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Leica M8
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Table of Contents / 73
General information on flash exposure
metering and control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Compatible flash units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Attaching the flash unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
The settings for camera-controlled automatic
flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
The flash exposure control displays in the
viewfinder with dedicated flash units . . . . . . . . . 112
In automatic flash mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
When the flash unit is set to camera
control (A) or manual mode (M) . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Selecting the sync speed/the sync speed range
. . 119
Selecting the firing moment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Additional functions
User/application specific profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Resetting all custom settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Review mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Viewing other pictures/“Scrolling” in
the memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Enlarging/selecting the section/simultaneous
viewing of several reduced pictures . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Deleting pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Protecting pictures/Clearing delete protection . . 118
Additional functions
Changing the picture numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Formatting the memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Taking photographs with the self timer . . . . . . . . 120
Transferring data to a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
with Windows® XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
with Mac® OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
with card reading units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Data structure on the memory card . . . . . . . . .122
Installation of supplied software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Working with DNG raw data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Computer remote control of the camera . . . . . . . . . . .123
Miscellaneous
System accessories for the LEICA M8 . . . . . . . 124
Exchangeable lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Universal Wideangle Viewfinder M . . . . . . . . . 124
Viewfinder Magnifier M 1.25x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Handgrip M8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Correction lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Precautions and care instructions
General precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
LCDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Condensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Care instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
For the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
For lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
For the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
For the charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
For memory cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Malfunctions and their resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Technical data and descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Leica Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Leica on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Leica information service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Leica Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

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