[Leica] Some time with an M8

[jeffmatsler at amaonline.com (Jeff S. Matsler)]

Hello,

I know that on the Nikon D2H there is a plastic "cheat sheet" available.  I 
made my own after reading Peterson's MAGIC LANTERN guide.  Surely someone 
has written an equivalent for the M8?

Jeff M

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 10:02 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Some time with an M8


>I always am amazed at the willingness ( necessity?) for digital folk ( 
>applies to computers too) to fool around with the buttons to
> get some result.  Isn't this stuff in the manual?  ( Last comment does not 
> apply to computers because the computer nor the SW comes
> with manuals these days...)
>
> BTW, do you carry the manual around with you, get or make up a set of 
> Cliff Notes on the M8, or do you actually remember all this
> esoteric stuff?
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
> Wow, hadn't even thought of this, but by playing around you can get
> it to do this.
>
> First, go to the "shooting menu" and set compression to one of the
> JPEG modes (press SET -> Compression -> DNG+JPG fine). Next go to the
> "camera menu" and set Color Saturation to B+W (press MENU -> Color
> Saturation -> B+W). Finally go back to the "shooting menu" and set
> compression back to DNG. You can leave the JPG setting as well, but
> you'll get fewer exposures on a card.
>
>
>
>
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