Pre-exposure flash measurement is always selective and in addition to automatic TTL flash exposure. Flash must be connected to the hotshoe or PC contact and measurement is triggered by the depth-of-field preview lever.
Normal flash synchronisation speed is 1/250s with suitable flash units (when using many older professional flash units a slower synchronisation speed must be selected).įlash pre-exposure measurement allows the camera's meter to measure manually controlled flash such as studio flash. Also in program mode automatic flash exposure is fully controlled by the camera: off in strong daylight conditions, fill-in flash with normal light, full flash when dark. Program mode can be biased towards longer or shorter shutter speeds by using the shutter speed dial.
Exposure compensation is available in all exposure modes, exposure lock in all modes except P (R9: all modes). Switching of both metering mode and exposure mode is electronic. In the camera base is a five-segment cell for integrated and multi-pattern measurement, together giving six measurement areas. Mounted on the secondary mirror itself is a single cell for selective measurement. (By contrast, the earlier R4–R7 series lack multi-pattern metering and offer only pre-set combinations of metering and exposure.) The highly sophisticated metering system allows free choice of metering mode and exposure mode. The styling was also not universally appreciated, some derisively calling it "The Hunchback of Solms". When the camera was released in 1996 it met a very mixed reception, attracting criticism for its size. Maximise benefits of electronic controlĪn industrial designer was employed and given the brief to make the camera look less like a conventional SLR and more like the flat-topped M cameras.Best possible ease of use especially in manual control.A completely new design with no links to previous models.TTL Flash: yes, plus flash pre-exposure measurementĪround 1990, Leica management decided to break away from the cameras developed with Minolta and to design a completely new replacement in house.Ī new team of developers was put on the project and some of their design briefs were: Shutter: electronic vertical travel metal blade focal planeĮxposure meter: TTL selective / centre weighted / multi patternĮxposure modes: manual, aperture priority, shutter priority, programįinder screen: ground glass, interchangeableįlash shoe: hotshoe + additional contacts
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