Jpeg Settings; Contrast, Focus, Color Saturation - Leica Q Instructions Manual

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JPEG SETTINGS

Note:
The functions and settings described in the next two sections refer
exclusively to pictures in the JPEG format. If the DNG file format is
specified, these settings have no effect as in this case the image
data is always saved in its original form.

Contrast, focus, color saturation

One of the many advantages of digital photography is that it is very
easy to change critical properties of a picture, i.e. those that
determine its character. With the Leica Q, you can influence three
of the most important picture properties before you actually take
the picture:
– The contrast, i.e. the difference between light and dark sections
of the image, determines whether an image has a more "flat" or
"brilliant" effect. As a consequence, the contrast can be
influenced by increasing or reducing this difference.
– Focus display – at least of the main subject –using the correct
focusing is a prerequisite for a successful picture. In turn, the
impression of a picture being in focus is to a great extent
determined by the edge sharpness, i.e. by how small the
transition area between light and dark is at edges in the picture.
The impression of being in focus can thus be changed by
expanding or reducing these areas.
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– The color saturation determines whether the colors in the
picture tend to appear as "pale" and pastel-like or "bright" and
colorful. While the lighting and weather conditions (hazy/clear)
are given as conditions for the picture, there is definite scope for
influencing the reproduction here.
For all three picture properties, you can independently choose
between five levels.
Setting the function
1. Select in the menu,
JPEG Settings
2. then ,
Contrast Saturation
and
3. select the desired settings in the respective sub-menus
The sub-menu contains an additional setting,
Saturation
, which is available for B/W pictures.
Monochrome
, or in the sub-menu,
Sharpness