Leica M8.2- Manuals

88 / Warning messages Warning messages • You should use exclusively the recommended accessories to prevent faults, short circuits or electric shock. • Do not expose the unit to moisture or rain. • Do not attempt to remove parts of the body (covers); specialist repairs can be carried out only at auth...

Scope of delivery Before using your LEICA M 8. 2 for the first time, please check that the accessories supplied are complete. A. Battery B. Charger C. USB connecting lead D. Carrying strap E. DVD-ROM containing Capture One 4 from Phase One Scope of delivery / 89 Inhalt.qxp:Leica M8 deutsch 26.09.200...

90 / Designation of parts Designation of parts Illustrations inside front and rear covers Front view 1.1 Lens release button 1.2 Eyelets for carrying strap 1.3 Distance meter viewing window 1.4 Brightness sensor 1 1.5 Illumination window for the bright-line frames 1.6 Viewfinder window with viewfind...

92 / Displays / In the viewfinder / In the top panel LCD Displays 2. In the viewfinder 2.1 LEDS (Light Emitting Diodes) (with automatic brightness control, which responds to the ambient brightness 1 ) for: 2.1.1. Four-digit seven-segment digital display with dots above and below Digital display: - D...

4. In the monitor 4.1 At normal review (image/s fill the entire monitor area) 4.1.1 Delete protection symbol (only if set) 4.1.2 Picture number / total number of available pictures 4.1.3 Enlargement level or position of section shown (schematic, for enlarged view only) 4.1.4 Selected picture (reduce...

94 / Displays / Menu items Menu items Notes: • In aperture priority and manual exposure control modes, both menus are available with all items except 5.1.25. • In snapshot mode S , there is only a single menu. It includes only the items highlighted in grey; the others do not appear in S mode and are...

5.2 In the picture parameters menu Menu item Explanation Fixed setting in snapshot mode S 5.2.1 ISO Sensitivity AUTO ISO 5.2.2 EV Exposure compensation ±0 (=Off) 5.2.3 White Balance Automatic 5.2.4 Compression Compression rate/file format JPG fine 5.2.5 Resolution 10 MP 5.2.6 User Profile User-speci...

96 / Snapshot mode S Snapshot mode S The LEICA M 8. 2 provides you with a mode that makes photography much easier and, at the same time, more reliable and faster. The only prerequisite is coded Leica M lenses (see page 102), particularly useful for short focal lengths up to 35 mm (see “Explanations”...

Even critical light situations with significant bright- ness/darkness differences can easily be dealt with. For example, in a portrait with backlight, if - you want your main subject to be outside the center of the picture, and - its brightness simultaneously differs significantly from the rest of t...

98 / Charging the battery Comprehensive instructions Preparations Attaching the carrying strap Charging the battery The LEICA M 8. 2 is supplied with power by a Lithium ion battery (A). Attention: • Only the battery type specified and described in this manual, and/or battery types specified and desc...

100 / Inserting the battery in the camera Inserting / removing the battery in / from the camera 1.Set the main switch (1.19) to OFF . 2. Remove the bottom cover (1.36) of the camera. To do this: a. flip up toggle (1.37) in the bottom cover, b. turn it to the left, and c. lift off the bottom cover. 3...

Inserting and removing the memory card The LEICA M 8. 2 saves the picture data on an extreme- ly compact SD (secure digital) or SDHC (high capaci- ty) card. SD/SDHC memory cards are small, light and inter- changeable external storage media. SD/SDHC memo- ry cards, particularly those with a high capa...

102 / Leica M lenses The most important settings / controls Leica M lenses Essentially, most Leica M lenses can be used with the LEICA M 8. 2 . Details on the small number of excep- tions and restrictions can be found in the following notes. Usage is independent of the initial format of the res- pec...

104 / Leica M lenses Note: When using aperture priority and manual exposure setting in conjunction with a lens without 6-bit coding, the camera’s identification function must always be turned off, to prevent malfunctions. Setting the function 1. In the main menu (see p. 94/113), select Lens Detectio...

