Q3 Display / Capture Assistants

[rouge_homme]

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While setting up my new Q3 43 today, I encountered a peculiarity with the various display options and capture assistants.

According to the user manual, there are 3 available display options:

1. No information (essentially a clear screen with just the focus point/box)
2. Info bar at bottom + capture assistants if activated (grid, level, histogram, clipping)
3. Info bar at top/bottom + capture assistants

However, when I activate the grid, it becomes visible on the first display - is this normal?

I generally prefer to shoot with an empty screen but like to have the grid option available at the press of a button when needed (which you can easily do on the SL3).

Thanks!

 

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[Le Chef]

I’m sure you simply toggle through display options using the central controller button.

[rouge_homme]

1 hour ago, Le Chef said:

I’m sure you simply toggle through display options using the central controller button.

Yes, you can toggle through the options.

But my point is that the grid lines are shown in all display options when activated, including the first view where no ‘capture assistants’ are supposed to be shown.

[Carrot]

I thought all display options were user defined, in which case your camera has grid lines selected for each option. 

[rouge_homme]

36 minutes ago, Carrot said:

I thought all display options were user defined, in which case your camera has grid lines selected for each option. 

The Q3 doesn’t offer the same level of customisation as the SL3 where you can select the individual elements for each option - unless there is something I’m missing.

You can only turn the capture assistants ‘on’ or ‘off’ and how they are applied is then determined by the camera.

When the grid lines are switched on, they are applied to all display options as you toggle through, while the other capture assistants (histogram etc.) are not. This seems odd to me, hence my question.

[ianforber]

I don’t have my Q2 with me to check but I’m pretty sure I managed to customise the capture assistants. I think I went to the menu option “Capture Assistants” then chose “Grid Setup” (or whatever it is called) and could toggle it on or off. I have it switched off on most of my user profiles so rotating through the displays using the centre button it never appears. The exception is my Tripod user profile, where I have the grids and the horizon display on so they appear as I rotate through the capture assistants by pressing the centre button. Does that not work on the Q3?

[Le Chef]

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On 9/28/2024 at 10:11 AM, rouge_homme said:

But my point is that the grid lines are shown in all display options

Switch them off in the menu.

[rouge_homme]

7 hours ago, Le Chef said:

Switch them off in the menu.

Well yes, but that’s not my point.

Having to go into the menu each time to turn the grid lines on or off is a pain.

My question is why the grid lines are treated differently to the other capture assistants, which can be toggled on or off at the press of a button while shooting.

[rouge_homme]

17 hours ago, ianforber said:

I don’t have my Q2 with me to check but I’m pretty sure I managed to customise the capture assistants. I think I went to the menu option “Capture Assistants” then chose “Grid Setup” (or whatever it is called) and could toggle it on or off. I have it switched off on most of my user profiles so rotating through the displays using the centre button it never appears. The exception is my Tripod user profile, where I have the grids and the horizon display on so they appear as I rotate through the capture assistants by pressing the centre button. Does that not work on the Q3?

Yes, it’s the same on the Q3 but when they are switched on in the menu, they appear on all displays while the other capture assistants do not.

Seems a little odd and also contradicts the user manual so I might drop an email to Leica.