Taking Photographs With Automatic Flash Activation And Pre-Flash Light - Leica CM Manual De Instrucciones

Setting/Displays (cont.)
Operating step
3. After the exposure

(2) Taking photographs with automatic flash activation and pre-flash light

When taking portrait and group photos the "red eye" effect caused by light from the flash reflecting off the cornea straight back to
the camera can occur. It is therefore best if the people being photographed do not look straight at the camera. As the effect is wor-
sened when the pupils are wide open in conditions of low lighting, when taking photographs indoors for example, you should switch
on as much room lighting as possible, so that the pupils become smaller.
The pre-flash light is an additional source of constant light, which is activated when the shutter release button is pressed just before
the shutter opens, in order to minimize the pupils of subjects looking at the camera thereby reducing the "red-eye" effect.
Setting/Displays
Operating step
1. When setting the
function
2. After setting the
function/when
pressing the shutter
release button
(at least to the
pressure point)
3. After the exposure
In the data panel In the viewfinder
– a. Flash exposure correct and flash unit ready to use: Flash symbol
b. Flash exposure correct but flash unit not (yet) ready to use: Flash symbol
flashes for 2 s at 4 Hz (shutter release is blocked)
c. Flash exposure not adequate and flash unit not (yet) ready to use: Flash
symbol
In the data panel In the viewfinder
q
, and a –
t
flashing
As for default mode (No. 1)
t
As for default mode (No. 1)
t
only appears again after 2 s (shutter release blocked)
t
93
lit