nicci78 Posted January 31, 2021 Share #1 Posted January 31, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) When will we get the awesome perspective control feature with Leica Q2/CL/SL2 and older Q/SL cameras ? It is a feature way more suited for mirrorless cameras than for rangefinder ones. They all have the required spirit level. They already permanently in live view. And they all use the same Maestro II or better Maestro III image processor. Q2 being a 28mm camera can greatly benefits from it. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 31, 2021 Posted January 31, 2021 Hi nicci78, Take a look here Perspective control and Q2/CL/SL2 etc. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
acg69 Posted February 1, 2021 Share #2 Posted February 1, 2021 +1 on that one! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewK Posted February 3, 2021 Share #3 Posted February 3, 2021 +1 on Perspective Control to Q2 as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loalposo Posted February 3, 2021 Share #4 Posted February 3, 2021 I want! Sign me up for Q2 and SL2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2021 Share #5 Posted February 4, 2021 On 2/1/2021 at 8:42 PM, acg69 said: +1 on that one! And one more +, That would be fantastic on the Q2M. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMJ Posted February 4, 2021 Share #6 Posted February 4, 2021 Perspective control, is this aspect ratio? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrMi Posted February 4, 2021 Share #7 Posted February 4, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) 1 hour ago, GMJ said: Perspective control, is this aspect ratio? It is the new feature that was launched for M10 cameras. More details to be found in the M10 forums. It is cool, and I would also like to have it on Q2/SL2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancook Posted February 4, 2021 Share #8 Posted February 4, 2021 Why not just adjust it in processing? And have finer control? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicci78 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share #9 Posted February 5, 2021 Because the genius of Leica’s perspective control is to used the camera spirit level ! No need for photo editors to guess the real level with straight lines in the picture. So it also works with curves. You can preview the crop section. Sometimes if you frame the picture too tight, Lightroom can crop off a part of your subject. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMJ Posted February 5, 2021 Share #10 Posted February 5, 2021 10 hours ago, SrMi said: It is the new feature that was launched for M10 cameras. More details to be found in the M10 forums. It is cool, and I would also like to have it on Q2/SL2. Thank you, It was not clear to me what “perspective control” was. Now I know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoCruiser Posted February 5, 2021 Share #11 Posted February 5, 2021 vor 3 Stunden schrieb nicci78: Sometimes if you frame the picture too tight, Lightroom can crop off a part of your subject. Well, if subject is big, then i usualy just step one step back and crop later on the pc, perspective control or not. vor 9 Stunden schrieb dancook: Why not just adjust it in processing? And have finer control? Exactly! I find composition control on the "tiny" screen rather difficult and most of pro photographers as well and this is the reason for tethered shooting. Leica gave us FOTOS to be able to do that on a android or ios device, adding windows and macOS app would make it perfect for studio work. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica Guy Posted February 5, 2021 Share #12 Posted February 5, 2021 4 hours ago, PhotoCruiser said: Well, if subject is big, then i usualy just step one step back and crop later on the pc, perspective control or not. Exactly! I find composition control on the "tiny" screen rather difficult and most of pro photographers as well and this is the reason for tethered shooting. Leica gave us FOTOS to be able to do that on a android or ios device, adding windows and macOS app would make it perfect for studio work. Chris Agree completely. I do not like using in camera tools such as perspective or even panorama. I’d rather view the image(s) on a large monitor then use a powerful processor to realize the final image. One of the beauties of Leica is their simplicity and ergonomics. Every feature added beyond the basics complicates the menu system and takes away from the genius Leica brings to the market. Less is more!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrMi Posted February 5, 2021 Share #13 Posted February 5, 2021 6 hours ago, PhotoCruiser said: Well, if subject is big, then i usualy just step one step back and crop later on the pc, perspective control or not. Exactly! I find composition control on the "tiny" screen rather difficult and most of pro photographers as well and this is the reason for tethered shooting. Leica gave us FOTOS to be able to do that on a android or ios device, adding windows and macOS app would make it perfect for studio work. Chris My guess is that most shooting with Q2 (this forum is Q2) is handheld, not tethered or using Fotos app . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoCruiser Posted February 6, 2021 Share #14 Posted February 6, 2021 vor 17 Stunden schrieb SrMi: My guess is that most shooting with Q2 (this forum is Q2) is handheld, not tethered or using Fotos app . Correct! That is why i don't find in-camera perspective control very useful. Using a big Tablet it would make sometimes sense, but to see it on the EVF or screen it's not too useful for my use. At least for me it works better to frame a bit more and crop it later down to the size i like to have. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrMi Posted February 6, 2021 Share #15 Posted February 6, 2021 7 hours ago, PhotoCruiser said: Correct! That is why i don't find in-camera perspective control very useful. Using a big Tablet it would make sometimes sense, but to see it on the EVF or screen it's not too useful for my use. At least for me it works better to frame a bit more and crop it later down to the size i like to have. Chris Have you given it a try? IMO, it works quite well with Visoflex Typ 020. The superimposed frame is an approximation, a bit similar to a leveler you can see in cameras. It is very helpful for framing. The important thing is that the angles are recorded in the DNG to have a good starting point in the post. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted February 6, 2021 Share #16 Posted February 6, 2021 To all the sceptics - perspective control doesn't do any image processing. It does two things, one of which can't be done any other way: - It works out the best perspective correction, and feeds this with the raw image to Lightroom, which then makes the correction (which you can adjust if you wish). - It shows you what will be included within your frame if you go with the perspective correction in Lightroom. This would be very useful so that you know how far back to step, and stops you eyeballing it in in the EVF and getting it wrong (as I often do). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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