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SELECTING PICTURE AND REVIEW MODES
After switching on, the Leica M-E is always in picture
mode, i.e. the monitor (1.30) remains dark once the
camera is ready to use (see p. 112).
To review the pictures, you can choose between two
modes:
1. PLAY Unlimited review
2. Auto review Brief review after taking the picture
REVIEW FOR UNLIMITED TIME – PLAY
Pressing the PLAY button (1.25) switches to review
mode.
• The last picture taken appears in the monitor along
with the corresponding displays (see p. 99).
However, if the memory card inserted does not con-
tain any image files, the following message appears
when you switch to review mode: Attention No
valid image to play.
AUTOMATIC REVIEW OF LAST PICTURE
In Auto review mode, each picture is shown in the
monitor (1.30) immediately after it has been taken.
This allows you to quickly and easily check whether
the picture was successful or needs to be taken again.
The function permits
1. selection of the duration for which the picture is
displayed, and
2. reviewing the picture data, with or without histo-
gram (see p. 118).
Setting the function
1. In the main menu (see p. 102/119), select Auto
review (4.1.14),
2. in the corresponding sub-menu first Duration,
and then
3. the desired function or duration in the subsequent
sub-menu: (Off, 1s, 3s, 5s, Hold).
4. To select whether a picture is reviewed with or
without histogram (see p. 118), call up the first
sub-menu again,
5. select Histogram,
6. and then choose the desired option (On, Off).
From Auto review mode, you can switch back to
normal, i.e. unlimited,
PLAY
mode (see above) at any
time.
Note:
If you have taken photographs using the serial expo-
sure function (see p. 115), in both review modes the
last picture in the series is displayed first, or the last
picture in the series saved on the card, if not all pic-
tures from the series have been transferred from the
camera’s internal memory onto the card at the time
of viewing. Details of how to select the other pictures
in the series and further options in review mode are
described in the sections under “Review mode” start-
ing on p. 150.
