Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/21

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Subject: [Leica] M8 Troubles
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun Jan 21 13:59:39 2007
References: <C1D90C96.D931%heninger@adobe.com>

Leica is not alone in that regard.  Fuji does the same thing and it is 
definitely confusing if one does not use the camera regularly.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wade Heninger" <heninger@adobe.com>
To: "Leica Group" <lug@leica-users.org>; "Jeff Moore" <jbm@jbm.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 Troubles


>
> Indeed I was making that mistake. Thanks for the clarification.
>
> Fascinating that they'd put a Menu button on and use the set for selection
> within and then a "set" button for another menu that, presumably uses 
> "menu"
> for selections within (ok, I jest on that last part).
>
> I'll have to play around with it tomorrow, if my battery comes (no 
> delivery
> yesterday despite asking for overnight).
>
>
> On 1/21/07 11:51 AM, "Jeff Moore" <jbm@jbm.org> wrote:
>
>> 2007-01-19-11:37:11 Wade Heninger:
>>> As to the "set" button, yes, but you have to have to have the menu to 
>>> select
>>> - it just didn't have "Image Parameters" in the list to actually select 
>>> with
>>> the "set" button.  It was odd.
>>
>> I think you're misunderstanding.  Yes, the "set" button selects things
>> within menus -- but it's also the button you use to pull up the small
>> menu of the things you need to change the most often and quickly (ISO,
>> white balance, etcetera).  Camera on, from a blank screen (no other menu
>> up) hit "set".  Up comes the settings menu you need.
>>
>>  -Jeff
>>
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