106 / The main switch Switching the camera on and off/the main switch The LEICA M 8. 2 is turned on and off using the main switch (1.19). This is below the shutter release button (1.20) and is a lever with four detent positions: a. OFF – Camera switched off This is the inactive position – the camera...

Selecting picture taking and review modes After switching on, the LEICA M 8. 2 is always in recording mode, i.e. the monitor (1.33) remains dark – once it is ready to use (see p. 106). To review the pictures, you can choose between two modes: 1. PLAY Review for unlimited time 2. Auto. Review Brief r...

108 / Shutter release button Shutter release button The shutter release button (1.20) has three pressure points: 1. Briefly pressing to the first pressure point activates the exposure metering and viewfinder displays, and starts a pre-set self timer delay time, if this has been programmed (see p. 14...

In situations that call for a maximum amount of dis- cretion, it can be beneficial to suppress the noise of cocking the shutter, at least temporarily. For this pur- pose – and exclusively in single release mode (main switch 1.19 in S postion) – the Discreet option can be activated for the Advance it...

110 / Shutter speed dial Shutter speed dial The size and position of the shutter speed dial (1.18) on the LEICA M 8. 2 are ergonomically optimized: On the one hand – even with the camera to the eye – it is very easy to use. On the other hand it is well protected against unintentional setting. In add...

The Monitor The LEICA M 8. 2 has a large 2.5” liquid crystal color monitor (1.33). This is used for viewing pictures that have been saved to the memory card. It reproduces the entire image plus the selected data and informa- tion (see “Displays / In the monitor”, p. 93, and “Dis- playing the picture...

112 / The histogram The histogram The histogram (4.2.2) depicts the brightness distribu- tion in the picture. The horizontal axis shows the tone values from black (left) through grey to white (right). The vertical axis depicts the number of pixels of each brightness level. This form of presentation ...

Menu control Many settings for the LEICA M8.2 are controlled using menus (see p. 94/95). When using snapshot mode S (see p. 96), there is only one menu – the main menu – with just 5 options. These mainly relate to basic settings (5.1.18/.19/.21/.22), which only need to be entered once, while all oth...

114 / Setting the menu functions Setting the menu functions 1. Call up the main menu using the MENU button (1.29); call up the picture parameters menu using the SET button (1.22). • The first 8 items then appear in the main menu (or all 5 in snapshot mode S ) and all items in the picture parameters ...

116 / Basic settings for the camera Presets Basic settings for the camera Menu language By factory default, the language used for menu control is English, i.e. all menu items initially appear with their English names. German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japa- nese, and Chinese can all be selected as a...

118 / Basic picture settings Basic picture settings Resolution The picture data can be recorded at four different pixel settings, i.e. resolutions. This allows you to adjust the setting precisely to the intended use or to the available memory card capacity. At the highest resolution (which also mean...

Notes: • The standardized DNG (Digital Negative) format is used for uncompressed storage of completely unprocessed raw picture data. • If DNG is selected for raw data storage, the resolu- tion is set automatically, and irrespective of the existing setting (for the respective JPEG format) to (10 MP) ...

120 / Basic picture settings For direct setting of color temperature You can directly set values between 2000 and 13100 (K 1 ) (from 2000 to 5000 K in increments of 100, from 5000 to 8000 K in increments of 200 and from 8000 to 13,100 K in increments of 300). This provides you with a broad scope, co...

122 / Basic picture settings Image properties/Contrast, sharpness, color saturation One of the many advantages of electronic photography over traditional photography is that it is very easy to change critical properties of a picture. While photo- graphic software – after recording and transfer to a ...

124 / Bright-line view and range finder Bright-line view and range finder The LEICA M 8. 2 ’s bright-line view and range finder is not only a very high-quality, large, brilliant and bright viewfinder, it is also a highly accurate range finder coupled to the lens. It has an enlargement factor of 0.72...

