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I’ve been comparing my Q2M to my new M11M and have an exposure question.  I have the M11M set to aperture priority, auto shutter speed and auto iso.  When I move the camera around the scene, the aperture is fixed, the shutter speed floats and the ISO floats.

When I set up the Q2M with what appears to be the same settings, the ISO floats but the shutter speed stays fixed at 1/100.

I can’t for the life of me figure out what I’m missing to get auto shutter speed.  Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated. 

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Even if you were shooting at exactly the same time and shooting the same subject and were using the same aperture you might notice some differences. Do you have OIS switched on for the Q? What minimum shutter speed do you set for that? What are the minimum and maximum ISO ratings you have set for both cameras? And obviously are you shooting with a 28mm Summilux lens on the M?

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20 minutes ago, Le Chef said:

Even if you were shooting at exactly the same time and shooting the same subject and were using the same aperture you might notice some differences. Do you have OIS switched on for the Q? What minimum shutter speed do you set for that? What are the minimum and maximum ISO ratings you have set for both cameras? And obviously are you shooting with a 28mm Summilux lens on the M?

Le Chef - I’m not really worried about the differences in meter readings.  What I’m trying to understand and resolve is why the Q2M never adjusts the shutter speed when the M11M does - which is what I’d expect.

The OIS is set to auto

ISO set to auto

Auto ISO settings - Max ISO = 25000, Min shutter Speed = 1/(4f)

I THINK I UNDERSTAND IT NOW:

With the Min Shutter Speed set to 1/(4f) and the 28mm lens (4 x 28mm = approximately 1/100).  Then the real key is the amount of available light.  It does adjust but, there has to be enough light to drive the shutter speed to be faster than the minimum - DUH!

Thanks guys for the help.  Funny how something simple eludes me and then drives me crazy.

 

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7 minutes ago, soccerrick10 said:

I have it set to Auto.  Should I turn it Off?  I’m shooting DNG only

Personally I would turn it off as I don’t believe it directly affects RAW output. Even if it does, I would prefer to make those kind of changes in LightRoom where I control the output, not the camera.

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1 hour ago, soccerrick10 said:

Le Chef - I’m not really worried about the differences in meter readings.  What I’m trying to understand and resolve is why the Q2M never adjusts the shutter speed when the M11M does - which is what I’d expect.

The OIS is set to auto

ISO set to auto

Auto ISO settings - Max ISO = 25000, Min shutter Speed = 1/(4f)

I THINK I UNDERSTAND IT NOW:

With the Min Shutter Speed set to 1/(4f) and the 28mm lens (4 x 28mm = approximately 1/100).  Then the real key is the amount of available light.  It does adjust but, there has to be enough light to drive the shutter speed to be faster than the minimum - DUH!

Thanks guys for the help.  Funny how something simple eludes me and then drives me crazy.

 

Not really a Duh moment 🙂 - the 1/(xf) setting seems a bit odd on a fixed focal length camera. Unless I am missing something, I am not even sure why it exists… (doesn’t seem to make any difference to the crop modes either) - just have a range of shutter speeds.

…also, don’t forget there is an image stabiliser lurking in that lens - on auto, it kicks in below 1/60 sec ( I think).

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On 10/16/2023 at 6:21 PM, Le Chef said:

Personally I would turn it off as I don’t believe it directly affects RAW output. Even if it does, I would prefer to make those kind of changes in LightRoom where I control the output, not the camera.

iDR only effects jpg output if I remember correctly.

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