Setting Shutter Speeds; Exposure Control; Exposure Compensation - Leica Q2 Instruction Manual

SETTING SHUTTER SPEEDS

The shutter speed is set in two steps.
– usingthe shutter-speed dial: in full increments
– using the thumbwheel: fine tuning in 1⁄3 increments
Shutter-speed dial Thumbwheel
Fine tuning the shutter speed in 1⁄3 EV
All settings from
2
increments, max. ±2 ⁄3 EV
to
1000
Longer shutter speeds than 1 s (0.6 s to
Set to
1+
120 s in 1⁄3 EV increments)
Shorter shutter speeds than 1⁄1000 s
Set to
2000
(1⁄1250 s to 1⁄40000 s in 1⁄3 EV increments)
EXAMPLES FOR SHUTTER SPEED FINE TUNING SETTINGS
– set shutter speed 1⁄125 s + move the thumbwheel one click to the
left = 1⁄100 s
– set shutter speed 1⁄500 s + move the thumbwheel two clicks to
the right = 1⁄800 s
Notes
• Fine tuning can alternatively be done via the status screen. This
will be the only option if
Exp. Comp.
the thumbwheel.
• The max. available shutter speed is limited by the set frame rate
( ).
Video Resolution
178
RECORDING VIDEO ▸ EXPOSURE
(see p. 56) is assigned to

EXPOSURE CONTROL

EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

Exposure compensation values can be set in the range ±3 EV in
1⁄3 EV increments (EV: Exposure Value).
A
A
Set compensation value (marks at 0 = Off)