Leica Q3 did not turn on after I accidentally left camera on a my camera bag

[Snowman]

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Hi

Had my q3 a couple of months now and very pleased with. I have installed the latest firmware.

was my fault, I had a fresh fully charged battery and was playing with the menus. The shutter release has a soft release button attached. I think I put it in its camera bag and the extended height of the soft release button must has pressed against the interior side wall of the bag for a few hours.

When I can to use it it would not turn on. I then replaced the battery but did not initially turn on, but then it did. I then tried to play back my saved images on the as card in the camera but all I got was a white horizontal line at the top and bottom.

The camera was warm but not hot. I waited about half an hour and now it works fine as it should.

My question is, is it because it was warm and int camera internally shutdown until a lower base temperature was reached? 
 

Thanks for any help

Nick

[LocalHero1953]

I believe there is an internal battery, recharged from the removable battery, intended to maintain some memory functions while switched off. If the camera is left on the main battery drains, and if the shutter button keeps getting bumped, the internal battery may drain as well. It then takes a while with a new battery before the internal battery is ready for use - hence your issues restarting.

[Snowman]

6 minutes ago, LocalHero1953 said:

I believe there is an internal battery, recharged from the removable battery, intended to maintain some memory functions while switched off. If the camera is left on the main battery drains, and if the shutter button keeps getting bumped, the internal battery may drain as well. It then takes a while with a new battery before the internal battery is ready for use - hence your issues restarting.

Many thanks for the reply

[jaapv]

The internal battery only feeds the time and date, and some internal memory when the camera is off. The camera functions perfectly well without it. I think that the overheating shutoff is the more likely explanation.

[Wellsyboy]

Good to know that if you have a soft release button installed you need to be careful putting it in a bag!

[David Wien]

1 hour ago, jaapv said:

The internal battery only feeds the time and date, and some internal memory when the camera is off. The camera functions perfectly well without it. I think that the overheating shutoff is the more likely explanation.

I agree with your conclusion, particularly if after the discharge it was not necessary to reset the time and date.

David

[Snowman]

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3 hours ago, Wellsyboy said:

Good to know that if you have a soft release button installed you need to be careful putting it in a bag!

Yes, it’s a small Bellingham bag which was fine for my Fujifilm XPro and the Q2.

 

but I’m using my old wooden soft release from the Fuji which works well but it hits the bag side wall.

What makes it worse is the daft on and off red dot which to this day I have to think twice that I’ve actually turned the camera off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[David Wien]

21 minutes ago, Snowman said:

What makes it worse is the daft on and off red dot which to this day I have to think twice that I’ve actually turned the camera off.

Most cameras, like my Canon, label the switch on and off. But, if you think about, that is overkill: if it is not pointing to on it has to be off, and vice versa. With Q3, you just need to remember that the red dot means off. Or would you prefer a green dot instead, to mean on?

David

Edited February 17, 2024 by David Wien

[Wellsyboy]

6 minutes ago, David Wien said:

Most cameras, like my Canon, label the switch on and off. But, if you think about, that is overkill: if it is not pointing to on it has to be off, and vice versa. With Q3, you just need to remember that the red dot means off. Or would you prefer a green dot instead, to mean on?

David

Nah - it's a Leica - gotta be a red dot😝

[David Wien]

33 minutes ago, Wellsyboy said:

Nah - it's a Leica - gotta be a red dot😝

LOL! I see your point (Punkt).

[Snowman]

Working fine now, used the Q3 yesterday for around 200 shots without a hitch. Must have been a temperature spike when I left it on in my small camera bag.

have removed the soft release button for now as this was the culprit.

[mmk60]

2 hours ago, Snowman said:

have removed the soft release button for now as this was the culprit.

FYI- I use a rubber hair band when the camera isn’t in my hand (e.g. in the camera bag, hanging from my neck, etc.). It works well to mitigate the issues. 

[MikeD70]

I vote for the heat issue.  But the camera has an exposure time limit.  I can't figure how it would have kept shooting without releasing the shutter button.  Was it set to continuous exposure?  I guess it could have continued to fire after the buffer cleared, ?  Also, it wouldn't have fired without achieving focus, so the lens searching drained the battery?   Kind of a multiple choice question.  Glad it's now working for you!

[Frits de Wolf]

I left my Q3 in the bag with the power turned on. So the battery drained. When I putt in my 2nd full battery the camera didn't turn on. 

In the end I putt the full battery in the charger for a minute and placed it back in the camera. Then it turned on again.. Strange..

[Snowman]

43 minutes ago, Frits de Wolf said:

I left my Q3 in the bag with the power turned on. So the battery drained. When I putt in my 2nd full battery the camera didn't turn on. 

In the end I putt the full battery in the charger for a minute and placed it back in the camera. Then it turned on again.. Strange..

Yes that is strange, same happened to me, but the camera was hot when in the bag is I am assuming the button was depressed constantly while in the bag.