Designation of parts
Front view (optional Hand Grip attached, flash retracted)
1.1Eyelets for carrying strap
1.2Self timer LED / AF assist light
1.3Lens
1.4Hand Grip with
a. Fastening screw
Top view
1.5Flash
1.6Attachment thread protection ring
1.7Main Switch with detent positions for
-OFF (camera switched off)
-S (single shot)
-C (continuous shooting)
1.8Shutter release button
1.9Aperture dial with
-A Detent position for automatic aperture control
(speed
1.10Shutter speed dial with
-A Detent position for automatic shutter speed control
(aperture
1.11Flash (hot) shoe with
a. Center (firing) contact b. Control contacts
c. Hole for locking pin
Rear view
1.12INFO button for
-selecting monitor displays in record and review modes
-resetting manually displaced AF metering frame to center
-calling up display for set resolution, compression, white balance, and image stabilization status (after pressing ≥1s, disappears after approx. 5s)
1.13ISO button for calling up the sensitivity menu
1.14WB button for calling up the white balance menu
1.15DELETE / FOCUS button for
-calling up the delete menu
-calling up the focus metering mode menu
-activating AF metering area frame
1.16PLAY button for
-activating (continuous) review mode
-returning to full 1:1 picture display
1.17Flash unit release slider
1.18Socket for external electronic viewfinder (cover removed)1
1.19Focus/exposure status LED
(only lights up when the shutter release button is pressed to pressure point, not with manual focusing)
a. Flashing: | Focusing not possible |
b. Permanently lit: | Focusing and exposure set and locked |
1.20Setting wheel for
-manual in focusing
-scrolling in menu list
-scrolling through picture memory
1 Exclusively for use of Leica EVF2 (see also p.152)
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