Leica 18115, 18461 manual Program mode, Program Shift, Setting display

Taking pictures

Program mode

The camera automatically sets both shutter speed and aperture value according to the brightness of the subject.

You can change various settings in the [Rec] menu. ••About recording modes (→48)

●●Aperture and shutter speed are shown in red, if an appropriate exposure is not possible. You should either use the flash, change [Sensitivity] settings or set [Min. Shtr Speed] to a slower speed.

Aperture value Shutter speed

Program Shift

In Program Mode, you can change the preset aperture value and shutter speed without changing the exposure. This is called Program Shift.

You can make the back- and foreground more blurred by decreasing the aperture value or record a moving subject more dynamically by slowing the shutter speed.

Press the shutter button halfway

Select the desired shutter speed/ aperture value combination

Setting display
	Program Shift indicator ( )
Shutter speed
	Setting display
(Automatic adjustment)

••To cancel Program Shift

→ Rotate the dial until the Program Shift

Aperture valueindicator goes off. (Automatic adjustment)

●●When the camera is turned off, Program Shift is canceled.

●●Program Shift may not function for some subject brightness levels.

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