Function butons in Q3

[Ramki]

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Hi I have an issue with the function button 2 in Q3. It was set default to Audio-Video setting when I bought. Now on attempting to change it to some other function, it switches on to Video mode every time it is pressed. Can someone offer a solution to this glitch please.

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[jaapv]

Did you save it to your normal user profile? 

[Ramki]

Hi, Thank you. I don't know to do that. Shall check anyway. Appreciate it.

[aficionados]

28 minutes ago, Ramki said:

Hi, Thank you. I don't know to do that. Shall check anyway. Appreciate it.

I don't use user profile at all, I just set fn2 to whatever the function I like, and it stays there forever until I change it or reset the camera.

p.s. profile is the most useless feature in Q cameras, the 2nd most useless function is video.

 

[Trankster]

I find the profiles to be very useful.  YMMV Save your most preferred settings including function button assignments to user profile 1 (menu page 4).  Over time, you may come up with several profiles for differing situations.  You can also name each profile.  If you need to return to your preferred settings, just select the desired profile.  See page 61 of the user manual.  Occasionally, my camera returns to the default settings or I have made different selections for a particular shooting situation.  It is easy to get back to my basic settings by choosing the profile.

[jaapv]

All Leica’s have profiles. Most ( not all now that I have seen the above post) users find them quite useful as they save minutes of setting up the camera to a specific use after each startup, even if it is only your preferred general one. 

[aficionados]

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10 hours ago, Trankster said:

I find the profiles to be very useful.  YMMV Save your most preferred settings including function button assignments to user profile 1 (menu page 4).  Over time, you may come up with several profiles for differing situations.  You can also name each profile.  If you need to return to your preferred settings, just select the desired profile.  See page 61 of the user manual.  Occasionally, my camera returns to the default settings or I have made different selections for a particular shooting situation.  It is easy to get back to my basic settings by choosing the profile.

I do know what profiles are and how to use them. I just don't understand why I need it.

Most of the features that ever need to be constantly changed are apertures, shutter, iso. What else do you need to change according to different photographing circumstances?

I use apertures ring to change aperture, shutter dial to change shutter speed, and assigned wheel to change iso. I assigned center button of the wheel to change focus mode.

What am I missing? Anything other than ISO, aperture, shutter, focus, that I need to take a good picture?

Edited December 9, 2024 by aficionados

[PeterHatt]

4 hours ago, aficionados said:

What am I missing? Anything other than ISO, aperture, shutter, focus, that I need to take a good picture?

One example would be be for street photography, you can set it so a touch on the back screen focuses & takes a photo very discrete, this is deep into the menu so having it on a profile is useful 

[LocalHero1953]

5 hours ago, aficionados said:

Most of the features that ever need to be constantly changed are apertures, shutter, iso. What else do you need to change according to different photographing circumstances?

I have different profiles for 'normal' shooting, flash, burst, and video. I have more on the SL2-S. Each of them has tweaks for ISO, WB etc and, in some cases, button and dial customisation.

Edited December 9, 2024 by LocalHero1953

[LocalHero1953]

23 hours ago, Ramki said:

Hi I have an issue with the function button 2 in Q3. It was set default to Audio-Video setting when I bought. Now on attempting to change it to some other function, it switches on to Video mode every time it is pressed. Can someone offer a solution to this glitch please.

I suggest you read the sections of the manual on customisation of button functions. This will refer you to the menu item 'customisation', and you control the functions using short and long presses on the buttons.

I expect you have accidentally used a long press on a button and changed its action.

On my Q3 43 I generally avoid having multiple actions on a button - just one action per button. I find that a long button press then changing the action takes as long as making the change via the menu - and I have to remember which multiple actions I have assigned to which button.

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56 minutes ago, LocalHero1953 said:

I suggest you read the sections of the manual on customisation of button functions. This will refer you to the menu item 'customisation', and you control the functions using short and long presses on the buttons.

I expect you have accidentally used a long press on a button and changed its action.

On my Q3 43 I generally avoid having multiple actions on a button - just one action per button. I find that a long button press then changing the action takes as long as making the change via the menu - and I have to remember which multiple actions I have assigned to which button.

I think it's also worth reminding people that if you do ANY customisation of the camera, particularly to the function buttons, you should immediately save to a new or existing User Profile.

If you don't you will definitely lose all the settings at some point. Either when you inadvertently select the Default Profile or deliberately select another User Profile.

 

 

[Le Chef]

12 hours ago, aficionados said:

What am I missing? Anything other than ISO, aperture, shutter, focus, that I need to take a good picture?

A whole instruction manual of settings that will help you get better photographs out of your equipment. On the other hand if you feel you can’t improve your photography and it is already the best, then use the instruction manual for lighting the fire.

[aficionados]

3 hours ago, Le Chef said:

A whole instruction manual of settings that will help you get better photographs out of your equipment. On the other hand if you feel you can’t improve your photography and it is already the best, then use the instruction manual for lighting the fire.

Reading the whole instruction manual won't make you a better photographer. I stand with my words: all you need is Aperture, Shutter speed, ISO, Focus, and occasionally white balance.  (Framing apart because that's you, not camera will do)

You tell me what on the manual that is not included in above list makes you a better photographer? All you have is just empty words, nothing concrete, detailed, like I always do when making argument.

I know what you will respond, if any: read the manual. Sure, very elaborative, detailed, itemized response. 🤨

Edited December 9, 2024 by aficionados

[LocalHero1953]

5 minutes ago, aficionados said:

Reading the whole instruction manual won't make you a better photographer. I stand with my words: all you need is Aperture, Shutter speed, ISO, Focus, and occasionally white balance.  (Framing apart because that's you, not camera will do)

You tell me what on the manual that is not included in above list makes you a better photographer? All you have is just empty words, nothing concrete, detailed, like I always do when making argument.

I know what you will respond, if any: read the manual. Sure, very elaborative, detailed, itemized response. 🤨

OK, I've just worked out that you don't like profiles.

So what was your answer to the OP's question?

[Le Chef]

23 minutes ago, aficionados said:

I know what you will respond, if any: read the manual. Sure, very elaborative, detailed, itemized response.

Then clearly you never needed to respond in the first place if you know it all.

[aficionados]

4 hours ago, LocalHero1953 said:

OK, I've just worked out that you don't like profiles.

So what was your answer to the OP's question?

Don’t use the profile is the solution 

[aficionados]

4 hours ago, Le Chef said:

Then clearly you never needed to respond in the first place if you know it all.

Yes I know it, don’t use profile. That’s all.

you don’t know. And you pretend you knew 

[M Street Photographer]

vor 20 Stunden schrieb aficionados:

Most of the features that ever need to be constantly changed are apertures, shutter, iso. What else do you need to change according to different photographing circumstances?

There are also other parameters that are changed frequently, e.g. exposure compensation or if you want consistency in your photos, set the white balance to 5,400 during the day and 7,200 in the evening.

Then there is the possibility to adjust black and white with contrast brightness and sharpness,  so that a quick change is possible.The Q3 JPEG black and white images are very good.This makes it very convenient for individual users to create a user profile that can then be changed quickly and easily.

Even if you take digital photos like analog photos, please do not portray the users of the user profiles as idiots.

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[aficionados]

23 minutes ago, M Street Photographer said:

 

Even if you take digital photos like analog photos, please do not portray the users of the user profiles as idiots.

On the contrary someone portrayed me not using profiles as an idiot.

You need to read between the lines.

Edited December 10, 2024 by aficionados

[LocalHero1953]

3 hours ago, aficionados said:

Don’t use the profile is the solution 

I thought so.

I suspect that’s your answer to all questions posted in the forum.