126 / Distance metering Distance metering Due to its large effective metering basis, the range finder on the LEICA M 8. 2 is very precise. The benefits of this are particularly noticeable when using wide-angle lenses with their relative high depth of field. The range finder metering field is visible...

Exposure metering On the LEICA M 8. 2 , exposure metering for the availa- ble ambient light is done through the lens with the working aperture. The light reflected by a bright blade in the first shutter curtain is captured by a photo diode and measured. This silicon photo diode with forward-facing c...

128 / Exposure modes / Aperture priority / Metering memory lock Exposure modes The LEICA M 8. 2 provides three exposure modes: A snapshot mode, aperture priority and manual setting. Depending on the subject, situation and your individu- al preferences, you can thus choose between - extremely conveni...

Exposure compensation Exposure meters are calibrated to an average grey scale value (18 % reflection), which corresponds to the brightness of a normal, i.e. average photographic sub- ject. If the actual subject detail does not match this assumption, an appropriate exposure compensation can be perfor...

130 / Exposure compensation Note: An exposure compensation set on the camera only influences the measurement of available light. If you want to simultaneously use compensation of the TTL flash exposure measurement in flash mode – in paral- lel or in the opposite direction, you must make this additio...

Manual exposure setting If the exposure setting is performed entirely manually, the shutter speed dial (1.18) must be clicked to one of the engraved speeds or to one of the intermediate values. Then: 1. switch the exposure meter on and 2. turn the shutter speed dial and /or the aperture setting ring...

132 / Exposure meter metering range Exposure meter metering range The metering range at room temperature, normal humidity and ISO 160/23 is EV 0 to 20, or f/1.0 and 1.2 s to f/ 32 and 1 / 1000 s. Working below the metering range If under very low lighting conditions and manual mode the exposure mete...

Metering Diagramm / 133 Metering Diagramm 0,03 0,063 0,125 0,25 0,5 1 2 4 8 16 32 63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000 16000 32000 63000 125000 Bv cd/ m 2 30 15 8 4 2 1 1/2 1/4 1/8 1/15 1/30 1/60 1/125 1/250 1/500 1/1000 1/2000 1/4000 1 1, 4 2 2 , 8 4 5 , 6 8 11 16 2 2 3 2 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6...

134 / Flash mode General information on flash exposure metering and control The LEICA M 8. 2 determines the necessary flash pow - er by firing one or more ranging flashes, fractions of a second before taking the actual picture. Immedi ately after this, at the start of exposure, the main flash is fir...

136 / Flash mode Notes: • The settings and functions described in the follow - ing sections relate exclusively to flash units that are system compatible to the LEICA M 8. 2 . • An exposure compensation set on the camera (see p. 129) only influences the measurement of availa- ble light. If you want t...

138 / Flash mode 3. Up to 1 / 30 , 4. Up to 1 / 8 and 5. Up to 32s Automatic control of all shutter speeds from the specified value down to the sync speed of 1 / 180 s. Notes: • Manual exposure control also allows any shutter speed to be set down to the sync speed of 1 / 180 s. • When using snapshot...

140 / Review mode Review mode As described in the "Selecting picture and review modes" and "Automatic review of last picture" (p. 107) sections, you can view the pictures you have taken in the monitor (1.33) on the LEICA M 8. 2 . Pictures can ei - ther be reviewed automatically for a...

C. Deleting pictures While a picture is displayed in the monitor, you have an opportunity to delete it if you wish to do so. This can be useful, for example if the pictures have already been saved to other media, if you no longer require them or if you need to free up more space on the memory card. ...

144 / Review mode Displays after deleting Deleting individual pictures After deleting, the preceding picture appears. If there are no more pictures saved on the card, the following message appears: No image data available. Deleting all pictures on the memory card After deleting, the following messag...

The first step is to decide • whether you want to protect individual pictures Protect Single or • all pictures simultaneously Protect All or • whether you want to clear the existing protection for individual pictures Clear Protection Single or for all pictures Clear Protection All Note: The followin...

