Camera Menus

The X1 has a refreshingly sparse menu for a modern camera, which operates in an admirably consistent fashion. Leica has clearly decided this is a machine for taking pictures and nothing else, so you won't find fripperies like specially-commissioned music for your slide shows, for example. Or, indeed, slide shows at all.

All of the menu options are presented as a single scrolling list, that jumps back to the start when you reach the end.	Sub-menus are accessed by pressing the right key on the 4-way controller, and pop up on the right hand side of the screen.

Note the ISO range of the final production camera will be 100, 200, 400, 800 1600, 3200.

Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Resolution	• 12.2 M  • 7 M  • 3 M  • 1.8 M
Compression	• JPG Super fine  • JPG fine  • DNG + JPG S. fine  • DNG + JPG fine	Raw files are recorded in Adobe's open-standard DNG format
ISO	• Auto ISO  • 100  • 200  • 400  • 800  • 1600  • 3200	See 'Auto ISO Settings' below Note the available ISO settings on our beta camera were different from the specifications published at launch
Auto ISO Settings	• Slowest speed 1/30 1/15 1/8  • Max ISO 400 800 1600 3200	Sets the shutter speed at which the camera will start increasing the ISO Sets the maximum permissable ISO
White balance	• AWB  • Halogen  • Daylight  • Flash  • Cloudy  • Shadow  • Manual 1  • Manual 2  • Kelvin  • Set Manual 1  • Set Manual 2  • Set K	Right key enters WB adjust screen, which gives +/- 10 steps along the Blue/Yellow and Green / Magenta axes, with the effect previewed live on screen. Press 'Set' twice to take a custom WB 2000 K - 11500 K, 20 increments
Metering Mode	• Intelligent multiple  • Center weighted  • Spot
Focus Mode	• 1-point • 1-point high speed • 11-point • 11-point high speed • Spot • Face detection	In 11-point mode, active AF points are grouped in specific areas of the frame (choose from center, left, right, top, or bottom)
Continuous	• High  • Low	3 fps 2 fps
AF Assist Lamp	• On  • Off
MF Assist	• On  • Off	Shows centre of frame magnified during manual focus
Image Stabilization	• On  • Off
Preset Film	• Standard  • Vivid  • Natural  • B & W Natural  • B & W High Contrast
Sharpening	• Low  • Medium Low  • Standard  • Medium High  • High
Saturation	• Low  • Medium Low  • Standard  • Medium High  • High
Contrast	• Low  • Medium Low  • Standard  • Medium High  • High
Noise Reduction	• Low  • Medium Low  • Standard  • Medium High  • High
Ext Viewfinder	• On  • Off	Allows LCD display to be turned off completely while shooting
Flash Sync	• Start of Exp.  • End of exposure
Monitor Brightness	• Low  • Medium Low  • Standard  • Medium High  • High
Rec Histogram	• On  • Off
Play Histogram	• Std w/o clipping  • Std with clipping  • RGB w/o clipping  • RGB with clipping
Reset Image Numbering	• No  • Yes
Auto Review	• Duration Off 1 second 3 seconds 5 seconds Hold  • Histogram On Off
Auto Power Off	• 2 min.  • 5 min.  • 10 min.
Auto LCD Off	• 30 seconds  • 1 minute
Color Management	• sRGB  • AdobeRGB
Date	• Setting Year Month Day  • Sequence Day/Month/Year Month/Day/Year Year/Month/Day
Time	• Setting hours minutes  • View 12 Hours 24 Hours
Shutter Volume	• Off  • Low  • High
Acoustic Signal	• Volume Off Low High  • Keyclick On Off  • SD Card Full On Off
Language	• English  • German  • French  • Italian  • Spanish  • Japanese  • Simplified Chinese  • Traditional Chinese  • Korean  • Russian
Auto Rotate Display	• On  • Off
HDMI	• 1080i  • 720P  • 480P	For image playback only
Protect	• Protect / Unprotect  • Exit	Enters playback mode and allows protection of images against deletion
Copy	• No  • Yes	Allows copying of images from built-in memory to SD Card
Format	• No  • Yes	Formats SD card or internal memory
Firmware Version	FW Version no. display
User Profile	• Profile 1  • Profile 2  • Profile 3  • Factory Setting  • Save User Profile Save as 1 Save as 2 Save as 3	Recall previously-saved settings profiles Reset to factory defaults Save current setting to Profile 1, 2 or 3