Leaf APTUS FAMILY User manual

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1 Introduction 1

Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 2

Using the Stylus........................................................................................................................................ 4

The Basic Steps......................................................................................................................................... 5

2Getting Started 7

Turning on the Leaf Aptus Digital Camera Back ........................................................................................ 8

Compact Flash Card and Battery........................................................................................................ 8

Digital Magazine................................................................................................................................ 9

Tethered Mode.................................................................................................................................. 9

Turning off the Leaf Aptus Digital Camera Back...................................................................................... 10

Preparing a Compact Flash Card for Shoot ............................................................................................. 11

Formatting in Mac OS X................................................................................................................... 11

Formatting in Windows ................................................................................................................... 13

Inserting a Compact Flash Card .............................................................................................................. 15

Removing a Compact Flash Card ............................................................................................................ 16

3Preparing to Shoot 17

Changing the Interface language............................................................................................................ 18

Setting the Date and Time ..................................................................................................................... 19

Viewing and Defining Camera Settings................................................................................................... 20

Creating a Folder.................................................................................................................................... 21

Selecting a Folder for Your Shot ............................................................................................................. 22

Assigning a Base Name to a Shot............................................................................................................ 23

Adding Notes and Copyright Information to Your Shots ......................................................................... 24

4Taking a Shot 25

Taking a Shot ......................................................................................................................................... 26

5Evaluating Your Shot 27

Checking the Exposure ........................................................................................................................... 28

Checking Exposure with the Histogram............................................................................................28

Checking Exposure with the Picker Tool........................................................................................... 29

Checking Exposure with the Overexposure and Underexposure Alarms............................................ 30

Checking Focus ...................................................................................................................................... 31

Setting the Gray Balance ........................................................................................................................ 32

Checking Composition ........................................................................................................................... 33

Browsing Through Your Images.............................................................................................................. 34

Deleting Shots in Shoot View.................................................................................................................. 34

Contents

6Leaf Aptus User Guide

Flagging and Annotating in Shoot View.................................................................................................. 35

Viewing Information About Your Shot .................................................................................................... 36

6Editing Your Images 37

Edit View ................................................................................................................................................ 38

Accessing Edit View from Shoot View .............................................................................................. 38

Browsing Through Your Images .............................................................................................................. 39

Selecting a View for Your Images ........................................................................................................... 39

Viewing Information and EXIF Data......................................................................................................... 40

Viewing Information Using the User Button ............................................................................................ 41

Selecting Multiple Images ....................................................................................................................... 42

Flagging, Annotating, and Deleting in Edit View ..................................................................................... 42

Sorting Your Images ............................................................................................................................... 43

Selecting a Folder ................................................................................................................................... 44

Moving Your Images............................................................................................................................... 45

Opening Images in Shoot View ............................................................................................................... 46

7Adjusting Settings for a Shoot 47

Shooting Without Overlays ..................................................................................................................... 48

Working in Full-Screen View ...................................................................................................................49

Using the Crop Mask ..............................................................................................................................50

Adjusting the Transparency of the Crop Mask......................................................................................... 51

Adjusting the Transparency of the Histogram and Info Bar...................................................................... 52

Setting the Exposure Alarm..................................................................................................................... 53

Resetting the File Name Counter............................................................................................................. 54

8 Defining the Camera Back Settings 55

Formatting the Compact Flash Card in Portable Mode ............................................................................ 56

Configuring the User Button................................................................................................................... 58

Configuring the User Button for Shoot View .................................................................................... 58

Configuring the User Button for Edit View .......................................................................................59

Configuring a Long Press of the User Button.................................................................................... 60

Aligning the Touch Screen ...................................................................................................................... 61

Turning Off the Backlight........................................................................................................................ 62

Turning On the Backlight ........................................................................................................................63

Setting the Volume for the Camera Back Sounds .................................................................................... 64

Setting the Owner Information ............................................................................................................... 65

Restoring Factory Settings....................................................................................................................... 66

Viewing the Leaf Aptus Version Information ........................................................................................... 67

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9Working With Leaf WiView 69

What Is Leaf WiView?............................................................................................................................. 70

Starting Leaf WiView on Your Leaf Aptus Camera Back .......................................................................... 70

Changing the PIN ................................................................................................................................... 71

Working With Leaf WiView on an iPAQ Pocket PC.................................................................................. 72

Starting Leaf WiView on the iPAQ Pocket PC ................................................................................... 73

Changing the Name of the Camera Back ......................................................................................... 76

Evaluating the Current Shot With Leaf WiView ................................................................................ 77

Editing With Leaf WiView ................................................................................................................ 77

Changing the Shoot View Options in Leaf WiView........................................................................... 78

Changing the Interface Language in Leaf WiView ............................................................................ 78

About Leaf WiView.......................................................................................................................... 79

8Leaf Aptus User Guide

Introduction

Overview.....................................................................................................................2

Using the Stylus ....................................................................................................... 4

The Basic Steps .........................................................................................................5

2Chapter 1 – Introduction

Overview

The Leaf® Aptus™ digital camera back is the world’s first camera back that

includes a built-in (6×7 cm) LCD screen and an innovative graphic user

interface. An integrated battery and compact flash (CF) storage card

facilitate shooting. New hardware offers continuous non-stop shooting and

a faster capture rate. These shooting capabilities, combined with large

storage options, give professionals the flexibility to meet the most

demanding shooting situations. A new raw HDR format that uses lossless

compression to reduce file size and a completely new Leaf Capture

application enhance workflow and teamwork both on location and in the

studio.

