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Msohio

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  • Birthday 07/21/1941

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  1. I put gaffers tape one Mic and speaker day one. So far so good and I got mine the second month available and it has some miles on it including Alaska and Africa. It is my landscape body and my Nikons are for reach.
  2. Agree with Bart. 800 is tops for me. I have Auto ISO set at 400 which forces me to decide to go higher. I also have a D810 and a D500 as well. The Leica Q is not a contender with them for ISO limits. But neither fit into my photo vest pocket and pop out ready to Rock 'n Roll whenever I want. Different cameras for different needs....Mike
  3. David...Brilliant. Function it is. Many thanks...Mike
  4. Just want to comment how useful the Profiles are. Very handy to have a menu of settings saved and available. I have one for single point focus and one for multiple point. Also one for bracketing. My only wish is there was a way to instantly call up the Profiles without motoring through the Menus. If there is a way, I have missed it. Love the Q, consider it the best general use, carry anywhere camera I have had. I'm a Nikon guy because of the prime glass I own, but this little guy is great...Mike
  5. I agree the Zeiss or Sigma give more of a Leica look. I have the Sigma Art at 35mm and 50mm and their look is a bit softer than Nikon's. That said, for wildlife and birds in flight, manual focus is very tough to pull off. For landscapes and street work, the softer look suits my eye. For a eagle or owl in flight I need AF and can add Temp in Lightroom. There are trade offs with cameras and lenses. But then you can drive a Chevy Volt or a Porsche Turbo to get from here to there, and either can be black or yellow. Lots of options out there. Makes life more fun this 76 year old thinks...Mike
  6. The upgrade that gives us this option was done a long time after the manual was printed. The Leica site describes it as did many, many articles on the web and various Leica sites/forums. When you bought your camera, the camera did not have the ability to do this. Thankfully now it does. I give Leica a gold star for doing a meaningful update to the firmware. Shows their support for our Q's.
  7. If your reason for the image is to record history as a reporter might, then I'd say "no". Otherwise, you are creating what your eyes/mind saw and wanted to remember and/or share; in which case all options are available to do just that.
  8. I use a Me Photo tripod. Put it on tables benches. Also great to leave on and use as a very steady grip. B&H or Adorama have 'em.
  9. In general, I find to approach the Q's Leica Look in Lightroom, I usually boost the exposure about a half stop and the Temp to at or above 6000. Highlights at about +5. If I want it to be sharp, I put in 20 points of Clarity. Then add maybe 20-25 of Vibrance and 15-20 of Saturation. The last two I think make the image get close to the Leica Look. Of all, the added Temp I notice the most in softening the look. I do agree I can pull more out of the shadows with my Nikons, the D500 is #1 in that regard. That said I find with the Q and the wider FOV, I am generally not too worried about shadows. Often they add natural contrast and add visual DOF going from a three dimensional reality to a two dimensional image out of the camera....Mike
  10. I agree there is a Leica Look. can be recreated in Lightroom off a Nikon RAW file but comes as SOP out of the Q. I have never owned another Leica, wanted a good small camera as a walkabout for travel on addition to my Nikon gear. I have a closet at home my wife thinks is a Nikon distribution center. My travel kit includes the Q, but my main purpose is using longer focal length lenses that the Q has. That said, it perfectly fits as the wide end of my travel photos. Final comment, if I was told I had to have only two bodies, I'd ditch the D750 and keep the D810, and ditch the Q and keep the D500.
  11. David.....I agree with you but the newbie asked where he could see the images I mentioned in my post. SmugMug is my spot. As you say, the only way would be to go out and find a scene. Set up a tripod and shoot with both cameras a series of different scenes.Then import to Lightroom and Raw and DNG files with no adjustments. Thankfully that's not what I was asked to do. And for me to do it without his settings, not so useful for him either....Mike
  12. Thanks, I did the 2.0 update and have shrunk the single focus point. Congrats to Leica for realizing the original was too big for detail work. As for my Photos, I post them to SmugMug: http://msohio.smugmug.com The images I referred to are in the Ohio folder and I copied several to a new folder called Leica Q. I will leave that folder up for a week or two, or take it down sooner when you let me know you have seen them. Just seemed the easier way to show you what the Q can capture from a non-pro. They are still in the Ohio folder as well. The rest are with a D750, D810 and a multitude of lenses. The birds and planes with the 300mm VR. Big images may take a bit to get to final sharpness. And they are very sharp when fully loaded....Mike
  13. I have found that while you need to be close with the 28mm lens, if you zone focus, then have the person's face in the right or left third. It will look to them that you are taking a snap of something behind them to the side. When you are that close, it is obvious if you are shooting straight on or not.
  14. More than funny. 74 Years ago I was born in Novelty, Ohio which had for decades the smallest US POst Office in the USA as measured my square feet. Less than 1,500 residents back when I lived there. The Q is the only camera I have that is not a Nikon DSL. I must say I really like it for travel and street. Quick shots of exceptional quality. And very stealth like.
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