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From: phong <phong@doan-ltd.com>
To: LUG <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 10:53 PM
Subject: [Leica] Help with R7
> Hi all,
>
> I am away from home, and do not have the
> manual to my (relatively)newly acquired
> R7, and need help in understanding the
> info in the viewfinder.
>
> I am using manual mode (M), metering a
> night scene. Two things in the viewfinder
> that I do not understand:
>
> 1. On the lower left corner, next to the (m),
> m-in-a-circle icon, the triangle with
> the exclamation mark is lit
>
> 2. On the right hand side, right below the down
> arrow for underexposure, and right above the
> bc icon, the triangle with the + and - is blinking.
> I thought that this was the exposure compensation
> icon, and I checked and double checked, and I
> do not have any exposure compensation at all,
> (that is to say the compensation dial is set to
> 0).
>
> I would appreciate any help with these two icons,
> as I won't be home where the manual is for
> another 4 days.
>
> Thank you very much in advance
>
>
> - Phong
>
>
>
1. The circle with the explanation mark is a "low light warning." The =
meter is out of its metering range.
2. The +/- symbol is the "override activated" warning. Warns of =
difference between DX code of film and the manual film
speed setting of the camera.
Hope this helps,
Dave=20
dstrang@up.net
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>- ----- Original Message -----<BR>From: =
phong=20
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href=3D"mailto:phong@doan-ltd.com">phong@doan-ltd.com</A>><BR>To: LUG =
<<A=20
href=3D"mailto:leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us">leica-users@mejac.palo-=
alto.ca.us</A>><BR>Sent:=20
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 10:53 PM<BR>Subject: [Leica] Help with=20
R7<BR><BR><BR>> Hi all,<BR>><BR>> I am away from home, and do =
not have=20
the<BR>> manual to my (relatively)newly acquired<BR>> R7, and need =
help in=20
understanding the<BR>> info in the viewfinder.<BR>><BR>> I am =
using=20
manual mode (M), metering a<BR>> night scene. Two things in the =
viewfinder<BR>> that I do not understand:<BR>><BR>> 1. On the =
lower=20
left corner, next to the (m),<BR>> m-in-a-circle =
icon, the=20
triangle with<BR>> the exclamation mark is=20
lit<BR>><BR>> 2. On the right hand side, right below the=20
down<BR>> arrow for underexposure, and right above=20
the<BR>> bc icon, the triangle with the + and - is=20
blinking.<BR>> I thought that this was the exposure =
compensation<BR>> icon, and I checked and double =
checked,=20
and I<BR>> do not have any exposure compensation at =
all,<BR>> (that is to say the compensation dial is =
set=20
to<BR>> 0).<BR>><BR>> I would appreciate any =
help=20
with these two icons,<BR>> as I won't be home where the manual is =
for<BR>>=20
another 4 days.<BR>><BR>> Thank you very much in=20
advance<BR>><BR>><BR>> - =
Phong<BR>><BR>><BR>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. The circle with the explanation mark =
is a "low=20
light warning." The meter is out of its metering range.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. The +/- symbol is the "override =
activated"=20
warning. Warns of difference between DX code of film and the manual=20
film</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> speed setting of the =
camera</FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hope this helps,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dave </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"mailto:dstrang@up.net">dstrang@up.net</A></FONT></DIV>
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