Touch-Controlled Picture Taking; Face Detection; Manual Focusing - Leica Q Instructions Manual

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Touch-controlled picture taking

In this AF mode you can take a picture by tapping on the desired
subject on the monitor screen. Operation of the AF function before
taking the picture and the indicator given before and after taking
the picture correspond to the descriptions in the previous section.
• In order to differentiate touch-controlled autofocus, the blue
metering field frame will also have a blue cross in the middle.
Notes:
• The shutter release button will work the same, regardless of if
this mode is activated or not.
• The tapped location of the metering frame is completely
independent of any metering frames that may have been moved
as part of 1-field metering.
• When this mode and the self-timer are set at the same time, the
delay time will begin when the screen is tapped.
• As long as this mode is activated, the review mode cannot be
opened using touch control.
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Face detection

In this mode, the Leica Q automatically detects faces in the picture
and focuses on the one at the shortest distance. If no faces are
detected, multi-field metering is used.

Manual focusing

For certain subjects and situations, it can be beneficial to set the
focus yourself, rather than using autofocus. For example, if you are
using the same setting for several pictures and it would be more
work to use metering memory lock, or if you want to keep the
setting at infinity for landscape pictures, or if you want to allow no
or only a slower AF mode in poor, i.e. very dark, lighting conditions.
Switching
1. Hold down the lock/unlock button in the lens' finger grip and
2. turn the focusing dial on the lens until the desired subject is
shown in focus
Note:
The infinity setting is located shortly before the mechanical end is
reached. The is necessary in order to ensure that optimal focus
can be achieved under all circumstances - with different tempera-
tures for example.