Leica SL 2 manual

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The LEICA FLEX® SL 2 is a modern single-l ens -refl ex cam era with sele ctiv e light metering through the le ns. The large, bright LEICA FLE X v i ewfinder giv es you all th e necessar y i nfor mation . A t the same tim e it fu nction s as th e control and composing cent re for focusing, spot ex posur e m easur emen t, asse ssment of t he pi ctor[...]

Contents Bri ef desc ripti on for th e rea der i n a hurry 4 Inserti ng a nd ch anging t he l ens 6 Hol ding the ca mer a corr ectly 7 The com posi ng and cont rol ce ntre 8 Focus ing 10 Ex posure m eter 12 Setti ng fi lm speed and -ty pe 13 Use o f filters 16 Testi ng an d cha nging th e ba tt ery 17 Rapi d trans port l ever, shutt er speed di al,[...]

Brief Descr iption for the Reader in a Hurry 1 A uto matic fil m co unter ( p. 24) 2 Shutt er speed dia l (p. 18) 3 Releas e button with thread for cable release (p. 18 ) 4 Rapid transport lever for shutter wi nd and film transport (p. 18), a t t he same time on/off switch of the exposure me ter ( p. 12) 5 Self -t imer (delayed -acti on me chanism)[...]

14 Conta ct bushes for flash units (p. 23) 15 Butt on f or testing the exposure me ter battery ( p. 17) 16 Locki ng butt on for DIN/ A S A settin g of the exposure meter (p. 13) 17 Clamp for pu lling ou t the rewind crank to open the camera ba ck (p. 25) 18 Swing -out rewind crank ( p. 25) 19 Disc w ith film-ty pe symbo ls (p. 13) 20 DIN s cale (p.[...]

Inserting the len s For i ns ert io n of t he le ns in t he bay onet rin g on t he c ame ra bo d y th e red dot (10 ) o n the lens mount mus t face the ba yonet loc k (7) marked in red. A ft er a sl ight turn to the right th e l en s cli cks i n to p ositio n. Chan ge l ens es in th e s hado w of yo ur bod y. Taking out the lens Irres p ect i ve o [...]

Holdi ng th e camer a cor rectl y For the s t eady 3-poi nt s uppor t the ri ght hand gri ps t he camer a. The i ndex fing er rests on the r elea se but ton, the thum b agains t the r api d tra nspor t lev er. The l eft hand sup port s th e lens fr om b el ow. W hen taking pictur es i n the upri ght form at, si mply turn th e LEICA FLEX. Th e hands[...]

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The composing and control centre The view finder of the LEICA FLEX SL 2 is the cent re both for pict ori al com posit ion and for contr ol of all im portant data: sharp ness, picture are a a nd p erspe ctive , measur ing fi eld and e xposu re m eter poi nter, s hutter speed set on t he dial and l ens s t op. Specta cle w earers, too, can norm all y[...]

Focusing Accor ding to y our predom inant photo- graphi c w ork y ou will have cho sen be- tw een 3 perm anentl y buil t-in vie w f i nder screens . The im age is f ocuse d by rot ati on of the di stance set ting ring (1 3) on the lens. a) Scre en w ith spl i t-image wedg e Thi s screen i s particu larly sui table for qui ck focus ing w ith wi de-a[...]

b) Scre en w i thout s pli t-im age w edge The entir e central mea suring fiel d is occ upied by a quadr angul ar micr o-prism screen . Di stin ct fli ckeri ng indi cates t hat t he obj ect sight ed is no t cri ti cally focused on t his screen. c) Gr oundgl ass scr een The i mage can b e fo cused wi thin the entir e view finder fiel d. The ce ntral[...]

E xposu re me ter The exp osure meter o f the L EICA FLEX SL 2 meas ure s thr ough the le ns at ful l apertur e. Add iti onal and ther efore ti me- consum ing operat ions are el imi nated. 20% of the l ight comin g from the lens i s di rected t o the dete ctor of t he expos ure meter via a cy lindr ical deflecti ng mi rror arrange d behind th e hin[...]

i s outli ned cle arly and at the same size. The part of th e subj ect rep re sentat ive of the expo sure can be mea sure d preci sely . Unfavo urabl e i nflu ences such as ext remely bright or da rk por tion s of t he subject , ope n l ight source s, and oth er undes irabl e feature s can be el imi nated by t he measurem ent of an undistur bed are[...]

Setting the shutter speed The poi nter s of the expo sure meter a p- pear on t he right of the view fi nder fi eld. The fol low -po int er is coupl ed wi th the di aphragm s etti ng ri ng ( 11) of the l ens and th e sh utter speed di al (2) of the ca- mer a. To se t t he corre ct exposur e th e di aphragm s etti ng ri ng ( 11) of the l ens and/or t[...]

coinci de w i th the m easuring pointer by rotati on of th e shu tter s peed dial (2) of the cam era. T he readin g for t he l ens stop i n the view fi nder w ill be opposi te H in this ca se . Measuring in the l imiting r anges The hi gh se nsiti vit y of the ex posur e meter of the LE ICAF LEX SL 2 perm its preci se ex posure m easurem ents even [...]

