Cannot save user profiles on Q3

[TheLaird]

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Just got a Q3 and am away on holiday.

I had no issues saving profiles on my Q2 but cannot do it in Q3. Menu 4, user profiles show default, but when I move down to a blank entry, it does not give me option to save. I even upgraded firmware version via my phone which was so efficient, but it did not help.

Can one of you brilliant people tell me what I am doing wrong?

[R4p70r]

10 minutes ago, TheLaird said:

Just got a Q3 and am away on holiday.

I had no issues saving profiles on my Q2 but cannot do it in Q3. Menu 4, user profiles show default, but when I move down to a blank entry, it does not give me option to save. I even upgraded firmware version via my phone which was so efficient, but it did not help.

Can one of you brilliant people tell me what I am doing wrong?

CREATING PROFILES

Saving settings/creating a profile.
▸ Create custom settings for the desired functions via menu control

▸ Select User Profile in the main menu

▸ Select Manage Profiles
▸ Select Save as Profile
▸ Select a memory slot

▸ Confirm the selection

Edited May 15, 2024 by R4p70r

[TheLaird]

2 hours ago, R4p70r said:

CREATING PROFILES

Saving settings/creating a profile.
▸ Create custom settings for the desired functions via menu control

▸ Select User Profile in the main menu

▸ Select Manage Profiles
▸ Select Save as Profile
▸ Select a memory slot

▸ Confirm the selection

Thanks. Is this under menu 4? That is what I was using but it does not give me option to save,etc.

[R4p70r]

25 minutes ago, TheLaird said:

Thanks. Is this under menu 4? That is what I was using but it does not give me option to save,etc.

Yes, it is under the Menu 4 register. Have you tried resetting the camera and see if it works after that?

[TheLaird]

Ok reset the camera. And it still did not work. however ...

From menu 4, User Profiles you go straight into Default Profile. You need to up arrow to get to Manage Profiles. simples.

 

thanks for the help but it is down to user error!,

[LocalHero1953]

6 minutes ago, TheLaird said:

Ok reset the camera. And it still did not work. however ...

From menu 4, User Profiles you go straight into Default Profile. You need to up arrow to get to Manage Profiles. simples.

 

thanks for the help but it is down to user error!,

I have the Q2, and it's similar on the SL2-S. I put this down less to user error and more to unintuitive menu design by Leica. Having to scroll over the page for just one, vital, entry (you can up-arrow as you did, or scroll down below the bottom of the page) is poor design. A basic principle should be to have no menu list longer than can fit in a page. Other cameras recognise this (Sigma fp for one).

[R4p70r]

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4 hours ago, TheLaird said:

Ok reset the camera. And it still did not work. however ...

From menu 4, User Profiles you go straight into Default Profile. You need to up arrow to get to Manage Profiles. simples.

 

thanks for the help but it is down to user error!,

 

4 hours ago, LocalHero1953 said:

I have the Q2, and it's similar on the SL2-S. I put this down less to user error and more to unintuitive menu design by Leica. Having to scroll over the page for just one, vital, entry (you can up-arrow as you did, or scroll down below the bottom of the page) is poor design. A basic principle should be to have no menu list longer than can fit in a page. Other cameras recognise this (Sigma fp for one).

 

Yes, I think I made the same mistake at the beginning with the M11 and Q3. I was wondering why is so complicated implemented? Not very intuitive. At least it is not a extreme deep dive with each menu option like with Sony and sometimes Fujifilm cameras.

[cirke]

I have the same problem with Q3 43 , impossible to save my profile , I've done a lot of customisation and when I click down user 1 there is no option to save it , it even reseted everything and I had to customise all again 

[cirke]

On 5/16/2024 at 9:55 AM, TheLaird said:

Ok reset the camera. And it still did not work. however ...

From menu 4, User Profiles you go straight into Default Profile. You need to up arrow to get to Manage Profiles. simples.

 

thanks for the help but it is down to user error!,

why is it so  complicated  ? how can one know that there is a up arrow ?

 

thanks

[LocalHero1953]

13 minutes ago, cirke said:

why is it so  complicated  ? how can one know that there is a up arrow ?

 

thanks

You don't need the up arrow, but it's the quickest way to scroll to the Manage Profiles option. You can also scroll down to the next page and find the same item.

'Up arrow' isn't a special code, it's just how you scroll through menus.

If there's a fault, it's that Leica doesn't implement a 'no scrolling pages' principle. So when you land on a page with a series of menu choices, you don't know what other choices might be on other pages - and, other than the faint scroll bar on the left, it is not obvious that there are other pages, or how many. 

Sigma does menus better, IMO (based on my use of the fp).

Edited October 4, 2024 by LocalHero1953

[cirke]

i see now that the manage profile is at t the bottom, no scrolling pages is really a need

thanks