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... characteristic of my Q is the way, when I switch it on quickly to grab a shot, I only realise that it is on continuous when I hear the multiple clicking of the pictures being taken - and I then have to go and clean up all of those images I don't want.

 

This could be sorted out, I imagine, with a software fix offering a choice of single or continuous shooting on first setting.

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I used to agree with this, as I'd always go too far and turn the dial to multi drive,  BUT,  now I have the camera set to automatically go into sleep mode, which it does very well, and since it powers back up so quickly with a half press of the shutter there is no need to turn the camera on/off manually.

 

I think its actually faster to wake it from sleep than it is to turn it on/off, and with less wear and tear on the lever, and no chance of going to multi drive mode.

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I used to agree with this, as I'd always go too far and turn the dial to multi drive,  BUT,  now I have the camera set to automatically go into sleep mode, which it does very well, and since it powers back up so quickly with a half press of the shutter there is no need to turn the camera on/off manually.

 

I think its actually faster to wake it from sleep than it is to turn it on/off, and with less wear and tear on the lever, and no chance of going to multi drive mode.

Thanks for this - but not everyone wants to operate their camera like this.

I would settle for having choice.

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I used to agree with this, as I'd always go too far and turn the dial to multi drive,  BUT,  now I have the camera set to automatically go into sleep mode, which it does very well, and since it powers back up so quickly with a half press of the shutter there is no need to turn the camera on/off manually.

 

I think its actually faster to wake it from sleep than it is to turn it on/off, and with less wear and tear on the lever, and no chance of going to multi drive mode.

 

This is what I do - I've set the Q to sleep after five minutes. The camera wakes up much faster from sleep than from completely off. Although for me, it has not been a problem - I build muscle memory with a new camera pretty fast.

 

As far as a fix, I prefer to fix myself rather than rely on the camera manufacturer to make fixes like this. While it's nice to have options, I think cameras that offer endless options make them much too complicated. One of the hallmarks of Leicas - I've been using them for more than 40 years - is their simplicity.... there are not endless ways to do everything. For the kind of photojournalism I do, I'd rather have fewer, but intuitive operation choices, rather than 100 ways to screw things up.

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The auto-sleep mode is an elegant workaround, but there's a catch.

 

Anything that touches the shutter button, your finger or the contents of a carry bag, will turn on the Q. On a trip last week, I reached in an overnight bag stuffed with sundries and the Q to shoot and was surprised when the camera wouldn't turn on, despite a full charge of the battery the night before. It was battery was depleted, and I later found dozens of black .dngs on the card, because something in the bag kept bumping the button while I motored on the highway.

 

So, don't be like me, and set the switch to off when stowing.

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The auto-sleep mode is an elegant workaround, but there's a catch.

 

Anything that touches the shutter button, your finger or the contents of a carry bag, will turn on the Q. On a trip last week, I reached in an overnight bag stuffed with sundries and the Q to shoot and was surprised when the camera wouldn't turn on, despite a full charge of the battery the night before. It was battery was depleted, and I later found dozens of black .dngs on the card, because something in the bag kept bumping the button while I motored on the highway.

 

So, don't be like me, and set the switch to off when stowing.

 

That's a good point - I only let the camera sleep when I'm actively shooting with it so it will shit off if there's downtime during an assignment. When it gets put away, I turn it off.

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If ever there was great typo, that was it!

 

 

I would wonder if this is something that is even changeable with software.

 

I have had this happen, it really wasn't that big of an issue with me when it did.  So you get a few more shots, it's better than not getting shots!  The first time you go to review you see that you've done it because you get the "Play" arrow.  

 

It doesn't seem to happen to me any more.  I didn't make an effort to stop, I guess I just got used to using the camera.

 

Everyone has their preferences, I see that.  But I don't really get faulting Leica for this one.  Someone else might tend to put it on continuous if the switch was reversed.  I think it's more intuitive the way it is, but I don't think it would bother me if it were the opposite.

 

I like having the ability to shoot on "motor drive" but don't use it much.  I'd be fine if turning on continuous were a menu or fn setting, not on the switch.

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... characteristic of my Q is the way, when I switch it on quickly to grab a shot, I only realise that it is on continuous when I hear the multiple clicking of the pictures being taken - and I then have to go and clean up all of those images I don't want.

 

 

I thought I was exceptionally clumsy, and switch on/off several times a day, but I've never ever had this problem.

 

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'Fraid it's a design fault, in my view. 

 

Most of us ( I think) use single rather than continuous shooting most of the time and it should have been single all the way round and continuous in the middle. Then you have to concentrate on it to get it in the right place, which often takes more than one go - a bit of a fiddle. Personally, I would like it changed as a firmware option so continuous can be in the centre and single on the right.

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Thanks for this - but not everyone wants to operate their camera like this.

I would settle for having choice.

 

 

You do have a choice, either use the auto wake feature, which works for many, or, turn the camera manually on/off as needed and try not to turn the dial past the single shot setting.  Furthermore, if you set it to the slower motor drive rate, it takes a fairly deliberate press/hold to fire off multiple frame burst as the camera is only shooting at 3 FPS, thus pretty easy to just squeeze off a single shot.

 

So three options, and while perhaps none are exactly what you want, it still constitutes having a choice

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I know that you fully understand that what you're suggesting amounts to a workaround and does not amount to choice.

I think that for a camera of this class and this price, asking for choice is not unreasonable.

We see all over this forum talking about having a camera but doesn't get in the way of taking photographs. If you have to settle for workarounds then the camera is getting in the way.

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