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THE B SETTING
With the B setting, the shutter remains open
- either for as long as the shutter release button is held down,
- or for the time you have previously set
(in both cases for a maximum of 125s).
To determine the exposure time (times above 8s are available):
1. Press the click wheel (1.18),
• The monitor shows the setting menu and the times available for the set
sensitivity. A triangle and the red marking indicate the current setting.
2. Turn the click wheel or press the joystick to the left or right to select the
desired exposure time, or B if you do not want to determine a certain time.
3. Confirm your setting by pressing the click wheel again or the joystick
inwards.
• The setting menu disappears.
If an exposure time is determined, the shutter release button does not have
to be held down.
The viewfinder shows
• instead of a shutter speed
(2.2c)
The top panel display shows
• B (3.13)
• the set time or
0, if none is determined, (3.12)
• after opening the shutter
- if no time was determined, the elapsed exposure time,
- if a time was determined, the remaining time, both in seconds
In conjunction with the self timer, an additional T function is also available:
If you set
B and activate the self-timer by pressing the shutter release
button, the shutter opens automatically after the selected delay time. It
then remains open until you press the shutter release button a second
time – you do not need to hold it down. This enables you to largely prevent
any blurring caused by pressing the shutter release button, even with long
exposures. The exposure meter remains off in both cases.
Notes:
• The longest possible exposure time depends on the set sensitivity:
ISO100 -125s / ISO200 -60s / ISO400 -32s / ISO800 -16s / ISO1600
-8s
• The exposure time setting is retained until
- either B is selected again in the setting menu,
- or the camera is turned off.
• Long exposures can be associated with picture noise. To reduce this
annoying phenomenon, after pictures taken with long exposure times
the Leica S automatically takes a second "black picture" (with the shutter
closed). The noise present in this parallel picture is then digitally "subtract-
ed" from the data set for the actual picture.
• This doubling of the “exposure” time can be signicant in particular with
extended exposure times, and must be allowed for. During this time the
camera should not be switched off.
• For long-time exposures, attaching the eyepiece cover (G) is recommend-
ed. This prevents unwanted additional exposure.
• For shutter speeds of >
1
/
2
s, the noise reduction messages appears in the
monitor.
• Long-time exposures with the
B setting are produced exclusively using the
camera's internal focal plane shutter, even if the main switch (1.15) is set
to
CS (see p. 25).
TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS WITH THE SELF-TIMER
You can use the Leica S's self-timer function to take pictures with a delay of
either 2 or 12s.
Setting / using the function
1. In the
CAMERA menu (see p. 10/26), select Drive Mode (5.1), and
2. then the required delay time in the associated submenu.
3. To start the process, press the shutter release button all the way down
(see also "Shutter release button", p. 36).
Note:
During the countdown, you can restart the delay time, i.e. extend it, by press-
ing the shutter release button again.
Process
With 2s delay time:
Exposure metering is carried out first, in autofocus mode the focus is set and
the mirror flips up. The delay time then begins.
With 12s delay time:
The delay time begins immediately after the shutter release button is pressed
and the mirror flips up 2s before the picture is taken.
Displays
The elapsed delay time is indicated:
- on the monitor (1.23) by the display
Releasing in 12s and a countdown of
the remaining time until the picture is taken.
- by the LED on the front of the camera (1.2) – for the first 10s with a 12s
delay time - flashing slowly at first, then rapidly.
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