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in 1995, noted the mode button cycles through eight different combinations of flash operation and (B)ulb shutter operation and said "a separate button for redeye reduction would have reduced button pokes nearly by half". When the camera is turned off, the flash mode resets to default.
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The minilux zoom drops the aperture-priority autoexposure mode, offering program autoexposure with shift instead. The lower coaxial control dial, which selects the autoexposure mode and aperture for the minilux, controls the zoom function instead for the minilux zoom.
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825:"Reviews: The Leica Minilux as a Point & Shoot Street Shooter?"
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1163:"The Digital Minilux – Summarit 40mm conversion on the Sony a7RII"
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is the best of its kind given current knowledge ... the
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1012:"Minilux Zoom - External Flash - Explained!"
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883:Gandy, Stephen (28 November 2003).
1201:"Top AF point-and-shoots compared"
1119:"Leica CM: a professional compact"
1063:Richards, Dan (July–August 2004).
795:Hart, Russell (March–April 1999).
674:compensation, and operating mode.
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1010:Campbell, Sol (30 October 2000).
627:2/35 ASPH and I suspect that the
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885:"Leica Minilux "Tintin" Special"
16:35mm point and shoot camera line
909:Thoo, Bill (14 December 2019).
708:Richards, Dan (November 1995).
583:18 006: minilux (titanium)
1261:. Leica Camera. Archived from
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1146:. Leica Camera. Archived from
1097:. Leica Camera. Archived from
1038:"Snapshots: Pope gets a Leica"
1036:Silber, Julia (October 1999).
966:. Leica Camera. Archived from
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639:of two stops when wide-open.
621:close to that of the seminal
797:"Editor's Choice: Glam Cams"
650:lens with a 2:1 zoom ratio.
33:Leica minilux (black finish)
1214:Product websites (archived)
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860:"Leica Compact Cameras"
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985:"LEICA minilux zoom"
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167:automatic, 180 steps
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889:Cameraquest
823:uncle_jay.
775:Leica Pages
744:Kamerastore
648:Vario-Elmar
449:Vario-Elmar
114:Film format
1274:Categories
829:Lomography
686:References
637:vignetting
615:Erwin Puts
413:film; the
279:Dimensions
227:Built-in,
63:Lens mount
1259:"CM ZOOM"
1223:"minilux"
1144:"CM ZOOM"
1016:photo.net
771:"Minilux"
654:Operation
624:Summicron
481:autofocus
86:F-numbers
1168:10 April
1128:10 April
1075:10 April
1021:11 April
945:10 April
920:10 April
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780:10 April
749:10 April
641:Summarit
633:Summarit
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609:Summarit
601:Summarit
548:Leica CM
523:hot shoe
423:Summarit
403:Leica CM
401:(1998),
375:Contax T
359:titanium
143:Focusing
39:Overview
1048:7 April
995:7 April
720:7 April
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467:minilux
458:~6.5).
445:CM Zoom
415:minilux
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262:General
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499:Tintin
462:Models
393:, and
377:line,
361:-clad
330:Weight
272:CR123A
915:35mmc
870:(PDF)
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411:35 mm
244:range
223:Flash
217:Flash
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159:modes
157:Focus
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67:fixed
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568:Metz
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