This user guide explains how to set up the camera back for first-time use,

take a shot, evaluate it, and edit it.

The following picture shows the Leaf Aptus digital camera back opening

screen and menu buttons:

Camera settings

Shoot view Edit view Setup menu Remaining battery power

Number of images in the

current folder or on the disk

Current user-button action

Number of shots you can still take

Overview 3

The following picture shows the location of the Leaf Aptus digital camera back

controls and stylus:

On/Off button

Stylus

User button

4Chapter 1 – Introduction

Using the Stylus

The Leaf Aptus digital camera back is supplied with a stylus. Use the stylus to tap

the touch screen.

To remove the stylus for use, slide it out of the slot located at the top of the LLeaf

Aptus digital camera back.

The Basic Steps 5

The Basic Steps

Follow these steps to shoot and edit your images:

Prepare to shoot. Tu r n o n y o u r c a m e r a a n d c a m e r a b a c k ,

and perform some basic steps before

taking your first shot.

View the camera

settings.

View the predefined camera settings,

choose another setting, or make changes

to specific camera settings.

Ta k e a n d e v a l u a t e

a shot.

Ta k e a s h o t . C h e c k t h e e x p o s u r e , f o c u s ,

and composition of your shot, and set

the gray balance for future shots.

Edit your images. Organize your images using the Leaf

Aptus digital camera back editing tools.

Getting Started

Tu r n i n g o n t h e L e a f A p t u s D i g i t a l C a m e ra Back.............................................. 8

Tu r n i n g o f f t h e L e a f A p t u s D i g i t a l C a m e r a B a c k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0

Preparing a Compact Flash Card for Shoot.......................................................11

Inserting a Compact Flash Card .........................................................................15

Removing a Compact Flash Card .......................................................................16

8Chapter 2 – Getting Started

Turning on the Leaf Aptus Digital Camera Back

The procedure for turning on your Leaf Aptus 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 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 digital camera back, you should format the card. For detailed instructions

on formatting the compact flash card, see Preparing a Compact Flash Card for

Shoot on page 11.

3. Insert the compact flash card. For more information, see Inserting a Compact

Flash Card on page 15.

4. Press and hold the On/Off button on the camera back until the orange light

turns on, and then release the On/Off button.

The light turns green and a beep sounds to indicate that the camera is ready for

you to shoot.

5. Verify that the Ready to Shoot message appears on the touch screen.

On/Off

button

Turning on the Leaf Aptus Digital Camera Back 9

Digital Magazine

To turn on your Leaf Aptus digital camera back when using a digital magazine:

1. Connect the digital magazine to the camera back with an Apple® FireWire®

cable. For more information, see the Leaf Aptus Installation Guide (731-

00426D).

2. Press and hold the On/Off button on the digital magazine until the green light

turns on.

3. Verify that the Ready to Shoot message appears on the touch screen.

Tethered Mode

To turn on your Leaf Aptus digital camera back when working in tethered mode:

1. Plug the FireWire cable into the camera back and the computer.

If there is a compact flash in the camera back, the compact flash icon appears on

the desktop.

2. Turn on the camera.

For more information, see the Leaf Aptus Installation Guide (731-00426D).

Ready to Shoot

10 Chapter 2 – Getting Started

Turning off the Leaf Aptus Digital Camera Back

Turn the Leaf Aptus digital camera back off in one of the following ways:

When using a compact flash and battery:

¾Press and hold the On/Off button until the light turns orange. If you changed a

setting in the Setup menu, the camera saves the new setting and then shuts

down.

When using a digital magazine:

¾Press the On/Off button.

When working in tethered mode:

Do one of the following:

¾If you are using a compact flash card, on the desktop, right-click the compact

flash card and select Move to Trash (Apple® Mac OS® X operating system) or

Eject (Microsoft® Windows® operating system), and then unplug the FireWire

cable.

¾If you are not using a compact flash card, unplug the FireWire cable.

Preparing a Compact Flash Card for Shoot 11

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.

Yo u c a n f o r m a t t h e c a r d o n a c o m p u t e r r u n n i n g e i t h e r M a c O S o r Wi n d o w s . W h e n

formatting the compact flash card, you can use either a card reader, or the Leaf

Aptus digital camera back to read the card.

If you have been using the compact flash card with your Aptus and wish to erase all

the data on the card, perform a quick format. For more information, see Formatting

the Compact Flash Card in Portable Mode on page 56.

Formatting in Mac OS X

1. Insert the compact flash card into the card reader or the Leaf Aptus digital

camera back.

2. On the desktop, double-click the system disk.

3. Select Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility.

4. On the left panel of the Disk Utility dialog box, select the removable disk that

you want to format.

Notes:

•If you use the Leaf Aptus digital camera back as a card reader, we

recommend that you use a computer running Mac OS X.

•Formatting the compact flash card erases all data on the card.

12 Chapter 2 – Getting Started

5. Click the Erase tab.

6. In the Volume Format box, select MS-DOS File System.

7. In the Name box, type LEAF-CF.

8. Click Erase.

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