-MR- Posted February 22 Share #1 Posted February 22 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello! After taking a break from considering the purchase of a Leica Q3, I've become interested again. Such an expensive purchase requires careful thought and research. I have one question: Can I leave the customizable "fn buttons" (or whatever Leica calls them) on the Q3 28mm unassigned (without any function)? In other words, can I press them and have nothing happen? This isn't possible with the D-Lux 8. Is it possible with the Q3 28mm? Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LocalHero1953 Posted February 22 Share #2 Posted February 22 21 minutes ago, -MR- said: Hello! After taking a break from considering the purchase of a Leica Q3, I've become interested again. Such an expensive purchase requires careful thought and research. I have one question: Can I leave the customizable "fn buttons" (or whatever Leica calls them) on the Q3 28mm unassigned (without any function)? In other words, can I press them and have nothing happen? This isn't possible with the D-Lux 8. Is it possible with the Q3 28mm? Thank you! I don't think you can. I believe the rationale is that one function in the list for the button is always the current one, and the firmware will not let you delete the current function. So you can remove all except one, the current function. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 22 Share #3 Posted February 22 I don’t think that there is one camera where this is possible. For good reason. It would make the camera virtually inoperable. Like driving a car with the steering wheel and brakes locked. If you don’t want to operate a button just don’t press it Leica provides user profiles. You set the camera to your preferred settings, save them as a user profile and will always be able to return there without any fancy buttons and menus. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjroroek Posted February 23 Share #4 Posted February 23 (edited) 17 hours ago, -MR- said: Hello! After taking a break from considering the purchase of a Leica Q3, I've become interested again. Such an expensive purchase requires careful thought and research. I have one question: Can I leave the customizable "fn buttons" (or whatever Leica calls them) on the Q3 28mm unassigned (without any function)? In other words, can I press them and have nothing happen? This isn't possible with the D-Lux 8. Is it possible with the Q3 28mm? Thank you! Why would you? Try this - top button: back focus - right dubbel button: zoom - left dubbel button: af focus choice - central button back: focus field Edited February 23 by jjroroek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23 Share #5 Posted February 23 16 hours ago, jaapv said: I don’t think that there is one camera where this is possible. You can do this on the Canon R6 Mark ii, and probably other Canon models. I'm not sure that I see a critical need for it either, but I have some seen recommended setups where it's been done. Easy for the developers to do, so why not add it I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M11 for me Posted February 23 Share #6 Posted February 23 vor 18 Stunden schrieb -MR-: Hello! After taking a break from considering the purchase of a Leica Q3, I've become interested again. Such an expensive purchase requires careful thought and research. I have one question: Can I leave the customizable "fn buttons" (or whatever Leica calls them) on the Q3 28mm unassigned (without any function)? In other words, can I press them and have nothing happen? This isn't possible with the D-Lux 8. Is it possible with the Q3 28mm? Thank you! Could you actually tell us why you consider doing that? On the Q3 you have only few buttons. In practice you certainly find a use for these I imagine. You might argue that you could press such a button accidentally. That would be a fair point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 23 Share #7 Posted February 23 Advertisement (gone after registration) That is a fair point. Hence the user profiles provide a fast and easy way to reset the camera to its preferred state. OTOH how often does one press a button by mistake compared to missing a shot due to the inability to change a setting on the fly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23 Share #8 Posted February 23 1 hour ago, M11 for me said: ... You might argue that you could press such a button accidentally. That would be a fair point. That was the reason I cited above for the Canon. The "SET" button is normally used as a confirmation in menus for example, but when taking photos it is programmed, by default, to turn on subject tracking, and that can really muck up what your trying to do if you press it accidentally. So the particular recommendation was to program that button to be "off". (it still works for menu confirmation) Now, the Canon is used for fast action work, sports, birds etc., where speed is important, so I can see the reason for this change. The Q series, however, is a different, slower, type of camera and I think that this type of problem is much less likely to be an issue. In any case, it would be easy for Leica to add a "null" option for the Fn buttons, but they've probably got much higher priorities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 23 Share #9 Posted February 23 Does Canon still have the green rectangle? . That is the same as Leica ‘s default profile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cogito Posted February 24 Share #10 Posted February 24 I occasionally hit the right function button accidentally, don't think I've ever done so with the left, would be nice to have the option to deactivate a button. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24 Share #11 Posted February 24 9 hours ago, jaapv said: Does Canon still have the green rectangle? . That is the same as Leica ‘s default profile. Yes, it does have the auto mode, but it takes over the whole camera and turns it into a real point and shoot. It performs scene recognition and will dynamically change the AF subject detection, drive mode, AF mode etc as it sees fit. It's even more automated than an iPhone. You have almost no control of what the camera will do, but it's great for when you hand the camera to someone else to use, however it's not really the equivalent to the Leica default profile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoCruiser Posted February 24 Share #12 Posted February 24 vor 22 Stunden schrieb Corius: In any case, it would be easy for Leica to add a "null" option for the Fn buttons, but they've probably got much higher priorities. Yep! Should be nothing else than one menu point more to disable the function buttons what some will like and others not. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M11 for me Posted February 24 Share #13 Posted February 24 vor 9 Minuten schrieb Corius: Yes, it does have the auto mode, but it takes over the whole camera and turns it into a real point and shoot. It performs scene recognition and will dynamically change the AF subject detection, drive mode, AF mode etc as it sees fit. It's even more automated than an iPhone. You have almost no control of what the camera will do, but it's great for when you hand the camera to someone else to use, however it's not really the equivalent to the Leica default profile. Well, only Canon Cameras have the green rectangle as long as they have the mode setting wheel. 5er and up do not have that wheel any more. They have then an A+ mode instead 🫣. But that choice can be "turned off" so that you cannot choose it accidentally. Its then somehow gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 24 Share #14 Posted February 24 1 hour ago, PhotoCruiser said: Yep! Should be nothing else than one menu point more to disable the function buttons what some will like and others not. Chris Well, for me it is not so much that I do not like it, but more that I fail to see why anybody would want to cripple his camera. I would simply ignore the option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leica_kh Posted February 24 Share #15 Posted February 24 I’ve only had my Q3 for a few weeks but I’m loving this camera. The fn buttons come with a default designated operation from Leica. I don’t believe they can be set to nothing or a null operation. I may have altered two of the buttons to my liking but overall I’ve left them as is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoCruiser Posted February 24 Share #16 Posted February 24 vor 4 Stunden schrieb jaapv: Well, for me it is not so much that I do not like it, but more that I fail to see why anybody would want to cripple his camera. I would simply ignore the option. Yep! That is the advantage of virtual knobs, some use them, some program them to work in the way he likes and some disable them for their own and sometimes difficult to understand reasons Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoCruiser Posted February 24 Share #17 Posted February 24 vor 1 Stunde schrieb leica_kh: I’ve only had my Q3 for a few weeks but I’m loving this camera. The fn buttons come with a default designated operation from Leica. I don’t believe they can be set to nothing or a null operation. I may have altered two of the buttons to my liking but overall I’ve left them as is. I do the same as it confuses me to have the buttons working in another way then the last time i used the camera in a different way. However, i use the cameras mostly the same way so that's not a problem for me, but can be for others. Chris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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