New to me Leica Q - Couple of questions please?

[stevebuk]

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Hi all,

I've picked up an as new Q typ 116, and am finding myself around it. Quite a lot of changes to the manual during the firmware journey it seems! As such I have a few basic questions I could not figure out.

 

1) During manual focus, I like the magnified view and peaking. So I start to focus and it magnifies, all good. I then am happy but have to wait for the screen to unmagnify. It says in the manual to press the thumb button to exit, but this does nothing on first press and then cycles the 50mm / 75mm frames it is set to. How do I exit magnified view?

2) When in the menus, I can't find a way out other then half press the shutter? Is it not possible via button to exit the menu back to the photo screen on the LCD?

3) In auto ISO, I can set the minimum shutter speed, but it also has an "auto" for min shutter speed. What speed is that please?

4) When using the single spot focus and the touch screen, is it not possible to also use the 4 way controller? Seems I either choose the controller or touch screen, not both. i.e. touch the screen and then adjust with the controller to fine tune.

5) Focus spot size. Is there a consensus on which size is generally fastest / most accurate for general use?

 

Thank you very much in advance.

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[MikeD70]

As far as #3 goes; when you set your minimum ISO, it is asking what minimum shutter speed you want to set, so the camera doesn't drop too low. It will drop to the lower setting of the shutter, AND the ISO range you have set.  Set this for the lowest shutter speed you are comfortable with, and the ISO will do the rest.  At least that has been my take on it.  The older/shakier I get, the higher the setting on the shutter speed.  Loose explanation, hope it helps.  I started with a Q, but upgraded after some time, so no more manual for that camera.

Good luck, have fun, you will soon love that camera.

[marchyman]

1) Half press the shutter button to get rid of magnification.   What the thumb button does depends upon your setup.  On my Q it's back button focus for times I don't use manual focus.

2) A half press of the shutter is a button, no?

3) I think you mean Max. Exposure Time.  It is the setting that helps the camera determine when to raise ISO instead of lowering shutter speed.  If you are shooting something that requires a faster shutter speed you can set that speed in this menu.   Then when using Auto ISO the camera will not lower the shutter speed below the set value until it has raised the ISO to its maximum value.  It gives you a bit of control of the blur vs noise trade off.  I don't remember what the camera uses as a shutter speed when set to Auto.

4) can't answer this as I've never used the touch screen for focus.

5) I've mine set on the smallest.  However, I use manual focus with focus peaking 99% of the time and as a result can't really comment on your question as I don't have enough experience with the focus spot settings in spite of owning the camera since 2015!

[Pelu2010]

10 hours ago, stevebuk said:

Hi all,

I've picked up an as new Q typ 116, and am finding myself around it. Quite a lot of changes to the manual during the firmware journey it seems! As such I have a few basic questions I could not figure out.

 

1) During manual focus, I like the magnified view and peaking. So I start to focus and it magnifies, all good. I then am happy but have to wait for the screen to unmagnify. It says in the manual to press the thumb button to exit, but this does nothing on first press and then cycles the 50mm / 75mm frames it is set to. How do I exit magnified view?

# press half the shutter and you are out of magnification. 

2) When in the menus, I can't find a way out other then half press the shutter? Is it not possible via button to exit the menu back to the photo screen on the LCD?

 

# 2 press menu again and you are out 

# 3 the speed I guess you mean high and low speed . Such as the lowest speed that you can hold like 1/30 and the highest 1/125 for sharp images ? 

10 hours ago, stevebuk said:

3) In auto ISO, I can set the minimum shutter speed, but it also has an "auto" for min shutter speed. What speed is that please?

4) When using the single spot focus and the touch screen, is it not possible to also use the 4 way controller? Seems I either choose the controller or touch screen, not both. i.e. touch the screen and then adjust with the controller to fine tune.

5) Focus spot size. Is there a consensus on which size is generally fastest / most accurate for general use?

 

Thank you very much in advance.

# 5 

no , you need to make some tests. 
i most of the time use field and I set it in frame . 
for moving targets I take tracking 

and for portraits face . 
 

kind regards 

[stevebuk]

Thanks, I'd have thought it was menu to back out, but menu cycles through the options.  Anyway, seems the answer if half press the shutter. Not seen that before.  

 

 

Thank you all for taking the time to respond.