uffehagen Posted December 29, 2017 Share #21 Posted December 29, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have now saved this as a User Profile to use in studio/manual situations :-) Just wish there was a way to rename the user settings 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 29, 2017 Posted December 29, 2017 Hi uffehagen, Take a look here Question about Q and flash use. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
HighlandK Posted December 29, 2017 Share #22 Posted December 29, 2017 I have now saved this as a User Profile to use in studio/manual situations :-) Just wish there was a way to rename the user settings Good idea. I too wish one could display a simple name for each profile. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmschuh Posted December 29, 2017 Share #23 Posted December 29, 2017 I made a 6000x4000 pixel JPG file which is always the first image on my SD card. It shows my profile setting. In case I forget my own settings... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/280234-question-about-q-and-flash-use/?do=findComment&comment=3427777'>More sharing options...
Leica Guy Posted December 29, 2017 Share #24 Posted December 29, 2017 Brilliant! You have provided the answer, Jens - not that I wanted mine to show the exposure in the EVF. I am happy with my set up but you have added to my and others’ knowledge base. I am a big fan of this forum - no bitching or putting down just solid helpful advice and comment which carries us all forward. In answer to Sonomabear there was no flash mounted - purely a manual exposure to clarify what I was seeing and to show others what I had described in words earlier. +1 Brilliant response. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullmoon Posted March 2, 2018 Share #25 Posted March 2, 2018 What if you take of the SF40? I use a Elinchrome trigger, where the display gets very dark when focusing (half press) at f/16, 500 in a day lit room... If I have the SF40 on the Camera and turned on, with a half press, I get a dimmer EVF, but not black. SF40 settings don't seem to matter. If I turn off the SF40 (I can leave it mounted), then with a half press, I get black. I have not tried it with other flashes or with my Elinchrom triggers. I have to say, the Q with the SF40 does a great job, even though the SF40 feels cheap compared to the camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uffehagen Posted March 3, 2018 Share #26 Posted March 3, 2018 (edited) at f/16, 500 in a day lit room... If I have the SF40 on the Camera and turned on, with a half press, I get a dimmer EVF, but not black. SF40 settings don't seem to matter. If I turn off the SF40 (I can leave it mounted), then with a half press, I get black. I have not tried it with other flashes or with my Elinchrom triggers. I have to say, the Q with the SF40 does a great job, even though the SF40 feels cheap compared to the camera. https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/280234-question-about-q-and-flash-use/?p=3427474 post #16 "your Thumb button is set to "AEL". So you don't define and store the exposure with half press of the Shutter release button and don't get a preview of the exposure. If you change the function of the Thumb button to "AFL", "AEL/AFL" or "Digital Zoom" the display gets dark when you half press the Shutter release button, because the exposure is stored with the half press of the Shutter release button and a preview of the exposure is shown. This behavior is independent of the flash setting. For studio situations with flash just choose the "AEL" function for the Thumb button. This prevents the storing of the exposure with half press of the Shutter button and without storing the exposure you don't get an exposure preview. To store "AEL" (with the thumb button) in "M" mode makes no sense, but this is the option to get a bright display when storing the focus with the Shutter release button. It's not a trick, it's a Leica. ;-) Regards, Jens" Edited March 3, 2018 by uffehagen 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Lyka Posted March 3, 2018 Share #27 Posted March 3, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) I made a 6000x4000 pixel JPG file which is always the first image on my SD card. It shows my profile setting. In case I forget my own settings... Bildschirmfoto.jpg Good Idea. My first image on an SD card is "If camera is found, please return to: Name and Phone Number" in case my camera is lost and then found by an honest person or police. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullmoon Posted March 5, 2018 Share #28 Posted March 5, 2018 Good Idea. My first image on an SD card is "If camera is found, please return to: Name and Phone Number" in case my camera is lost and then found by an honest person or police. That is a very good idea! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegml Posted December 24, 2019 Share #29 Posted December 24, 2019 (edited) Yeah..............I know it's an old thread. I was going to open a new thread but this is maybe quicker. Shooting my Q with an old Braun flash indoors via a PC cable and a cheapo flash connector in the shoe. With the flash set accordingly and the Q on manual at 1/250 f11 it works great, perfect exposures. Except I can't see a thing on the LCD. I have to tripod mount and compose or guess. I search and see the solution (here) is to set the thumb button to AEL. So I check and my thumb button 'was' set to AEL. So I try all settings (many times) AEL/AFL, AFL, Digital zoom and it's the same black/dark LCD. ISO is set to 100 but if I increase the ISO the LCD gradually brightens and on Auto ISO it's fine, which makes sense. Obviously I don't want Auto ISO when using the flash, I want the correct manual setting for the flash. Maybe I'm missing something here real obvious but is there any other setting I should change because the 'thumb button' setting seems to make no difference in my case. If I set the lens to 'A' on 1/250s and ISO 100 (very dim room) which is shutter priority really, then any image is very underexposed but I get a proper bright LCD preview? This applies regarless of the 'thumb button' setting. Edited December 24, 2019 by mikegml Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica Guy Posted December 25, 2019 Share #30 Posted December 25, 2019 Try setting EXPOSURE PREVIEW to PAS. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegml Posted December 25, 2019 Share #31 Posted December 25, 2019 You're a genius. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGUP Posted May 24, 2023 Share #32 Posted May 24, 2023 On 12/25/2019 at 1:06 AM, Leica Guy said: Try setting EXPOSURE PREVIEW to PAS. Hello, Years after, your tip keeps shining ! Thank you so much ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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