132 / Detailed guide / Record mode
Important: If the AF system cannot set the correct
focus, e.g. if the distance to the subject measured is
outside the available range, the green dot flashes as a
warning.
However, the shutter release button is not locked!
Close-up autofocus mode - AF-Macro
The LEICA DIGILUX 2 also allows close-up photo-
graphs up to a distance of 30cm with automatic
distance setting. This macro function gives frame-
filling pictures of small objects (smallest object field:
11.5 x 15.3cm from a distance of 30 cm, with max-
imum focal length setting).
• When setting the AF macro position the
i
symbol
(2.1.37 b) appears in the viewfinder/monitor
screen as an indication.
Note: The macro function is also available for video
recordings (
ü
).
Using autofocus spot metering -
r
SPOT AF
In certain situations, or for certain subjects, it can be
crucial for the effect that particular details are re-
produced perfectly sharp and correctly exposed. For
portraits, for example, it is normally recommended
that the eyes are very well-defined.
With a metering area much smaller than the standard
area, spot measurement allows you to selectively
focus on this kind of details and – and it is still
automatic.
This metering method is particularly appropriate – in
conjunction with metering memory-lock (see below) –
for parts of subjects that are to be placed off-center
for composition reasons.
Note: Autofocus spot metering is not available with
video recording
ü
.
Setting the function
In the main record menu
j
REC
2
/
4
(see pp. 112/
122) select the menu item
r
SPOT AF (3.5) and
follow the further menu instructions.
• In the center of the original viewfinder/monitor
screen the spot metering frame (2.1.30) appears
instead of the frame for the normal AF metering
area (2.1.31).
Metering memory-lock
For composition reasons, it can be beneficial not to
have the main subject in the center of the picture.
However, the autofocus metering area is then normal-
ly focused on a section of the subject that is signifi-
cantly closer or farther away – the result with the
modes
AF
and
AF Macro
(see pp. 131/132) would
be that the main subject is out of focus. In principle,
the same applies for the exposure modes P, T and A
(see pp. 134/135/136) with respect to differences in
brightness.
In such cases the LEICA DIGILUX 2’s metering
memory-lock function allows you to first of all mea-
sure the main subject and then to retain this setting
until you have decided on your final trimming and
want to take the picture.
Note: You can lock measured values for any number
of times before taking the picture.
The procedure:
1. Aim at the part of your subject to which the focus
and exposure are to be aligned with the frame
(the relevant autofocus metering area, 2.1.30/31)
or, in the case of spot exposure metering, with the
smaller metering area and the blue cross hairs
(2.1.29) in the viewfinder/monitor (1.19/32) and
press the shutter release button (1.13) to the
pressure point.
• As soon as the focus and exposure have been set
and locked, the green dot appears as confirma-
tion (2.1.11).
2. Continue to hold the shutter release button halfway
down and then select your final trimming by moving
the camera.
3. Press the shutter release button all the way down
to take the photograph.
