Q3 43 - Can I map Aspect Ratio to a custom button?

[Dr. G]

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Is there a way to map aspect ratio to a custom button on the Q3 43?  So far I haven't been able to figure out a way to do it.

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[Ozymandias]

If you press and hold any of the function buttons, a list of what actual functions can be assigned appear. You can scroll through the list, and if you don’t see “aspect ratio” in the list of available functions that can assigned …… well then …. you won’t be able to do what you wished for.

Paul

[Cogito]

Nope, the best you can do is put Photo Aspect Ratio in your Favorites Menu.

[BruceRH]

On my Q3 28 I have it mapped to FN button 2, I would assume the Q3 43 would have the same ability.

[Cogito]

5 hours ago, BruceRH said:

On my Q3 28 I have it mapped to FN button 2, I would assume the Q3 43 would have the same ability.

Perhaps we’ve found a software difference between Q3 variants? This is a page from the Q3 43 manual. The star indicates the Favorites Menu and the two boxes to the right indicate function buttons 1 & 2.

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[BruceRH]

Very strange but apparently so. Here is the page from the Q3 28 manual. Why in the world would someone make such a decision?

 

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[Dr. G]

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Yes, I looked through the menus again and on the Q3 43 Photo Aspect Ratio is not available to be mapped to a custom button.  I've added it to my favorites menu.  I don't change aspect ratios often but I do some photography at culinary events for my friends who own a caviar company and they always ask me for standard images and 16:9 images for their social media accounts.  It would be much easier to be able to toggle back and forth without having to dive into the menus since I'm capturing quick moments at those events.  I can't easily eye the 16:9 crop like I can some of the other common ratios.  

[Dr. G]

I was going to send a feature request to Leica about this but I'm not sure how to do it.  When I choose "Feature Request" in the Leica Fotos App it only gives me the option to send a Leica App request, not a Q3 43 request.  

[Mark II]

Aspect ratio via the buttons is not available on the 28mm Q3 either. In firmware 2.0.5  it is only possible via the favourites menu.

But at least the aspect ratio settings work sensibly, with the actual crop displayed rather just showing faked M-series frame-lines which make accurate framing harder than it should be.

Leica needs to provide a proper customer feedback channel for the firmware. Aside from the aspect-ratio setting, there also needs to be a fix for the broken Q3 back-button AF handling - a regression from the later Q2 firmware which at least was only partly broken.

[Mark II]

FWIW, I added a feature request for the Leica Fotos app to add a feature-request/bug-reporting entry for camera firmware, rather than just the app itself. If enough people do this, they might add a suitable feedback channel.