paulmichaelsnr Posted February 20, 2011 Share #21 Â Posted February 20, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I am a new owner of an M8u. I have worked out how to save profiles and how to edit profiles but, for the life of me, I cannot see how to select a profile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Hi paulmichaelsnr, Take a look here The purpose and use of USER PROFILES. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
farnz Posted February 21, 2011 Share #22 Â Posted February 21, 2011 I am a new owner of an M8u. I have worked out how to save profiles and how to edit profiles but, for the life of me, I cannot see how to select a profile. 1. Turn your M8 on 2. Press the 'Set' button (bottom left hand button) 3. Scroll down to 'User Profile' at the bottom of the list 4. Press the 'Set' button and you can select any of the User Profiles 0 to 3. 5. When you've selected the one you want, press the 'Set' button to set it and off you go. Â Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted February 21, 2011 Share #23  Posted February 21, 2011 I am a new owner of an M8u. I have worked out how to save profiles and how to edit profiles but, for the life of me, I cannot see how to select a profile.  Press the "set" button on the back of the camera. The last item in the lest should be "user profile".  Navigate to this item, press "set" again. Choose the user profile, you want to use. Press "set" again.  You have now chosen the new user profile.   Personally, I believe, that the functions and settings on a Leica M are so simple, to completely forego the user profiles, but quickly make the settings by yourself.  I always shoot DNG only (anything else gives either not optimal file quality or clogs up the camera). There are no settings in the menu, that I change, once set up. The only variables changing for me are:  ISO (I choose ISO manually in the set menu from shot to shot, when necessary). shutter speed, aperture  When I shoot flash, I occasionally change the flash settings, which is seldom and easy enough, to do in the menu.  I see the user profiles as an added crutch, somebody at Leica remembered from his Canon and thought: "That might be a useful feature on our new digital camera, we didn't have with the M7!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 21, 2011 Share #24 Â Posted February 21, 2011 Let's summarize - Â User profiles are just that - combinations of presets to be used if one feels the need. Â Which means that only those that feel the need to use them will do so and each user will set them to his own preferences. Â The main useful thing to come out of the discussion is to set up one "standard" profile to be able to revert to the preferred general camera settings quickly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markgay Posted February 21, 2011 Share #25  Posted February 21, 2011 Is there a good discussion here about "USER PROFILES", meaning what they are, and more importantly, why someone might want to use them? How many people here are using these? Are they really useful?  I did a 'search' here, but couldn't find anything with a simple answer.  Despite the cynical responses, there are reasons you need to be wary of User Profiles as I wrote here.  "Profile '0' cannot be modified by the user. And the default quality setting is Jpeg Fine - a strange choice by Leica given that it practically launched DNG alongside Adobe.  There's a point 'n shoot lurking in your menu." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted October 9, 2013 Share #26 Â Posted October 9, 2013 When I get home this is what I plan to set...............dont know if I will use them though User Profiles 1. Day ISO 200, DNG, WB Auto. 2. Night ISO Auto (3200/100) DNG, WB Auto 3. Sunset ISO 200 DNG, EV -1 WB Kelvin 9500 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted October 9, 2013 Share #27 Â Posted October 9, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have no need for those profiles as I use DNG and photoshop where u can tweak exposures and colour balance without any loss of quality. Why have a user profile with -2\3 where photoshop can compensate. Also, why shoot in B/W when you can change to B/W in photoshop. I am sure we all change settings on the fly and forget to return them to normal. That is the main reason I have at least one setting for high quality seasonal shooting so that I can quickly normalise my camera. Â I have also set one for my HDR trials which quickly gives me the flexibility for bracketed shots without fiddling around in menus. There are several other bespoke settings for which user profiles are ideal. They are an instinctive part of my operating drill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted October 10, 2013 Share #28 Â Posted October 10, 2013 I am sure we all change settings on the fly and forget to return them to normal. That is the main reason I have at least one setting for high quality seasonal shooting so that I can quickly normalise my camera. Â I have also set one for my HDR trials which quickly gives me the flexibility for bracketed shots without fiddling around in menus. There are several other bespoke settings for which user profiles are ideal. They are an instinctive part of my operating drill. Â Hope he's managed ok in the 3+ years since posting. Â Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted December 1, 2013 Share #29  Posted December 1, 2013 Profile 1 sun light landscape  Profile 2 higher iso tungsten light  profile 3 iso 400 Vivitar 285 color balance  Profile 4 ISO 320 raw + JPEG , 092 IR filter, preview set to monochrome or however I managed to see a monochrome preview. That is why I have the profile.  If you like to increase post processing, shoot auto WB, shoot auto exposure, just shoot away and fix it later. I like to get it correct in camera as best as possible and save photoshop for creative work, not rescue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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