BjarniM Posted January 18, 2018 Share #1 Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm thinking about the Q as a back-up camera and to carry with me on lighter trips instead of my M's. Does anyone know when the successor to the current Leica Q will hit the market? Edited January 18, 2018 by BjarniM Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HighlandK Posted January 18, 2018 Share #2 Posted January 18, 2018 The answer to the question as posed has to be “no, unless you happen to work in the appropriate department in Wetzlar”. Even then I expect nobody there “knows”! There’s always greener grass round the corner but I find the grass now very green. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krusty Posted January 18, 2018 Share #3 Posted January 18, 2018 I think that there will not be a replacement very soon an the sensor is still very good and also the basis for the brand new M10. If there will be a new full format sensor in the pipeline for the q, then I think they won’t put the current one in the M10 as then the M10 will be a old camera compared to a new Q. Gesendet von iPad mit Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ole Fasmer Posted March 4, 2018 Share #4 Posted March 4, 2018 You could always dream about new gear. Leica have product lines that in some ways collide. Making a new q with interchangeable lenses clash with the SL and the M. The smaller sensor models ( x and the Panasonic derivatives) clash with with a model q with a zoom lens. None the less, my dream would be a model qz , a q with a 40 to 120 mm. 2,8 zoom. Making both the q and the zoom q available to a price 30 % lower than the q today, would make both models more competitive. 24 megapixels is adequate, no need for joining the pixelcounting race for this type of camera. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mctuomey Posted March 5, 2018 Share #5 Posted March 5, 2018 I'd like a 2nd Q with a 50, say f/1.7 or so, cropping to 75 & 90. Not likely, I know, but it'd be the perfect 2nd Q body for me. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted March 5, 2018 Share #6 Posted March 5, 2018 I'd like a 2nd Q with a 50, say f/1.7 or so, cropping to 75 & 90. Not likely, I know, but it'd be the perfect 2nd Q body for me. What he said (Hope you're listening, Leica) Pete 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame-it Posted March 5, 2018 Share #7 Posted March 5, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Vincent Laine, who designed the Q left Leica & joined Hasselblad it seems. https://www.instagram.com/vincent.laine/ 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonatdonuts Posted March 6, 2018 Share #8 Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) What they said. Though would be more than happy with a 35mm. 28mm is nice but never really saw the point in blazing fast autofocus for such a wide field of view. Such speed would be more useful for the 35 or 50, which may also bring the lens size down a notch... What he said (Hope you're listening, Leica) Pete Edited March 6, 2018 by jonatdonuts 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillieM Posted March 9, 2018 Share #9 Posted March 9, 2018 Any new Q needs only to address 3 upgrading issues, and the last competively most important. fixed 35mm lens, sensor mp to 40,000 or more, and upgrading video to 4K. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillieM Posted March 9, 2018 Share #10 Posted March 9, 2018 My typing error in prio post....shoulda have read: Any new Q needs only to address 3 upgrading issues, and the last 2 competively most important. fixed 35mm lens, sensor mp to 40,000 or more, and upgrading video to 4K. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdlinz Posted March 10, 2018 Share #11 Posted March 10, 2018 I disagree with the '3 thing fix'. 24 mp sensor is plenty for me. 30-36 would be ok. I would prefer the Q had no video function at all. 35mm - or even 40mm would be nice but i've really come to appreciate the extra width in a carry everywhere camera. I've used a fuji x100 a good deal and there are more times i wish it was a little wider then there are times i wish my Q was a little tighter. I would like to see the new Q take some cues from the M10 - simpler button and menu layout and maybe the iso dial. But regardless I'm 99% satisfied with the current iteration. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marchyman Posted March 11, 2018 Share #12 Posted March 11, 2018 I've used a fuji x100 a good deal and there are more times i wish it was a little wider then there are times i wish my Q was a little tighter. I had exactly the same experience. Also, I don't mind cropping Q images if I want something a bit tighter. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdphoto Posted March 11, 2018 Share #13 Posted March 11, 2018 I loved the Q, but needed more versatility of interchangeable lenses. The idea of a 50mm Q with crops for 75mm and 90mm would be amazing. Even a 35mm with 50mm/75mm would bring in a lot of new Leica fans. Until then, the CL has been a great camera for me professionally as an alternative. The build quality is imo, more solid than the Q and the EVF is outstanding! The popularity of Leica's AF cameras must have them considering another Q model. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted March 11, 2018 Share #14 Posted March 11, 2018 What they said. Though would be more than happy with a 35mm. 28mm is nice but never really saw the point in blazing fast autofocus for such a wide field of view. Such speed would be more useful for the 35 or 50, which may also bring the lens size down a notch... What he said They went with 28 partly because it was the most compact. A 35 or 50 is going to be larger. I don’t think there will be any other Q model. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonomaBear Posted March 11, 2018 Share #15 Posted March 11, 2018 I loved the Q, but needed more versatility of interchangeable lenses. The idea of a 50mm Q with crops for 75mm and 90mm would be amazing. Even a 35mm with 50mm/75mm would bring in a lot of new Leica fans. Until then, the CL has been a great camera for me professionally as an alternative. The build quality is imo, more solid than the Q and the EVF is outstanding! The popularity of Leica's AF cameras must have them considering another Q model. Fortunately the Q's image quality is sufficient to use the 50mm virtual framing and have enough quality (8 meg?) for printing & publishing images. The "holy grail" for the Q would be a sensor as dense as the Canon 5DS (50 meg?) and some serious processing horsepower. We all know that 8~12 Meg gives us very good real world images (not for pixel peepers, but they don't sell images). With the 5DS sensor, extreme crops are very printable. Perhaps a "frame line" lever/dial could go from 28mm up to 75/90mm -- then the EVF would display the crop. The 28 1.7 "lux" probably has the resolution for a 50mp sensor. I haven't done the math and I am not an optics engineer -- and I do not know what effect severe cropping might have on DoF versus a real 90mm. I would love my Q shooting as if I had 28, 35, 50, 75, 90 primes with me! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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