Leica M8 - Serial Exposures

90 / Comprehensive instructions/The most important settings
Note:
The shutter release is locked
– if the internal buffer memory is (temporarily) full,
e.g. after a series of up to 10 pictures,
– if the memory card in use is full and the internal
buffer memory is (temporarily) full, or
– if no memory card is inserted and the internal buffer
memory is full.
2. Pressing through to the second pressure point
memorizes the exposure metering value in aperture
priority mode, i.e. the shutter speed determined by
the camera (for more details, refer to the section
“Metering memory lock” on p. 106). After the shut-
ter release button has been let go a new metered
value can be determined.
3. If the shutter release is pushed fully down, a pic-
ture is taken. The data are then sent to the memory
card.
Notes:
• Even if review mode (see “Selecting picture taking
and review modes”, p. 88) or menu control (see
p. 93) had been activated, pressing the shutter
release button immediately switches the camera to
picture taking mode.
• Menu control allows selection or setting of button
acknowledgement (feedback) tones (see p. 96).
• To avoid camera shake, the shutter release button
should be pressed gently – not jerkily, until the
shutter releases with a soft click.
The shutter release button has a standard thread for a
cable release.
Note:
With cable release the second pressure point is no
t
perceptible.
Serial exposures
Thanks to the integrated shutter cocking motor, the
LEICA M8 can be used not only for single pictures –
main switch 1.20 set to (
S
[single]), but also for series
of pictures – main switch set to (
C
[continuous]) – for
example to capture sequences of movement in several
stages.
Apart from the operation of the shutter release button
(1.20), series of pictures are taken in the same way as
single pictures: As long as you hold down the shutter
release button (provided that the memory card has
sufficient capacity), a series of pictures is taken. If
however you only press the shutter release button
briefly, this will again result in a single picture.
Pictures can be taken at a maximum of about 2 pic-
tures a second and up to 10 in succession. For
detailed information on the total possible numbers of
pictures, refer to the table on p. 97.
Note:
Regardless of how many pictures have been taken in a
series, the
PLAY
(see p. 88) and Auto Review (5.1.10,
see p. 89) functions initially always show the last pic-
ture.