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Great question,

 

So digilux 2, the Type 109, and my Nikon DF, and Fuji X100, all for my own use.  Nikon D3s and D4 for my event work. 

 

I have had the Sony A7ii and gave up on using it, just did not work for me.  

 

Just started using the Q on events and it is so responsive,  a joy to use.  I may end up using a radio on it and use for more of my work.

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My first digital camera was a Panasonic GF1. Previously I had been coming off a decade or more with my Rolleiflex which just no longer made sense, for me. The GF1 was actually a perfect transition since my daughter was just being born and I knew I would be not only taking a ton of photos, but did not want to drag a giant DSLR around with me and needed fast AF. It was and still is a great camera, mostly due to the 20mm prime, shot some really nice stuff with it. 

 

Now that my daughter is 5, and I'm not (cough) taking as many photos of her... And I've found myself a bit outdated and quite frankly bored with my set up. I started researching, knew I wanted full frame, went through the whole looking into the gamut of new DSLR's, Sony's etc. and fell in love with the Q. I like a bit of a wide focus length, I'm used to fixed lens, I figured I'd be spending around this much for a full set up. The Q is amazing, even when they come out with the next best thing, you can't brush under the rug a camera like this. Plus, I'm saving money not being able to buy extra lenses for it! Not that I'd use them.

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Sony RX1, great IQ and compact but lousy to focus AF and MF, keeping it for some occasions when it is great to have an unobtrusive point and shoot in your pocket.

Nikon 1 for tele and Ultra wide zoom; compact and fast but mediacore IQ.

Love the User Interface of the Q but would like to see some kind of custom menue like the Leica T.

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Sony RX1. Miss the compact size but that is all.

 

A lot of (former) RX1 owners. I'm not surprised. The Q seems to address many of the issues on this camera. I have the RX1R myself and would probably switch, if the two cameras were the same size. As is, I would like to have them both.

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I find it very interesting how the Q has acquired a whole new group of users for Leica. Most of what I am seeing is Fuji and Sony users switching to the Q.  This must be a great story at Leica these days.  

 

IMO the time was right for Leica to introduce the Q.

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