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Automatic program tendencies at different shutter speed setting
The LEICA R7's variable automatic program mode can be influenced by presetting the exposure time. If you want to work predominantly with shorter exposure times (higher shutter speeds), a higher shutter speed setting can be set - e.g. for sports photography; if depth of field is more important (e.g. for landscapes), a longer shutter speed should be set.
Generally, the automatic program functions as follows:
Beginning with a
continuous scale, with increasing brightness, until this set value is reached, whereas the lens remains at full aperture. From this preselected shutter speed setting onwards, the automatic program reduces shutter speed and aperture simultaneously.
If the automatic program mode shuts the lens to smallest aperture, only the shutter speed is increased with increasing brightness, up to 1/2000 s. However, if 1/2000 s is computed before the smallest aperture is reached, the program closes only the aperture at 1/2000 s.
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