LEICA Q3 Digital Camera - Manual (Page 111)

PHOTOGRAPHY ▸ EXPOSURE 111
FULLY AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE SETTING – P
PROGRAM AE MODE – P
The program AE mode facilitates fast and fully automatic photogra-
phy. The exposure is controlled by an automatic shutter speed and
aperture setting.
▸ Select Scene Mode in the main menu
▸ Select P-A-S-M
▸ Turn the shutter-speed dial to the A position
▸ Turn the aperture ring to the A position
▸ Tap and hold the shutter button
• Exposure information is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
This contains the automatically set value pair of aperture set-
ting and shutter speed.
• All other visible displays of the info bars will be hidden.
▸ Shutter release
or
▸ Adjusting the automatically set value pair
(Program shift)
CHANGING THE PRESET SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE
COMBINATIONS (SHIFT)
Changing the preset values using the Shift function combines the
reliability and speed of fully automatic exposure control with the
opportunity to vary the speed/aperture combination selected by
the camera at any time to fit in with your own ideas and intentions.
The overall exposure, i.e. the brightness of the image, remains
unchanged. Faster shutter speeds are a good choice for e.g. sports
pictures, while longer speeds will offer more depth of field for e.g.
landscape pictures.
▸ Turn the thumbwheel to the left/right
(right = greater depth of field with slower shutter speeds, left =
faster shutter speeds with lesser depth of field)
• Shifted value pairs are marked with an asterisk next to the P .
Note
• The adjustment range is limited to guarantee correct exposure.