Preparation

 

 

For setting, see page 23.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu

 

 

Functions

XVIDEO OUT

[NTSC]: Video output is set to NTSC system.

 

 

(Playback

[PAL]:

Video output is set to PAL system.

 

 

mode only)

 

(P104)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV ASPECT

[j]:

Select if your television has a 16:9 aspect ratio.

 

 

(Playback

 

• This mode is best for showing [j] aspect ratio

 

 

 

 

 

mode only)

 

images on a 16:9 aspect ratio television. Pictures shot in

 

 

 

 

the [h] aspect ratio have black bands added to either

 

 

 

[h]:

side.

 

 

 

 

 

Select if your television has a 4:3 aspect ratio.

 

 

 

 

• This mode is best for showing [h] aspect ratio images

 

 

 

 

on a 4:3 aspect ratio television. Images with a [j]

 

 

 

 

aspect ratio are shown with black bands at the top and

 

 

 

 

bottom (letterbox).

 

 

 

 

• Note that when you select [j] and output to a television

 

 

 

(P104), the picture on the camera’s LCD will be stretched

 

 

 

vertically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MF m/ft

[m]:

The focal distance is indicated in meters in manual

 

 

 

 

focusing.

 

 

 

 

 

[ft]:

The focal distance is indicated by feet in manual focusing.

 

 

 

 

 

g SCENE MENU

[OFF]:

[SCENE MODE] menu does not appear when setting the

 

 

 

 

mode dial to [R] or [S] and the camera is operated in

 

 

 

 

the scene mode currently selected. If you change the

 

 

 

 

scene mode, press the [MENU] button to display the

 

 

 

 

[SCENE MODE] menu and then select the desired scene

 

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

[AUTO]: [SCENE MODE] menu appears automatically when setting

 

 

 

 

the mode dial to [R] or [S]. Select the desired scene

 

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

{ LANGUAGE

Set to the language on the menu screen from the following 6

 

 

 

languages.

 

 

 

 

 

Set to the desired language with e/r and determine it with q.

 

 

 

[ENGLISH]: English

[DEUTSCH]: German

 

 

 

[FRANÇAIS]: French

[ESPAÑOL]: Spanish

 

 

 

[ITALIANO]: Italian

[

]: Japanese

When you set to other language by mistake, select [{] from the menu icons to set the desired language.

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Leica D-Lux 2 manual Xvideo OUT, Pal, TV Aspect, Off, Language

D-Lux 2 specifications

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