Leaf Aptus-II 
 
 
User Guide 
 
 
 
 
 
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Contents 
Chapter 1 - Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 8 
Overview ...................................................................................................................................................8 
Chapter 2 - Getting  Started .................................................................................................................... 9 
Turning on the Leaf Aptus-II Digital Camera  Back ...................................................................................9 
Compact  Flash Card and Battery .............................................................................................................9 
Turning off the Leaf Aptus-II Digital Camera  Back ................................................................................ 10 
Preparing a Compact  Flash Card for Shoot ........................................................................................... 11 
Formatting in Mac OS X ......................................................................................................................... 12 
Formatting in Windows ......................................................................................................................... 15 
Chapter 3 - Preparing to Shoot ............................................................................................................... 17 
Changing the Interface language ........................................................................................................... 17 
Setting the Date and Time ..................................................................................................................... 18 
Viewing and Defining Camera  Settings/Image Settings/Presets ........................................................... 19 
Creating a Shots Folder ............................................................................................................................ 20 
Selecting a Folder for Your Shots ........................................................................................................... 21 
Assigning a Base Name to a Shot .......................................................................................................... 22 
Compression .......................................................................................................................................... 23 
Camera Type .......................................................................................................................................... 24 
Set your ISO ........................................................................................................................................... 25 
Lens Focal Length .................................................................................................................................. 26 
Capture Orientation .............................................................................................................................. 27 
Crop Settings (for Aptus-II 12) ............................................................................................................... 28 
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Adding Notes  and Copyright Information  to Your Shots ....................................................................... 29 
Selecting Lens Calibration from the CF card .......................................................................................... 30 
Chapter 4 -Taking a shot ........................................................................................................................ 31 
Chapter 5 – Evaluating your shots ......................................................................................................... 32 
Checking the Exposure .......................................................................................................................... 32 
Checking Exposure with the Histogram and Exposure Meter .............................................................. 33 
Checking Exposure with the Picker Tool ................................................................................................. 34 
Displaying Histogram in Shoot View ...................................................................................................... 35 
Checking Exposure with the Over/Under exposure  Alarms .................................................................. 36 
Checking Focus ...................................................................................................................................... 37 
Setting Gray Balance .............................................................................................................................. 38 
Checking Composition Using the Grid ................................................................................................... 39 
Moving the Grid Lines ............................................................................................................................ 40 
Changing the Color of the Grid Lines ..................................................................................................... 41 
Browsing Through Your Images .............................................................................................................. 42 
Deleting Shots in Single Image View ...................................................................................................... 43 
Flagging and Annotating  in Single Image View ...................................................................................... 44 
Viewing Information  about Your Shot .................................................................................................... 45 
Chapter  6 – Editing Your Images .......................................................................................................... 46 
Selecting a View for Your Images ............................................................................................................ 46 
Selecting Multiple Images ..................................................................................................................... 47 
Flagging, Annotating,  Indicating, Grid, Over/Under Exposure mode and Delete ................................ 48 
Sorting Your Images ............................................................................................................................... 49 
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Selecting a Viewing Folder for Editing .................................................................................................... 50 
Moving Your Images ............................................................................................................................... 51 
Chapter  7 -Adjusting Settings for a Shoot ............................................................................................ 52 
Shooting Without  Overlays ................................................................................................................... 52 
Working in Full-Screen View ................................................................................................................... 53 
Setting Grid Attributes .......................................................................................................................... 54 
Using the Crop Mask ............................................................................................................................. 55 
Adjusting the Transparency  of the Crop Mask ...................................................................................... 56 
Adjusting the Transparency  of the Histogram  and Info Bar .................................................................. 57 
Setting the Exposure Alarm ................................................................................................................... 58 
Resetting the File Name Counter .......................................................................................................... 59 
Chapter 8 - Defining the Camera Back Settings .................................................................................... 60 
Formatting the Compact  Flash Card from the back .............................................................................. 60 
Configuring the User Button ................................................................................................................. 61 
Configuring the User Button for Single Image View .............................................................................. 61 
Configuring the User Button for Multi Image View ............................................................................... 62 
Configuring a Long Press of the User Button ......................................................................................... 63 
Aligning the Touch Screen ...................................................................................................................... 64 
Switching to Outdoor Mode .................................................................................................................. 65 
Turning Off the Backlight ....................................................................................................................... 66 
Turning On the Backlight ....................................................................................................................... 67 
Setting the volume of the Camera Back Sounds ................................................................................... 68 
Setting the Owner Information ............................................................................................................ 69 
Setting your Favorites menu ................................................................................................................. 70 
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Define the Favorites as your User button Short-cut ............................................................................. 71 
Define the ISO button as your User button Short-cut ........................................................................... 72 
Selecting Lens Calibration from the CF card with ISO button ............................................................... 73 
Up button .............................................................................................................................................. 74 
Home button ......................................................................................................................................... 74 
Restoring Factory Settings ..................................................................................................................... 75 
Viewing Leaf Aptus-II Version Information ............................................................................................ 76 
 
 
 
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Chapter 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. 
 
This user guide explains how to set  up the camera  back for: 
First-time  use.   
Taking a shot. 
Evaluating  a shot. 
Editing a shot. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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