Leica Q questions to improve overal user experience

[PiotrGoreckiJr]

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I bought my wife a birthday present - Leica Q. It's used mainly for street and food photography (shooting usually in JPEGs only). My questions:

• In auto or aperture priority mode, 1/60s is perfect for street photography. But for food photography (still objects, steady hands), 1/30 or even 1/15 would be much better. Especially in low light to lower the ISO. Camera in auto/aperture mode seems to set 1/60s as the slowest shutter speed. Is there a way to change that in settings to force camera to go down to 1/30s or 1/15s before increasing the ISO? Or the only option is the manual shutter setting?
• Is there a way to quickly switch between color and monochrome JPG settings?
  
   

Thank you for your answers!

[etk]

Hi Piotr, you can set up user profiles which would allow quick changing between colour and monochrome settings. Not sure about the first question but I suspect going for full manual is probably your best bet. 

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[Voxen]

If you shoot food photography or still objects you don't really need to work in auto ISO. Just set ISO to a suitable value for your chosen aperture/speed and set the speed to anything you need.

 

As for street photography, I'd say 1/60s is way too slow. You should consider 1/250s as the lowest speed if you want to get sharp enough walking people.

 

I do shoot street at 1/500s, f/8 or f/11, ISO auto.

Edited February 7, 2017 by Voxen

[PiotrGoreckiJr]

If you shoot food photography or still objects you don't really need to work in auto ISO. Just set ISO to a suitable value for your chosen aperture/speed and set the speed to anything you need.

 

As for street photography, I'd say 1/60s is way too slow. You should consider 1/250s as the lowest speed if you want to get sharp enough walking people.

 

I do shoot street at 1/500s, f/8 or f/11, ISO auto.

 

Thanks for the answer. By "1/60s good for street" I meant longest shutter speed in very bad lighting. Usually she shoots in aperture priority so shutter times in a good light are above >1/500s. 

[charleswolford]

• Is there a way to quickly switch between color and monochrome JPG settings?

Yep just save your settings for each one in a different user profile. My monochrome settings are user 1 and my color is user 2

[gvadf]

"Especially in low light to lower the ISO. Camera in auto/aperture mode seems to set 1/60s as the slowest shutter speed. Is there a way to change that in settings to force camera to go down to 1/30s or 1/15s before increasing the ISO? Or the only option is the manual shutter setting?"

 

Try to set the Auto-ISO-Settings in The Camera menue. Set The ISO to a suitable maximum value you want and set The Time to the value of the slowest value you want (1/15). The camera will choose the longest Time (1/15) before it changes the iso. I use these settings nearly all the time and have good results.

 

Günter

[Leica Guy]

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I, whenever possible, carry a small tripod and use it anytime I'm in low light. Gitzo Traveler. Mainly landscape photography. I can then keep the ISO at 100 and pick the aperture where I want it for depth if field or overall sharpness. You will not go wrong on most cameras using f/8. Then I choose the right shutter speed or just keep in on "A" and let the camera choose. I use Exposure Bracketing when I have any doubt about the dynamic range or getting the exposure right. Hope this helps.