Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello, I know that on the Nikon D2H there is a plastic "cheat sheet" available. I made my own after reading Peterson's MAGIC LANTERN guide. Surely someone has written an equivalent for the M8? Jeff M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 10:02 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Some time with an M8 >I always am amazed at the willingness ( necessity?) for digital folk ( >applies to computers too) to fool around with the buttons to > get some result. Isn't this stuff in the manual? ( Last comment does not > apply to computers because the computer nor the SW comes > with manuals these days...) > > BTW, do you carry the manual around with you, get or make up a set of > Cliff Notes on the M8, or do you actually remember all this > esoteric stuff? > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > Wow, hadn't even thought of this, but by playing around you can get > it to do this. > > First, go to the "shooting menu" and set compression to one of the > JPEG modes (press SET -> Compression -> DNG+JPG fine). Next go to the > "camera menu" and set Color Saturation to B+W (press MENU -> Color > Saturation -> B+W). Finally go back to the "shooting menu" and set > compression back to DNG. You can leave the JPG setting as well, but > you'll get fewer exposures on a card. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >