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Quick compare: Leica Q vs Nikon D800E with Otus 85mm


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More than why?, what for?

 

I think side by side comparisons of the same subject in identical conditions with different lenses are very interesting, when the subject is real life.  So I want to take identical pictures of portraits or landscapes with 90mm AA and a tele-elamrit and compare not just sharpness, but tonality, colour, DR, contrast, OOF, etc. 

 

But a picture of an Eye Chart only tells me that those lenses have better definition than I will ever need, which I already knew.

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I found it interesting and funny. I apologize to the OP if it was meant completely seriously, but it reads as an indictment of our passion for resolution charts (which I share, alas). On the serious side, it reminds us that we have some stupidly good lenses at our disposal and if we put at least 24MP on our subject, we'll get all the detail we need.

 

 

--Matt

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I have the Q and a D800 with a whole set of pro primes and also the nikon 24-70 f/2.8 zoom.

I use the Q more and more in everyday's life, leave the D800 for special subjects.

Going round with the Q I dont feel frustrated not to carry the heavy nikon bulk: quality is equivalent, and as I dont print my pictures in a wall size I dont miss the 12mp difference...

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I found it interesting and funny. I apologize to the OP if it was meant completely seriously, but it reads as an indictment of our passion for resolution charts (which I share, alas). On the serious side, it reminds us that we have some stupidly good lenses at our disposal and if we put at least 24MP on our subject, we'll get all the detail we need.

 

 

--Matt

 

I too found it interesting, and I too share an interest in resolution as one component of image quality. I wonder about the validity of some aspects of this,

 

**but hey guys and gals**:

 

please let's give the OP a break.  One of the wonderful things about this forum is the usefulness, the generosity of trying to help teach others and the kind-spiritedness. IMO, some of the comments here are a bit too critical,  blunt, and possibly hurtful. When you consider the horrible tone of most internet forums this place is an oasis. It has been for me.

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I too found it interesting, and I too share an interest in resolution as one component of image quality. I wonder about the validity of some aspects of this,

 

**but hey guys and gals**:

 

please let's give the OP a break.  One of the wonderful things about this forum is the usefulness, the generosity of trying to help teach others and the kind-spiritedness. IMO, some of the comments here are a bit too critical,  blunt, and possibly hurtful. When you consider the horrible tone of most internet forums this place is an oasis. It has been for me.

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Well - here is another comparison. Pictures taken at about the same vantage point, one in December the other in May. One D800 with Otus 55/1.4, the other with Leica Q, both wide open, hand held, base iso, converted with DxO and no further PP except for some cropping to get similar FOW.

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Well - here is another comparison. Pictures taken at about the same vantage point, one in December the other in May. One D800 with Otus 55/1.4, the other with Leica Q, both wide open, hand held, base iso, converted with DxO and no further PP except for some cropping to get similar FOW.

welcome to the forum Giant and Paul.   Do we need  joke posts?    What exactly are we assessing here?  The weather?  Excuse me for asking, but who in this community is benefitting from viewing two images taken 5 months apart with two very different cameras, and then each processed for some unclear reason.  Realistically, the D800 could have produced better results but that isn't the point.   Really, this is a very pointless use of the forum.   I look forward to finding/sharing useful knowledge when I log in.    Go take photos!

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