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When you put it like that, that is pretty crazy really. M43 50mm lens included 😬

I disagree with the build quality (unless the VI is different to the F / T U that I owned), the Q is better built, the dials and controls, the aperture ring, the tolerances, everything feels better to me. Fuji was not bad at all, but the Q to me is noticeably better. Also, I am of the mindset that 'build quality' / engineering quality and 'will this camera survive a drop, are two different things, for what its worth Interesting to hear what you thin of the sensor vs lens on the VI? Do you have the VI already then? Some full res samples would be great. I look at some on the DPR site, some are razor sharp and others are not, some are so unsharp I assumed this was focus error, as it other images were totally fine.

So this is how I view the Fuji, something that I can take anywhere and not worry, lens doesn’t stick out at all so won’t knock into anything. If there was a 40mp Gr it would be a harder decision though

I bet you can get some rubber coated ones too. Maybe that’s an idea

Who cares if the end result is that someone buys another brand, this isn’t an elitist forum that only lives breathes and thinks about Leica. Opinions on other brands is not illegal… You should apply to be a moderator, wouldn’t be many threads open

Yes of course Greg you can just design your own preset, takes maybe 100 seconds to do, once happy, save it and apply to all images you want to. It’s super simply. Theres no hard getting a solid BW jpg out of the camera, I’ll post some later on maybe if I have time, and can look at settings

My new favourite lens, maybe of all time, the 50mm Voigt APO Lanthar, thanks @hdmesa for recommending this many months ago.

I agree Jaap I use handheld bracketing a lot and then stack / create HDR in ACR or PS... however one thing I learned is that shooting the electronic shutter can cause some wobble, making it harder to align.

Greg - I think you should just buy the Q3, tinker with the JPG settings until you are happy (I can look over the weekend to see whats adjustable for you) and just enjoy it... The worst thing to do would be not buy it, then spend forever wondering about, and talking about buying it. The Q3 will give you a 28mm FF 60MP shot, a 40MP 35mm APSC image, and a roughly 20+MP 50mm image... higher res than you 16MP Ricoh that you are happy with... The lens is a beast too, and will take enlargement and 'upscaling' just fine. Just do it, sir, that is an order. But I will have a play with the JPG output and see if I can get anything suitable, do you just shoot black and white in JPG straight from the camera, or convert?

I mean, how isn’t it professional then? Could you not sell images from a 40mp APSC camera? I have sold images from much less.

Oh dear...

Yes I just meant that cropping out the 'distortion' manually then auto blending in PS or LR or ACR is a bit of a faff. I only use photoshop, and find actually that the ACR is the better HDR/Panorama software, photoshop itself isnt actually that good.

I actually think its a good thing, a pristine Q3 means you should never have bought it in the first place 🤫

Wait I cant use sandpaper to clean my camera? Could have said sooner Jaap 😐

If you try and take double the images for the same pan, overlapping a lot, then manually crop the left and right quarter of each image so you are left with a 6x2 portrait image, then merge, maybe most distortion will be gone, a faff though.