
andlocking
button
@ Automaticframe
counter
@ Film-speed
settingring
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323l @ Uingedrewindcrank
@ fim-speed lock
(ISO)
and
batterycheck
(C)
@ Battery-check
LED
@ Accessory
shoewith centralX
flash
contact
andcontactsfor
system-compatible
flash
unit
@ WinOow
to indicate
exposure-meter
mode
@ Pitm-plane
indicator
@ StrutterreJease,
with
cable-release
socket
@ Strutter-speed
settingring
@ Qulct-wind lever
(winds
film andcocksshutter)
@ Eyepiece
obturator
@ Settingwheel
for
eyepieceadjustment
@ Viewfinder
eyepiece,
with
provision
for correctionlens
@ f'nm-cartridge
window
@ Contacts
for cable-free
databack
(visible
when
backisopened)
@ Contacts
andlinkagefor -
motorized
film transport
@ Cupto battery
compartment
@ e-typ
e r/4" socketthread
for tripod
@ Rewind-release
and
double-exp
osure
button
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Attaching the carrying strap d
Attach the carrying strapto the eyelets
O.
O Slidebackthe safety
loop at the end of
the strap(fig. a).
O Remove the metal hook from the strap
(fig.b, c).
O Insert
thehookin eyeletO,with the
bent
partof the hookparallel
with the side
of
tlre camera
(fig. d, e).
O Insertthestrap
throughtheopenend
and
the narrowed part of hook, then turn
through 90ofor a proper seating
on the
D-shaped
loop (fig.f, g,h).
O Slidethe safetyloop fully home overthe
hook (fig.i,j).
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hShutter-speed
settingring
The shutter-speedsetting ring @ permits
settingsfrom l/rooo
sto 1s,B for time expo-
suresof any length, andX : l/too
sfor flash
synchronization.
B inactivates
theexposure
meter. There is a click stop for eachof the
engraved
values.
Do not attempt to setany
intermediate value.
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Insertingandchecking
the batteries
Exposuremeter and ancillarylight in the
viewfinderdisplayarepowered
by two silver
oxidebutton cellsor alithium battery.
Insert a coin in the slot of the battery cap
@ to unscrew.
Useaclean
clothto remove
any oxide on the surface
of the batteries
and insert in the battery cap.Positionthe
batteries
asshownin thebattery
cap.Screw
the cap with the batteriesback into the
baseplateof the camera.
Always check the state of the batteries
beforeattempting
totake
any
photographs,
especiallywhen the camera
hasnot been
usedfor some
time. To doso,switch
onthe
exposuremeter
and
press
thetestbutton@
for about5s.
If thebatteries
arein working
order,theLED @
in front ofthetestbutton
lights.If duringthesefivesecondstheLED
dimsnoticeably,
thebatteries
arenearly
flat
and
shouldbereplaced
assoonas
possible.
If the LED failsto light, the batteries
may
have become coated with oxide. If so.
simplywipethemclean
bypressing thebat-
tery-test
button the camerais switched
on
andthe LED displays
in theviewfinderare
activated.
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Ucar
Ucar
Ucar
Duracell
Varta
Varta
Varta
EverReady
National
National
Ray-O-Vac
Ray-O-Vac
Maxell
Maxell
Maxell
EPX76
S76E
3s7
D 3s7
(10
L
V76PX
V13
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S76E
SR44 .
SR44W'
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RW42
SR44P
SR44
SR44
SW
Silveroxide
button
cells
suitable
for the LEICA R6 Note:
WhenaMotorWinder orMotor Drive
is fitted, the camera is powered by the
batteriesof the motorized film transport,
i.e.you cannotcheckthe camera's
batteries.
Tocheckthatthemotor batteriesarein fact
supplying
power
tothe
exposuremeter
and
the viewfinder displays,
press
the battery-
testbutton@,
atthe
sametime switching
on
the exposuremeter, e.
g. by pressing
the
locking button to the selecter
switch (see:
Switching
ontheexposure
meter,
page
18.
Hdlvever,
{hisisn9t abatterycheckfor the
motor funcfions.
Notes
onbattery
careanduse:
O Storebatteries
in acool,
dryplace
O Never
useoldandnew
batteriestogether
O Do not mix batteries
of differentmakes
O These
batteriesarenot rechargeable
Batteriescontaintoxic andenvironmentally
damagingsubstances.
Do not discard
used
batteries,but return them to your camera
shop
for recycling.
D,:*
ril
r4)
Lithium batteries
suitable
for the LEICA R6
Duracell
Varta
Ucar
Caution:
Always
remove
thebatteriesif the cameiais
unlikely
to beusedfor sometime.
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