Leaf Aptus-II Operation & User’s Manual

Turning on the Leaf Aptus-II Digital Camera Back The procedure for turning on your Leaf Aptus-II digital camera back depends on whether you use a compact flash card and battery, use a digital magazine, or work in tethered mode. Compact Flash Card and Battery To turn on your Leaf Aptus-II digital camera back when using a compact flash card and battery: 1. Ensure that the battery is charged. For more information, see the Installation Guide. 2. If this is the first time that you are using the compact flash card with your Leaf Aptus-II digital camera back, you shoul ...

33 Checking Composition Using the Grid Place a grid on your shot as an aid for composition and alignment of an image. This task is performed in Shoot view. 1. Tap more and then tap grid. The grid appears over the image. 2. Evaluate the composition. Moving the Grid Lines Move the grid lines to help you align your composition. This task is performed in Shoot view. 1. Tap more. 2. Tap gridset. 3. Tap the line you want to move. The selected line is highlighted. 4. Use the arrows to move the grid lines as desired. ...

Checking Exposure with the Overexposure and Underexposure Alarms 1. Tap over. A flashing mask covers the overexposed and underexposed areas of the image. Note: It is possible to configure which exposure areas appear, overexposed or underexposed. For more information, see Setting the Exposure Alarm on page 56. ...

Preparing a Compact Flash Card for Shoot Format a compact flash card in the following circumstances: • If the compact flash card is new. • If you have used the compact flash card on a non-Leaf digital camera back. You can format the card on a computer running either Mac OS or Windows. When formatting the compact flash card, you can use either a card reader, or the Leaf Aptus-II digital camera back to read the card. If you have been using the compact flash card with your Aptus-II and wish to erase all the data on the card, perform a quick format. For more in ...