Q3: toggle focus settings with custom button?

[gotium]

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On my a7cR I have a custom button to set to toggle between eye/face-detect and spot AF. It is incredibly useful. 

Similarly I have another button set to toggle silent shutter on/off. 

Anyone know how to do this with the Q3? I can't see a way. 

[Wellsyboy]

Yes - first pick a button - you can restrict the number of options on that button using the Customize Control option in page 4 of the main menu. Switch off all the options you do not want to see - make sure AF Mode is set to on. Then when you press and hold the chosen custom button you will see your options - select AF Mode - once you have done this every time you short press that custom button you will be in AF Mode and you just use the left and right cursors to select your mode. Hudson Henry has a you tube video that explains this very well see here 

 

Or you can select it from the quick menu 

 

Edited February 20, 2024 by Wellsyboy

[gotium]

3 hours ago, Wellsyboy said:

Yes - first pick a button - you can restrict the number of options on that button using the Customize Control option in page 4 of the main menu. Switch off all the options you do not want to see - make sure AF Mode is set to on. Then when you press and hold the chosen custom button you will see your options - select AF Mode - once you have done this every time you short press that custom button you will be in AF Mode and you just use the left and right cursors to select your mode. Hudson Henry has a you tube video that explains this very well see here 

 

Or you can select it from the quick menu 

 

Thank you - what I really want is to be able to simply hit the button once and have the camera switch from eye-AF to single point, without having to look at the screen or any menu. Hit it again and have it switch back from single point to eye-AF. It's really very, very useful to not have to go into the menu. 

[Wellsyboy]

4 hours ago, gotium said:

Thank you - what I really want is to be able to simply hit the button once and have the camera switch from eye-AF to single point, without having to look at the screen or any menu. Hit it again and have it switch back from single point to eye-AF. It's really very, very useful to not have to go into the menu. 

 

I don't think you can do that but it does seem the quickest way to get into that option. Then you only have to shift up or down to select the appropriate mode. 

[Michele Belloni]

Sadly only Sony allow this kind of customization. I own A1, A9II and A7C and all of these camera can be setup with, for example, AF ON to activate the EYE AF on the fly while i press it. The only thing you can do is set up one button to change AFS/AFC (the center one in the back pad for me) and another one to change the mode to EYE/FACE/BODY (one of the top customizable in the back).

It's a long way and it's not comparable to Sony sadly.

[LocalHero1953]

This has been one of my grumbles about Leica firmware since they first introduced button customisation. On the SL2-S I want exactly what you want (and I have wanted it in previous cameras): switch from Face Detect to Spot (or, for me, Field) with a single press. But it is not possible - it is the same as the Q3.

I have one of the front buttons on the SL2-S set to AF mode, and the other set to Focus mode (iAF or MF) but both require a press, then a move and press with the joystick: three actions. In a hurry, it's painful.

I wonder if this is something fundamental in Leica's firmware family: button customisation can only take you to a particular place in the menu, it can't actually make select a menu option.

 

Edited February 20, 2024 by LocalHero1953

[Michele Belloni]

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1 minute ago, LocalHero1953 said:

This has been one of my grumbles about Leica firmware since they first introduced button customisation. I want exactly what you want on the SL2-S (and have wanted it in previous cameras): switch from Face Detect to Spot (or, for me, Field) with a single press. 

I have one of the front buttons on the SL2-S set to AF mode, and the other set to Focus mode (iAF or MF) but both require a press then a selection with the joystick. In a hurry, it's painful.

I wonder if this is something fundamental in Leica's firmware family: button customisation can only take you to a particular place in the menu, it can't actually make select a menu option.

 

So you can confirm that on the SL2(s) this change on the fly is possible? Because I want to sell everything and buy the SL3 with a 75 f2 APO but I really need to have 100% confirm about this function. Thanks a lot.

[LocalHero1953]

3 minutes ago, Michele Belloni said:

So you can confirm that on the SL2(s) this change on the fly is possible? Because I want to sell everything and buy the SL3 with a 75 f2 APO but I really need to have 100% confirm about this function. Thanks a lot.

No, it's not. 

You can do what @Wellsyboy suggests, but that still takes three actions: press button, joystick select, press joystick.

I've edited my earlier post for clarity.

Edited February 20, 2024 by LocalHero1953

[Michele Belloni]

I apologize, I read quickly and understood the complete opposite. It will be quite a dilemma to abandon the entire Sony system for an SL3 then (and not only for this function, of course).

[David Wien]

Am I the only one who cannot bear listening to this irritating voice for 1 hr 18 minutes? There has to be a better way of learning... 😀

David

[Wellsyboy]

2 hours ago, David Wien said:

Am I the only one who cannot bear listening to this irritating voice for 1 hr 18 minutes? There has to be a better way of learning... 😀

David

It does have a certain ring to it! But he does produce some useful stuff. 

[Wellsyboy]

2 hours ago, LocalHero1953 said:

This has been one of my grumbles about Leica firmware since they first introduced button customisation. On the SL2-S I want exactly what you want (and I have wanted it in previous cameras): switch from Face Detect to Spot (or, for me, Field) with a single press. But it is not possible - it is the same as the Q3.

I have one of the front buttons on the SL2-S set to AF mode, and the other set to Focus mode (iAF or MF) but both require a press, then a move and press with the joystick: three actions. In a hurry, it's painful.

I wonder if this is something fundamental in Leica's firmware family: button customisation can only take you to a particular place in the menu, it can't actually make select a menu option.

 

I can do it on my Canon R5 by having dual back button focus programming 2 of the back buttons to normal AF and eye tracking AF. It would be nice if the firmware could allow for this to happen - maybe a suggestion to Leica? Being a Leica newbie I am not aware as to whether they have a "suggestion box"?

[ianforber]

As already said, the behaviour requested isn’t possible atm. I have my user profile selection set using the thumb wheel- a short press brings up my user profile and I just rotate to choose the one I want. Could you have a profile that uses whatever parameters you need and select quickly that way? Still clunky though. 

[Wellsyboy]

13 hours ago, Michele Belloni said:

Sadly only Sony allow this kind of customization. I own A1, A9II and A7C and all of these camera can be setup with, for example, AF ON to activate the EYE AF on the fly while i press it. The only thing you can do is set up one button to change AFS/AFC (the center one in the back pad for me) and another one to change the mode to EYE/FACE/BODY (one of the top customizable in the back).

It's a long way and it's not comparable to Sony sadly.

Canon too

[gotium]

The best I can get it down to is six button pushes - that includes four to scroll through the menu 😕

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23 hours ago, LocalHero1953 said:

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I wonder if this is something fundamental in Leica's firmware family: button customisation can only take you to a particular place in the menu, it can't actually make select a menu option.

 

Digital Zoon and Perspective control let you select a menu option.