Hasselblad H2 user manual Power, Manual focus, Standby

Power

The camera can be set at two active power modes − ON or Standby − as well as OFF. In active modes, battery consumption is least in Standby mode and most in ON mode. The camera enters Standby mode automatically after 10 seconds (default) to preserve battery consumption but this interval can be changed in Custom Options. Settings can only be made when the camera is in the ON mode.

ON

To activate the camera press the red ON.OFF button until you see the start-up H2 logo appear on the grip LCD. The logo is automatically followed by the main screen. The camera is now in ON mode.

After a set period of inactivity (programmable in Custom Options) the camera automati- cally enters Standby mode, signalled by the appearance of the H2 logo again.

Standby

In this mode the camera is in a mainly inactive ‘standby’ mode and is ready to be im- mediately reactivated to the ON mode by:

•pressing the shutter release button half way

•pressing the Stop down button

•clicking the ON.OFF button

•pressing the Mirror up button.

In this mode, signalled by the standby H2 logo appearing on the grip LCD, the demand on the batteries is very low. It is ideal for general use where intervals between shots exceed a few seconds.

Standby mode is automatically set from the ON mode after 10 seconds (default) of inactive use (programmable in Custom Options).

OFF

From the active screen, press (not click !) the red ON.OFF button for a half second. All buttons (except the ON.OFF button) remain ineffective, producing minimal demand on the batteries. This is the normal mode when transporting or storing the camera or where there might be a risk of inadvertently activating the camera. (However, remove the batteries if you are going to store the camera for a period of more than a few weeks).

In this mode neither the viewfinder LCD nor grip LCD information is available. The magazine LCD, however, will continue to display information as it is independently pow- ered. OFF mode is automatically set after six hours of inactivity in Standby mode.

Manual focus

There is both a Manual Focus mode setting and a Manual Override capability. Manual Focus is a specific setting that you actively make, whereas Manual Override is always available as a temporary override of an autofocus setting.

In Manual Focus mode, focusing is carried out by rotating the focusing ring in the conventional manner. The focus setting remains until changed as with a conventional non-autofocus lens. This means that pressing the shutter release button will not activate a focus setting change as it does in autofocus. To change back to autofocus, you must make a new setting (by pressing the AF button and choosing AF S or AF C).

With Manual Override, you can manually alter a focus setting that has been made in the auto- focus mode, by rotating the lens barrel in the conventional manner and without having to change modes. As long as the shutter release button is kept at the half-press position, the new focus set- ting is maintained. By releasing the pressure on the shutter release button and pressing again, the autofocus function is immediately reactivated.

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