MCJ Posted June 15, 2019 Share #1 Posted June 15, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) What am I doing wrong? When my Q2’s shutter speed dial is in position A, the shutter speed stays at 1/50 no matter what I set ISO or Aperture to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Leica Guy Posted June 15, 2019 Share #2 Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) Puzzling for sure. I guess I'd do the usual things of cycling the shutter know, aperture dial and switching ISO to see if it made any difference. Then I'd try removing the battery and reinstalling. I'd try the FOTOS app and see if that worked. Then I'd try resetting the firmware. Then I'd panic and visit a Leica store if one is nearby. I might suspect that the shutter wheel is not correctly seated in a detent position also I'd work it around several times and back and forth. It would be my most likely candidate for an error such as this. You've probably done all these so not sure how I can help. Good luck. Edited June 15, 2019 by iQ2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCJ Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) Thank you. I figured it out. I have been using it in a somewhat darker setting for a while so it was defaulting to the minimum shutter speed it could no matter what else I changed. There is a setting in the menu where you can choose the minimum shutter speed, which was factory set to 1/(2f). I honestly don’t know what that formulation means - feel free to explain - but it translates to 1/50 shutter speed (and not very sharp images) when I shoot in low light. I will set the minimum shutter speed to 1/60 or 1/125 because I would rather have a noisy picture with higher iso than a blurry one. When I took the camera out into the sun, it readily changed shutter speed with no problem so the issue was me, and not covered by the warranty. 🤪 Edited June 15, 2019 by MCJ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalstew Posted June 15, 2019 Share #4 Posted June 15, 2019 The formula 1/(2f) means 1over (2 times the lens focal length). In this case, since the lens is a 28mm, that would calculate as 1/56 sec. Not sure why the Q2 defaults to 1/50 rather than 1/60, but that's the formula. Similarly, 1/(3f) and 1/(4f) are 1/84 (rounded to 1/80) and 1/112 (rounded to 1/100), respectively. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCJ Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted June 16, 2019 Thank you! Makes perfect sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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