Use of fil ter s W hen light i s mea sured thr ough the l ens the ener gy reduc tion owi ng to fil ters is general ly all owe d for autom ati cally . But the vari ous fi lms have di ffe rent sensi - tiv iti es in t he vari ous spe ctr al r egions. Devi ati ons from th e m easure d exposu re value can ther efore occur wit h den se and ext reme f il [...]

Testin g the b atter y The exposure meter has a 1.35v me rcur ic ox ide b att er y as c urrent s ourc e. T he Mal - lo ry P X 625 or eq ui v alen t b ra nds suc h as V art a P ertri x 700 2 ca n be us ed. T h ese bat - teri es hav e an avera ge l if e of 1- 2 yea rs even w hen t he exposure me t er r emains s witc h ed on f or pro l on ged p e rio [...]

The rapid tr ansport le ver (4 ) t ra ns port s t he fi l m t hroug h 1 f ram e wi t h ea ch fu ll lev er movement, w inds t he s hutter a nd s witches the film co un ter (1) to the n e xt-h igher number. It engages in a resting pos ition (ex pos u re met e r s witc he d off ), i n a mea- s uring posi t ion, and i n a rea di ne ss pos it ion . The [...]

The LEIC A F LE X lenses A ll LEI CAF LEX -R l ense s are o f t he s ame ex tern al d es i gn, i. e. the rot at abl e di a- phr agm p re -set t i ng ri ng ( 1 1), t he fi x ed ri ng wit h depth -of -fi el d indi ca ti on (12 ), a nd t h e distanc e setting ring (13) ar e arranged identicall y . The left hand th us becomes very easily accust omed t [...]

Depth-of -f ield b utton The LEICA FL E X SL 2 measu res the e x- pos ur e at f ull l ens ap ertu re . T he d e pth- o f- fi el d but ton pe rmi ts th e as ses sm ent i n t he v ie wfind er of t he dept h o f fi el d t o be ex - pec te d wit h th e p re-s et s top-d o wn. W hen t he butt on ( 6) is pr es s ed t he l ens di a - phragm is cl osed to [...]

Lens hoods A ll LE I CA FLEX l ens es hav e thei r f unc - tionall y d esigned lens hood. I t should always be used as a ma tter of course, because it eff ectively protects t he lens agai ns t s t ray li ght an d fl are as well as agai ns t rai n dr ops and f i ng erm ar ks . On t he wide -an gle an d s tand ar d l ens es t he lens hood is att ache[...]

S er ies fi lter s W ith lenses of up to 50mm f ocal length in c lus iv e t he f il t ers ar e i nsert e d i n t he l ens hood. T he l ens es wit h te les c opi ng b ui lt -on l ens hoo d i ncl ude a sc re wed -i n a dapt er r i ng accommodating series filt ers. T o insert the fi lt er t he ada pte r ri ng is uns c rew ed, the f il ter in s erted, [...]

Flash synchro nization All the commer cially available flash unit s w ith sta nda rdize d flash plu gs ( co- axia l plugs) or with acc essory-shoe contact c an be used on the LEI CAFLEX SL 2. T he t wo cont ac t bu sh es (10 ) ar e l oca te d in t he fro nt pan el o f t he cam er a. El ec t roni c fl as h uni ts are c onn ect ed t o t he upp er c o[...]

Inserting the f ilm Open the camera back : push t h e clamp (17) in the di rec ti on of t he ar ro w, hol d i t i n positi on, an d at the same ti me pull out the rewi n d c rank (1 8). W he n the rewi n d crank i s pul led out f u rthe r t h e c ame ra b ac k wil l ope n automatically aft er overcoming a safet y lo c k. The f i lm count er ( 1) re[...]

Cl os e t he c ame ra b y s im pl y sn ap pin g th e bac k s hut ; it eng ages aut om ati c al ly. T rans - port the fil m through one frame, rele ase the s hutt er, an d wi nd t he re wi nd c r ank in t he di rec ti on of t he a rro w t o p ull t he f i lm ti ght until y ou feel resistance. T ran sport t he fi l m ag ain and rel eas e t he s hut t[...]

