Please give me some advise on X Vario exposure preview

[Dean_G]

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Hello, I have very recently got a Leica X vario and I really like it a lot.

However I have noticed that the exposure preview on the lcd is darker by maybe a couple stops compared to the resulting image making it not possible to judge exposure from the lcd preview. This is true in aperture or shutter priority, but manual exposure preview works ok. I have seen a couple user references to this on dpreview forum but there seems to be no answers about it.

I am hoping experienced x vario users might shed some light on this (no pun intended!).

I can live with it however as I love this camera and the quality of images.

Thanks in advance.

-Dean

[TMorita]

IMHO it is a mistake to use exposure preview to guess the correct exposure.

The X Vario back LCD is very hard to see in bright sunlight, etc.

I use the histogram to determine correct exposure.

 

Toshi

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[Dean_G]

Thanks Toshi. I agree with you about using the lcd to indicate proper exposure and also use histogram. However for framing in darker light the lcd is so dim as to make it annoying to frame and then have the image illuminate by 1 or 2 stops upon review. Most other cameras will do the opposite (also not good for judging exposure)by gaining up for framing.

This is not a show stopper for me, I can easily do manual settings, but I find it odd and I am interested in whether there are ways to deal with it or settings I have not found.

[TMorita]

I haven't found a workaround for this.

 

I have the opposite problem: I do flash photography, and I like to use manual mode and kill the ambient light with a fast shutter speed. When I do this, the viewfinder is very dark and it's very hard to see for focusing.

 

Toshi