Leica 18141 Film Camera User Manual


 
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Viewfinder displays
LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes, with automatic brightness control,
adapted to the external brightness)
A. Four-digit, seven-segment digital display with de-
cimal point and point above:
• Specifies the automatically generated or manually set
shutter speeds and/or the automatically generated aper-
ture values
(flashing alternately) Indication of manual film
speed setting in case of impossible automatic setting due
to missing or illegible DX-code
Indication of impossible mode setting on an at-
tached external flash unit
• Indication of set exposure compensation
Warning of over or under exposure, or working
below metering range
Signal for shutter speeds slower than 1s
B. Two triangular and one circular LED:
• Jointly act as a balance to indicate the automatically or
manually set focus
C. Flash-shaped LED:
• Flash status
Note: After the shutter is released, i.e. after a picture is taken, all
displays are always extinguished except the symbol for the flash
status and, if the film is incorrectly loaded or completely re-
wound or if no film at all is loaded, the corresponding frame
counter displays (see “Loading the film”, p. 74).