Leica Q3 exposure lock half pressed shutter

[danieldouloslee]

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8 hours ago, TDE-Photo said:

why do you recompose?

Muscle memory. 

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The Leica Q3 is available for pre-order at B&H Photo Video and Adorama

[eawriter]

On 8/7/2023 at 9:43 AM, SrMi said:

My Q3 always locks exposure with half-press. Anybody else has a Q3 that does not lock exposure with half-press?

Yes, me. I've tried everything to get it to lock exposure with shutter half-press: Read all the posts here, read the manual, reset the camera to factory settings, turned camera off and on, upgraded to firmware 3.0.0, took the battery in and out. It will not lock exposure with half-press. So I assigned AF-L + AE-L function to the thumbwheel button, and, oddly, when I did that, even after taking a shot, shutter button half press now does not cause the camera to focus—that function has been removed from that action. 

Any suggestions on how to fix this would be appreciated. 

[SrMi]

16 minutes ago, eawriter said:

Yes, me. I've tried everything to get it to lock exposure with shutter half-press: Read all the posts here, read the manual, reset the camera to factory settings, turned camera off and on, upgraded to firmware 3.0.0, took the battery in and out. It will not lock exposure with half-press. So I assigned AF-L + AE-L function to the thumbwheel button, and, oddly, when I did that, even after taking a shot, shutter button half press now does not cause the camera to focus—that function has been removed from that action. 

Any suggestions on how to fix this would be appreciated. 

The exposure is locked only in AF-S. In AF-C the exposure changes, as the focus also changes

[eawriter]

6 minutes ago, SrMi said:

The exposure is locked only in AF-S. In AF-C the exposure changes, as the focus also changes

Thank you! That solved it. I was in iAF.