Lessons
Class Introduction
05:39 2Welcome to Leica
15:06 3Basic Controls
05:27 4ISO
05:58 5Shutter Speeds and Apertures
08:45 6Accessory Shoe
08:45 7Back Side Controls
37:00 8Bottom Controls
07:07Front Controls
06:39 10M Lenses
18:53 11Menu Functions & Lens Detection Menu
25:05 12JPG Settings Menu
03:44 13Capture Assistants Menu
07:27 14EVF/Display & User Profiles Menus
03:54 15Customize Control Menu
04:57 16WLAN & GPS Menus
09:02 17Date & Time & Language Menus
03:29 18Sensor Cleaning & Camera Info Menus
04:18 19Camera Operation
08:26Lesson Info
Date & Time & Language Menus
Date and time is, obviously, gonna be diving into a little submenu that's controlling the information. If you wanna put it on Auto GPS Time, when you have the Visoflex attached, it'll automatically pick up time information from the orbiting satellites. And trust me, that time is usually very, very accurate. And so that's a good thing to get if you are using that system. You can choose which time zone you are in, choose whether you are in daylight savings time or not, which makes it a lot easier changing when you go in and out of daylight savings time rather than going into the hour and keep on bumping that forward or back all the time. Date Setting, you can also choose different formats for the date, whether you want the year first or last in there is an option. And then, of course, choosing the Time Setting. You can also choose in here between 12 and 24-hour time clocks, whatever your preference. Now there is a internal battery in this camera that you do not change. And that picks up ...
a small charge from the rechargeable battery that goes in there. And that will hold the date information for about two months. And so if you store your camera for two months, the battery's dead, or you take the battery out, that date and time might need to be reset after that period of time. A lot of different languages we can have for the menu system in there. And then if you wanna reset the camera settings in here, you can reset the camera and then go in and reset the wireless settings, the user profiles, and the image numbering if you want to. I mentioned before that you should reformat any SD card that is new to this camera. And so if you are coming from a different brand of camera or a brand new memory card, I highly recommend reformatting your card. In fact, I like to reformat the card anytime I go out on a new shoot. I wanna have a nice, clean, fresh card that has the maximum amount of space available on it. Image Numbering will give us a submenu where we can choose a few different options when it comes to the way the files are stored and the numbers that are on there. And so first option is you can create a new folder if you want. You could have two different folders for two different projects that you're working on, so that the photos don't get put in the same folder. It just keeps things separated, is nice for times when you don't have a computer around to really make those sorts of arrangements. You can go in and you can select the name of the folder. You can change part of the file name of the photos that you shoot. If you wanna change the first three, four letters, numbers of the file name, you can change that to your initials, for instance. The camera automatically is going to add a count number to the images that you shoot. And if you would like to reset this back to zero, you can. You don't wanna have too many images that have the same file number in your filing system longterm. So it's probably pretty good just to let this file count normally. But then it's a good idea once you have your images into your computer system, to rename your files. Because if you shoot more than 10,000 photos, you'll end up with duplicate file names, potentially. And so it's a good system to rename your files, so they don't have any sort of problem.
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Ratings and Reviews
Guy Neal
I am migrating from the Leica Q to the Leica M10. Though I know my way around a Leica digital camera, the Leica M10 is my first rangefinder. I wanted someone to quickly walk me through the front/back/top/bottom of the M10. John Greengo was the perfect guide. This class is "as advertised - a "fast start" for those who prefer not to page through a fairly dense owner's manual. I especially appreciated that the lessons were broken into small chunks - so I could skip the lesson on the wifi setup, for example. And kudos to the person who prepares the amazing slide decks. While there are two dozen free Youtube videos that review the M10, they do not convey the helpful information you get in this excellent class.
Simon Johnson
John does a great job of going through every aspect of using the M10. There's not a dial, stitch button or menu item that isn't comprehensively covered. He uses simple, but effective graphics to explain what's happening. He also touches on the fundamentals of photography and throws in some tips and secrets. I can't imagine anyone doing a better job than John. I'm a Leica Q owner, that's just about to upgrade to an M10 so this course has been very useful indeed.
Sylvia Hoke
John is an excellent teacher. I am so amazed how thoroghly he goes through everything in the menu, about the various lenses, how best to use them and so much more. I am keeping my fingers crossed John gives a class on the Leica SL2-S as there is not much out there at all about the camera and is very much needed. I would be the first to buy the class.
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