Fezzar Posted July 28, 2022 Share #1 Posted July 28, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi - I am a new Leica user and have just taken delivery of my new Q2 mono. I cannot seem to get the Highlight Weighted exposure to work. Even when settings are saved to a user profile and Highlight Weighted is engaged, highlights are still blowing out in both preview and the actual image. Am I missing something really basic here? Appreciate any help/ guidance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LocalHero1953 Posted July 28, 2022 Share #2 Posted July 28, 2022 I use Highlight Weighting quite a bit - set in my default user profile. I do not have this problem in general. I can't tell why you do, but is it related to your crop setting? AF and AE work only within the selected cropped area and ignore anything outside. So if you have a scene with the strongest highlights towards the edge of the EVF, but the cropped area excludes them, then those (edge) highlights will be blown. This is a useful feature when you understand it (it stops the camera overcompensating for highlights not in the final image), but if you accidentally use a small crop when you want to see the whole frame then highlights will be blown - it happened to me often enough when I was getting my head around the Q2 cropping function. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedleyw Posted July 28, 2022 Share #3 Posted July 28, 2022 I use highlight weighting permanently but still have one stop of underexposure dialled in. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzar Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted July 28, 2022 Hi - many thanks for the response. This issue is occurring when I’m not using the cropping function so don’t think this is the cause? Thanks anyway. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 28, 2022 Share #5 Posted July 28, 2022 I guess the camera is reading the cropped bit for exposure. In general, wide lenses are more sensitive to highlights influencing the metering than longer ones, simply because they “ see more”. That might explain why cropped view shows the problem less. The ratio highlights/ average lighting is different. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted July 28, 2022 Share #6 Posted July 28, 2022 24 minutes ago, jaapv said: I guess the camera is reading the cropped bit for exposure. In general, wide lenses are more sensitive to highlights influencing the metering than longer ones, simply because they “ see more”. That might explain why cropped view shows the problem less. The ratio highlights/ average lighting is different. The camera certainly is reading just the cropped part. But the OP says he is not cropping. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame-it Posted July 28, 2022 Share #7 Posted July 28, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 2 hours ago, Fezzar said: Hi - I am a new Leica user and have just taken delivery of my new Q2 mono. I cannot seem to get the Highlight Weighted exposure to work. Even when settings are saved to a user profile and Highlight Weighted is engaged, highlights are still blowing out in both preview and the actual image. Am I missing something really basic here? Appreciate any help/ guidance. using auto ISO? which shooting mode? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ba Erv Posted July 28, 2022 Share #8 Posted July 28, 2022 Doing the same thing to me. If you can figure it out you’ve got me beat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzar Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted July 28, 2022 I’ve tried different shooting modes along with both auto and manual iso - to no effect. Does Highlight Weighted only work in certain modes/ set up? I don’t think it’s anything to do with cropping as I’m not using the crop facility. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M11 for me Posted July 28, 2022 Share #10 Posted July 28, 2022 Did you try to put your Q on a tripod and then check the exposure triangle in the different modes. The highlight weighted mode should result in a darker image. It could still have blown highlights. Try to use the hystogram to control that. Du to electronic viewfinder with all its information available I believe that this new mide is nit so very important. Its much more valuable in the M family with its optical viewfinder when you see no histogram. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 28, 2022 Share #11 Posted July 28, 2022 6 hours ago, LocalHero1953 said: The camera certainly is reading just the cropped part. But the OP says he is not cropping. I was responding to post #4. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakronox Posted July 28, 2022 Share #12 Posted July 28, 2022 Not much to go on since you’ve not mentioned your exposure settings nor uploaded any examples. If you could do that, it would be helpful in troubleshooting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumigatus Posted August 2, 2022 Share #13 Posted August 2, 2022 I consider myself absolutely an amateur, but have become used to using the histogram in the viewfinder. Sometimes parts of the image will be blown out, but I still feel it’s within my control sort of. Always use highlight weighting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkochheiser Posted August 3, 2022 Share #14 Posted August 3, 2022 My experience hasn't led me to continue trying highlight weighted exposure. My results seem like yours. I use all the other settings with success, starting with matrix and about -2/3 compensation as a baseline outdoors and start with no compensation and spot metering for indoors people shots (think jazz musicians). The histogram really is your friend here as you learn to judge the scene. Some highlights are okay to blow, others aren't. You decide. For me the thought process is different from the way I shoot color. Just keep shooting and learning. And pay attention to ISO. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiang Posted August 14, 2022 Share #15 Posted August 14, 2022 On 7/28/2022 at 3:54 PM, Fezzar said: Hi - I am a new Leica user and have just taken delivery of my new Q2 mono. I cannot seem to get the Highlight Weighted exposure to work. Even when settings are saved to a user profile and Highlight Weighted is engaged, highlights are still blowing out in both preview and the actual image. Am I missing something really basic here? Appreciate any help/ guidance. Mind sharing if it is solved? and how? I noticed it also today, the exposure seems almost same as other metering. I am new to Q2.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M11 for me Posted August 14, 2022 Share #16 Posted August 14, 2022 Check post #10. Highlights can still be blown but normally less than in multi-field mode. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ba Erv Posted August 14, 2022 Share #17 Posted August 14, 2022 I fixed it…I just use my Panasonic S5 to meter the scene; nails it every time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrMi Posted August 15, 2022 Share #18 Posted August 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Ba Erv said: I fixed it…I just use my Panasonic S5 to meter the scene; nails it every time. Finally, one reason to own an S5! I am just kidding 😆. I assume that S5 is an excellent camera, but I would not trust any camera to nail exposure every time. That is why we have histograms and experience. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ba Erv Posted August 15, 2022 Share #19 Posted August 15, 2022 3 hours ago, SrMi said: Finally, one reason to own an S5! I am just kidding 😆. I assume that S5 is an excellent camera, but I would not trust any camera to nail exposure every time. That is why we have histograms and experience. I guess you might say I have a little experience…enough to observe much better exposure with the S5 than the Q2 in any condition Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrMi Posted August 15, 2022 Share #20 Posted August 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, Ba Erv said: I guess you might say I have a little experience…enough to observe much better exposure with the S5 than the Q2 in any condition I am buying that :). However, better metering is different from perfect metering ("nails it every time"). Regardless, I would never let the camera alone determine exposure if the time permits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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