HenrikP Posted May 27, 2016 Share #1 Posted May 27, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi all. I have a few times experienced the following. I use my camera in Aperture priority. No problem, but occasionally I experience, the camera chose to use 1 sec. Exposure, so that the image becomes overexposed, exfic says that the camera is in manual. I have two solutions. 1. take out the battery, or 2. Select a manual time and take a picture and then back in (A). Have others had similar error? Regards Henrik Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Peter L Posted May 27, 2016 Share #2 Posted May 27, 2016 I only had such an error when the exposure dial inadvertently was move from A to a very slow shutter speed by taking it out out of a fairy tight fitting small bag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikP Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted May 27, 2016 Well this is not the case here, it is still on A in shutter time. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikP Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted May 27, 2016 You can se when it hapens. The lightmeter say overexposure. And it is always 1 sec. Exposure. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XVarior Posted May 28, 2016 Share #5 Posted May 28, 2016 Same here, I already posted about it "Q shooting blanks" it did that during a hike a month or so ago, where the camera did that too many times that day. I rested the camera and then traveled to Cuba, there, I used the Q almost exclusively, I don't remember seeing that issue again. I'm keeping an eye on it though. The XVarior 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumolux Posted May 28, 2016 Share #6 Posted May 28, 2016 Does this also happen if the ISO setting is on Auto ISO duriing A mode operation? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikP Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share #7 Posted May 28, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Does this also happen if the ISO setting is on Auto ISO duriing A mode operation? Yes. It locks to 100 iso. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumolux Posted May 28, 2016 Share #8 Posted May 28, 2016 Seems very strange indeed...You should contact Leica about it if it continues, espeically because it is 'getting stuck' this way.... I had a glitch similar to this once or twice in the beginning, associated with a wrong ISO setting while shooting in A mode, but it has not repeated since and there was no 'lock-up'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon_B. Posted May 30, 2016 Share #9 Posted May 30, 2016 Hi all. I have a few times experienced the following. I use my camera in Aperture priority. No problem, but occasionally I experience, the camera chose to use 1 sec. Exposure, so that the image becomes overexposed, exfic says that the camera is in manual. I have two solutions. 1. take out the battery, or 2. Select a manual time and take a picture and then back in (A). Have others had similar error? Regards Henrik Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Same here, I already posted about it "Q shooting blanks" it did that during a hike a month or so ago, where the camera did that too many times that day. I rested the camera and then traveled to Cuba, there, I used the Q almost exclusively, I don't remember seeing that issue again. I'm keeping an eye on it though. The XVarior Henrik, did you try to reset your Leica Q to factory settings already? Maybe it could be a solution... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikP Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share #10 Posted May 30, 2016 Henrik, did you try to reset your Leica Q to factory settings already? Maybe it could be a solution... No maybe that would do the trick Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikP Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share #11 Posted July 13, 2016 I have completely forgotten to return to this thread. The problem is still there, it comes in waves. What I've discovered is that the camera switches to Manual, you see the A symbol switches to M and shutter at 1 sec. Often it changes back to (A) after a shot, other times more. The best solution is to switch to M take a photo and go back to A. (A) means, in this case, Aperture priority. When the problem is not constant, I am not crazy about having to send it to Leica. I've tryed a complete restore, I guess it is a software bug. Henrik Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica Guy Posted July 13, 2016 Share #12 Posted July 13, 2016 This may or may not be related, but I was using the Q and everything was fine. Numerous shots in manual mode at ISO 100. I was using remote control over wifi shooting hummingbirds. The camera stopped functioning. Don't know why. Perhaps wifi interruption. Don't know. What I next saw was several images highly over exposed. It took awhile, but I realized that the ISO had been somehow changed to 12,500. I definitely did not adjust it. Somewhere in the Q a firmware bug is lurking that did this. I reset ISO back to 100 and all was fine. Frustrating. I still love the camera. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikP Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share #13 Posted July 17, 2016 I think I found the source of the problem, it lies in the shutter wheel, when it is set to A and I pressed lightly on the wheel, it starts to weave between M and A, like there is a loose connection in the switche. So after the summer hollyday, it have to be returned to Leica again I have apparently gotten A Monday model. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepsabeat Posted October 2, 2017 Share #14 Posted October 2, 2017 Hi Henrik, I am having the same issue with my Q, was you camera issue repaired by Leica? Thank you, Fred Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikP Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share #15 Posted October 3, 2017 No, it has apparently fixed itself, the problem lies in the shutter dial, typically when it stood in A, if you pressed the dial it jumped over to 1 sec exposure, which is right next to A, so I guess that the two are very close so there's probably come a little dust in and has fixed the problem. I hope you get solved the problem. All the best Henrik Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjesp Posted October 27, 2021 Share #16 Posted October 27, 2021 On 10/3/2017 at 7:52 PM, HenrikP said: No, it has apparently fixed itself, the problem lies in the shutter dial, typically when it stood in A, if you pressed the dial it jumped over to 1 sec exposure, which is right next to A, so I guess that the two are very close so there's probably come a little dust in and has fixed the problem. I hope you get solved the problem. My 6 month old Q has the exact same problem. You move it to A, and sometimes it thinks that I set it on 1 sec. And touching the dial a little can help. Did you just use/massage the dial and then it helped? Or did you clean it? I still have warranty, but would miss it for 6-8 weeks while they fix it.... (Greetings from Denmark btw Henrik...😉) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjesp Posted September 29, 2022 Share #17 Posted September 29, 2022 Ok, and old thread. But just to let you know. If you have this problem, it is not dust. It is the upper electronics near the shutter button, that needs to be replaced. Leica did this on my Q, under warranty. Has been working fine after this repair. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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