Legend! So glad to have been of help. Have a great day, and happy Q3ing in the future

Merry Christmas! Enjoy 🤝

Thanks mate! Yeah there’s definitely more than one way to skin a cat! I love hearing other people’s tips and i’ll try out a few of the things you’ve mentioned too, sounds like you’ve got yourself dialled in!

I’d like to try your settings out as well. Do you have more info on the other settings you apply such as file type, profile, etc… Thank you

@@BeKi-gs1wx I don't do anything fancy. I love the default color of the Q116, so I leave it alone. JPG+DNG, and often set the JPG to b&w so I can get graphical compositions easier (raw can be color if needed). Otherwise.. just auto ISO (no minimum) and auto shutter (set to minimum 1/500 via auto ISO). Aperture on the lens. Then I use the wheel to adjust exposure compensation on the fly. I set to wide zone autofocus but I shoot in manual all the time. Occasionally, I'll drop to F1.7 and click into Autofocus for an isolated portrait. 99% of the time, I use zone focus. F5.6 or F8, keep the focus zone at 2m (4ft to near infinity in focus) or hyperfocal- as though it's a "zoom lens" for focal depths. I find this is the best way to work as I'm in NYC and I either want stuff on my side of the street (2m center zone) or across the avenue/down the block (near infinity to hyperfocal). Hope that all makes sense! I keep it very simple, as I like the camera to be pretty transparent in the experience.

@@SourPlanet Awesome! Thanks for the reply. I’ll give your settings a go and adapt as I see fits. I’m new to the Q family so any help is much appreciated. Btw where did you put your AE-L shortcut to? Thank you

​@@BeKi-gs1wx On the original Q, there aren't many options for custom buttons. The button dedicated to swapping crop modes (for mock 35 and mock 50 view) can also be programmed to handle locking functions- including exposure.

Thanks mate! Happy New Year! Enjoy 🤝

Yeah I’ve been doing this! One of the reasons I bought the camera was to begin playing around with range focussing. It’s good fun 🤝

There are no 10ft on my Q3.. do you mean 6 or infinity?

@@meditationdaily1129 you can stand roughly 10ft away from an object, focus on that, and leave the lens set that way. You can set it anywhere you like, really.

Nice 👌

Thanks JD Merry Christmas 🤙

I found it helps give me a slightly better idea of what I’m capturing as opposed to looking at a flat dng on the lcd when I’m out in the sun rushing around

Just my brain gate keeping the words from my mouth. Sort of want to do a part two where I explain everything better 😂

I shoot film too and have long focal lengths on my film camera but the Q3 is generally a pretty good everyday carry for travel

Thanks for the feedback.

Yeah fair, but I don’t seem to have this problem. I do have a spare battery tho. I keep the camera on then just press the shutter as soon as I see an image occurring to make sure the camera’s on. I find two batteries will last me a whole day of pretty rigorous shooting, and coming from shooting film just carrying one little extra battery doesn’t bother me either. I also shot a G2 for about a decade, love that camera but it’s nowhere near as fast as a Q3. Completely different ball park

Coming from shooting film, there’s no such thing as unnecessary pictures on digital! Especially shooting street, you never know exactly when the magic will happen, so why not over-shoot and increase your chances? I barely ever look at the screen or through the viewfinder anyway so my “stealth mode” has no downsides for me. Unless it’s something very specific I’m after then I can either use the evf or quickly switch it back to use the screen. I’ve been shooting 28mm for over a decade so have a decent idea of what I’m going to get, the rest is up the universe. Thanks again for another great question! Merry Christmas!

No idea, maybe!

You are absolutely correct. Really bizarre video. He takes a magnificent 60mp 14 bit sensor and turns it down to medium DNG and 12 bit. May as well use a camera worth about 1/5th this much. And then publishes this video offering advice and doesn’t even realise he is neutering it

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Me too

lol, check out my back catalog lazybones hahah

Nope! And who said I never look people in the eyes? I engage when I want/need to. 99% of people would prefer you’re invisible anyway, and it gets better results, the aim is to capture candid moments without bruising the scene. When I do a street portraiture I’ll talk to the person. Street is completely different tho. Study Vivian Maier or any historically significant street photographer. Enjoy your day.

I honestly can’t fathom why anyone searching for and or just interested in street photography or Leica would make such a comment. I hate internet jargon such as Trolling but here is a clear reason such terms exist. Keep it up Lucien. I admire the restraint and good manners it took to leave your reply. Cheers!

@@mjcatto thanks MJ! Greatly appreciated 🤝

Bahahahahaha all bow down before the keeper of the gate! WE’RE NOT WORTHYY!!! Go fuck yaself Klaud 😂

Thanks! Just my first and surname @ gmail 🤝

@@luciengraetz just sent an email :)