Exposure Control; The Scene Programs - Leica Q Instructions Manual

EXPOSURE CONTROL

In order to facilitate optimal adaptation to the respective subject or
to your preferred way of working, the Leica Q provides you with the
four exposure control modes of automatic program, aperture
priority, and shutter speed priority while also allowing you complete
control to configure it manually.
The scene program
Under the menu option you can chose from ten "expanded"
Scene
automatic program variations that will make taking photographs
easier and more reliable. Automatic "snapshot" for general use is
one of these programs, eight of them are perfectly suited for the
special demands of frequently encountered subject types, and one
- - is designed for taking photographs when the
Digiscoping
camera is mounted on a spotting scope.
An additional three programs can also be found there:
Miniature Effect Restriction of the focus area to a vertical or horizontal
strip within the image field
Panorama Automatic creation of panoramic pictures
Time Lapse
Interval pictures
You will find more detailed information on these three functions in
the corresponding sections on pages 189, 190, and 192.
In all of these functions, the shutter speed and aperture as well as
a series of other functions are controlled automatically.
Setting the function
This menu option can be opened and set in two ways, either
through direct access with the
configured for this function, see page 157) or using menu control.
With the button
FN
1. Press the button and
FN
2. select the desired function/program on the corresponding
scale
Details on how to proceed for the second step can be found on
page 158. The scale will disappear again after 4s, further steps to
change settings can only be taken within this period of time.
Using menu control
1. Select in the menu and
Scene Mode
2. then in the sub-menu if you want to work with one of the
PASM
four exposure modes described initially, or the desired subject
program
Taking a picture with the subject programs is done in much the
same way as taking a picture with the automatic program
described on page 183, with the exception of the fact that you
will not need to set the shutter speed and aperture.
Note for using a subject program:
• The program shift function (see page 183) and some of the
menu options are not available.
• The shutter speed dial and aperture dial are inoperable, meaning
that setting them is irrelevant.
button (as long as it has been
FN
EN
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