Taking the film o ut W hen the inse rted fil m is completely ex- posed, increased res ist ance w ill be felt on the ra pid t ra ns port lev er (4 ). T he f i lm m us t be re wou nd int o i ts cart ri dge as f ol lows : pus h th e b utt on f or t he re wi nd rel eas e (2 7) on the un der si d e of th e ca mera body , turn t he re win d c ran k out ([...]

dust into t he interior of the camera. A le ns a cts as a burn ing g las s if it is po inted di rec tl y at the s un. Pr ote c t th e int eri o r o f you r c ame ra b y c ov eri n g th e l e ns wit h t he lens cap, or keeping the camera in a case or i n t he sha d e. E ac h l ens , in a ddi ti on t o i ts ty pe, has its ow n Seria l No . engra v e [...]

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Ac ces sori e s Int erc han g eabl e len ses In addition to th e 50mm stan dard lenses you wil l h ave t he c hoi c e of a l a rge num be r of int erc han ge ab le l en s es from 16 to 800m m fo cal le ngt h. The len se s f rom 1 6 t o 250mm are e qui p pe d wit h aut omat ic diaphragm. The 16mm fis heye-E LMARIT-R f/2.8, 24mm ELMARIT-R f/ 2. 8 and[...]

Fol l ow -focu s l ens es T he 40 0mm a nd 56 0m m T EL YT- R f/ 6. 8 v ery l ong -f oc al- le ngt h l en s es ha ve a precision parallel g uide for rapi d y et cri tical f ocus i ng, i n whic h th e f ront part of the le ns mou nt i s adj us t ed. T he foc u s ing m ec h- anism can be released f or f ocus ing by means of a push-butt on and clamped[...]

Focusing Bellow s-R In c onj unc t ion wit h the 10 0m m MA C RO- E LMA R f/ 4 s pe ci al l ens (Co de N o. 11 2 30 ) t he Foc us i ng B el lows -R (Co de No. 168 60 ) f or the LE IC A FLEX of fe rs a c ont inu ous f ocus i ng rang e f rom i nf ini t y to 1: 1. T he 50 , 60, 90, 135, 1 80, and 25 0mm lenses, too, can be used on the F ocusi ng Bello[...]

Ring combina tion for th e clo se-up r ange A three-part ring combination (Code No. 141 59 ), wh ic h is us ed mai nl y i n c onj unc- tion w ith the 50mm SUMMIC RON-R f/2 s tand ard l ens , mak es phot ogra phy p os s ibl e down to 1:1 reproduc tion sc ale . T he com- bi nat ion c an b e ex pan ded at will t hro ugh the i ns erti on of sev era l m[...]

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Cases For t he LE I CA FL EX SL 2 wit h s tan dar d len s t he ev er -rea d y ca s e (Cod e No . 14504 ) i s recommended. You can detach the front part by pushing up th e pr ess stud in th e ba ck of th e ca se fo r unlocki ng . In ad d it ion , c ombi nat ion h old all s are av ai l- able fo r extensiv e c amer a outfits including se ver al len se[...]

Pr ojection A n ext en si v e rang e of p roje ct ors is av ai l- abl e ac c ordi ng t o r eq ui rem ent s and pur- pos e. Th ey off er m ax i mum op e rati n g c on- ve nie nce an d ver satil e po ssib ili tie s of e x- t ensi on. T he mos t out s ta nding com mo n feat ur e of all LEIT Z pro jec tors is optimu m optic al perf o rma nce com bi ned[...]

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Name a nd S urname A ddres s Occ up ation I am t he o wne r of LE I CA FLE X No. and the follo wing lenses: I am t he owner of the f oll owin g LE I T Z ca mer as: I hav e be en t aki ng p hot og ra phs s in ce I use my LEI CAFLEX % pr ofess ion- ally in th e follow in g fie ld(s): Fav ouri t e n on -pro fes s i onal su bje ct s : Reas on fo r pu r[...]

Acce s sor ies a) Interchange able lenses Code No. *1 6mm FIS H EYE -E LMA R IT -R f/2 .8 11 22 2 21mm S UPE R-A NG ULON ®-R f/ 4 11 81 3 *2 4mm E LMA RIT ® -R f/ 2. 8 11 22 1 28mm ELMARIT -R f/2.8 11 204 35mm SUMMICRON®-R f/2 11 227 35mm ELMARIT -R f/2.8 11 201 35mm PA -CURTAGON®-R f/4 11 202 50mm SUMMILUX ®-R f/ 1.4 11 875 50mm SUMMICRON-R f[...]

List of bro chure s Dept h -of- Fi eI d Ta ble 111 -57 Cl os e-up dev i ce s f or t he LE IC AF LEX 160 -1 2 60mm MACRO-ELMARI T-R f/2.8 111-100 800mm TELYT ® S f/ 6.3 120 -48 Combination cas es 120-42 FOCOM A T ® Ic 1 70-2 FOCOM A T IIc 170 -15 P RA DOVIT RC 310 -74 PR ADO VIT ® -CO LOR 310 -4 9 ® = Registere d T ra dema rk Design subjec t to [...]