146 / Additional functions Additional functions Changing the picture numbering The LEICA M 8. 2 assigns pictures sequential picture numbers, in the default factory setting regardless of whether the memory card is changed. You can at any time specify that a. the numbering sequence begins afresh every...

Taking photographs with the self timer You can use the self timer to take a picture with a delay of either 2 or 12s. This can be particularly use- ful, for example in the first case if you want to avoid the picture being out of focus due to camera shake when releasing the shutter or, in the second c...

148 / Transferring data to a computer Transferring data to a computer The LEICA M 8. 2 is compatible with the following oper - ating systems: Microsoft ® : Windows ® XP / Vista ® Apple ® Macintosh ® : Mac ® OS X (10.5) The LEICA M 8. 2 is equipped with a USB 2.0 interface for transferring data to a ...

Connecting and transferring data with Mac ® OS X (10.5) 1. Use the USB cable supplied (C) to connect the USB socket (1.34) on the LEICA M 8. 2 to a free USB port on the computer. To do this, first open the flap (1.26) over the socket on the camera downwards. • Once the camera has been successfully c...

Notes: • If you need help, click on the “Help” button to open up a window containing the Capture One 4 manual, where you can find a description of the activation and deactivation process. The first time you start Capture One 4, it opens in English. You can change the language setting to the language...

152 / Miscellaneous / System accessories Miscellaneous System accessories for the LEICA M8.2 Exchangeable lenses The Leica M system provides a basis for optimum adap - t ation to fast and unobtrusive photography. The range of lenses includes focal lengths from 16 to 135 mm - for the LEICA M 8. 2 thi...

Spare parts Order no. Camera bayonet cap .........................................14 195 Carrying strap ...................................................14 312 Lithium ion battery ...........................................14 464 Compact charger (with EU/USA mains cables, in-car charging cable) .....

154 / Precautions and care instructions LCDs • If the LEICA M 8. 2 is exposed to significant tempera- ture fluctuations, condensation can form on the monitor. Wipe it carefully with a soft dry cloth. • If the LEICA M 8. 2 is very cold when it is switched on, the LCDs may at first appear darker than ...

For lenses • Normally, a soft hair brush is sufficient to remove dust from the outer lens elements. However, in case of more stubborn dirt, they can be carefully cleaned with a very clean, soft cloth that is completely free of foreign matter, using circular motions from the inside to the outside. We...

156 / Care instructions / Cleaning the sensor For memory cards • While a picture is being stored or the memory card is being read, it may not be removed, nor may the LEICA M 8. 2 be turned off or exposed to vibrations. • For safety, memory cards should only ever be stored in the antistatic cover sup...

• If the particles cannot be removed from the sensor in this way, please refer the matter to your Leica Information Service (address: see p. 165). • If the battery capacity falls to less than 40 % while the shutter is open, a warning message Attention Battery low Switch off camera will appear on the...

158 / The warning messages The warning messages Bottom cover removed Close the bottom cover (see p. 100). No memory card Insert a memory card (see p. 101). SD card full Insert another memory card (see p. 101) or delete pictures you no longer need (see p. 143). Memory card protected (protected agains...

Malfunctions and their resolution 1. The LEICA M8. 2 does not respond when I turn it on. 1.1 Has the battery been correctly inserted? 1.2 Does the battery have sufficient charge? Use a charged battery. 1.3 Has the bottom cover been correctly fitted? 2. The LEICA M8. 2 turns itself off again as soon ...

160 / Index Index Accessories Cases ..................................................................152 Correction lenses ................................................152 Exchangeable lenses ...........................................152 Filters ....................................................

162 / Technical data Technical data and descriptions Camera type Compact digital view and rangefinder system camera. Lens attachment Leica M bayonet with additional sensor for 6-bit coding. Lens system Leica M lenses from 16 to 135 mm Picture format / image sensor 3936 x 2626 pixels (10.5 MPixel) CC...

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