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30 minutes ago, dancook said:

 

My answer is more of a feeling than factual reasoning - 

The Leica Q is probably more contrasty, I like to leave shadows deep. Whereas the X1D shine's in the details and tonal changes. 

But I wouldn't dismiss the idea it could just have been me when processing.

Dan-

These are wonderful! I went to your site (again), fully expecting the Hassy (which I don't own but love) to outshine the Q (which I do own and love), but, honestly, I don't think I can tell which camera produced which great photo. I do believe that there are certain wide angle Hassy shots (a different lens) that produce a kind of depth and dimensionality that I don't see even on the SL and its amazing 16-35. And I'm sure in studio work you can tell the difference. But as an amateur, I cannot.

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12 minutes ago, bags27 said:

Dan-

These are wonderful! I went to your site (again), fully expecting the Hassy (which I don't own but love) to outshine the Q (which I do own and love), but, honestly, I don't think I can tell which camera produced which great photo. I do believe that there are certain wide angle Hassy shots (a different lens) that produce a kind of depth and dimensionality that I don't see even on the SL and its amazing 16-35. And I'm sure in studio work you can tell the difference. But as an amateur, I cannot.

a little off topic - I love the Leica Q2!!!

But I did have the XCD 30 for a very short while, however for my use I needed the flexibility of a Leica Q when shooting people close

The wide photos taken here are the XCD 30

https://hasselbladx1d.wordpress.com/2018/08/29/wet-plate-bbq-take-two/

Whilst I'm at it, some street and portraits with XCD90mm

https://hasselbladx1d.wordpress.com/2018/08/29/x1d-street-photography/

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interesting amount of reader push back against a 47 mps Q2 at:

https://leicarumors.com/2019/02/08/rumors-leica-q2-with-47mp-sensor-leica-s3-with-64mp-sensor.aspx/

of course in the end we all get used to the "new," as bigger (and more expensive!) always seems to us to be better eventually....

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Crazy comparison, Q2 Summilux-Q 1.7/28 versus closest existing Leicas with slightly bigger sensor : (full frame equivalent field of view and depth of field)

 

Q2 47MP (28mm f/1.7) x1

vs S (typ 007) 37.5MP + Summarit-S 2.5/35 (28mm f/2) x0.8

 

Q2 30MP (35mm f/2.1) x1.25

vs M10 24MP + Summicron-M 2/35 (35mm f/2) x1

 

Q2 15MP (50mm f/3) x1.79

vs TL 16MP + Summicron-M 2/35 (50mm f/3)  x1.5

 

Q2 7MP (75mm f/4.6) x2.69

vs D-Lux (typ 109) 12MP DC Vario-Summilux 2.8/34 (75mm f/6.2) x2.2

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9 hours ago, dancook said:

a little off topic - I love the Leica Q2!!!

But I did have the XCD 30 for a very short while, however for my use I needed the flexibility of a Leica Q when shooting people close

The wide photos taken here are the XCD 30

https://hasselbladx1d.wordpress.com/2018/08/29/wet-plate-bbq-take-two/

Whilst I'm at it, some street and portraits with XCD90mm

https://hasselbladx1d.wordpress.com/2018/08/29/x1d-street-photography/

I just rented a 30mm for a week, and while the images were exceptional, I also prefer the Q for that focal length.

The 30 actually weighs about the same as the Q, so I'm thinking it makes more sense to pack both cameras at that point.

I have the 21 (stellar lens) and 45 for the X1D, and I plan on getting the 80, which should pair nicely with the Q2 :)

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Looking at those images on leicarumors, EVF housing is different and the body seems to be a bit narrower than the current Q, the sensor plane mark is on the hot shoe now rather than next to it. 

I currently own M240 with 28/2 Cron ASPH and 50/1.5 Nokton. Cron is used 90% of the time so I could replace that setup with the new Q2. Ideally I would like M with EVF but that won’t happen. 

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41 minutes ago, nicci78 said:

Looking at the same picture. I see absolutely no difference : same body and same EVF eyecup. 

I’ve got a Q since its first day of introduction. So only more MP for this one. 

Are you looking here https://leicarumors.com/2019/02/09/is-that-the-new-leica-q2-camera.aspx/ ? The shutter speed dial is closer to hot shoe and the left side of EVF seems different or the camera is narrower. 

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Really it is the same don’t get over your head with distorted photo, taken with a bad smartphone. 

Anyway, it will make no sense to change the camera body/belt. Why driving cost up, to gain 1 or 2 millimetres ? Total non sense. The Q body is already über thin. Do you really want to shave off 30% of battery capacity for totally useless thinnest ? Leica is not Apple  

 

However the shutter looks like Q-P one.

 

 

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I agree that most probably the only significant change will be the "size" of the sensor. But maybe the processor will be a "Maestro III" in anticipation of ditto in the SL2. And, while the current EVF is terrific, there have been advances since its introduction....

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1 hour ago, nicci78 said:

Really it is the same don’t get over your head with distorted photo, taken with a bad smartphone. 

Anyway, it will make no sense to change the camera body/belt. Why driving cost up, to gain 1 or 2 millimetres ? Total non sense. The Q body is already über thin. Do you really want to shave off 30% of battery capacity for totally useless thinnest ? Leica is not Apple  

 

However the shutter looks like Q-P one.

 

 

Don’t remember me saying anything anywhere about the need to shave off 30% - where does that one come from?

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People ask for slimmer M. They got M10 with 40% less battery capacity. 

Then they were disappointed, and miss the stellar battery life to M 240. 

Q battery is quite small already. Thinner body = smaller battery. Something have to give. 

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Of course I will not buy a 47MP Q2.

I build a coherent 24MP set with Q & CL + Summilux-TL 35 + Summarit-M 50 + APO-Macro-Elmarit-TL 60 & T + Elmarit-TL 18 as compact backup camera  

Q and CL IQ are similar and easy to mix and match  

Q2 + CL will look odd. 47MP on the wide side and 24MP on the long reach ? Weird  

Q2 crop at 50mm f/3 equivalent with 14.8 MP will not make me give up my CL 24MP + Summilux-TL 50mm f/2.1 équivalent. 

Q2 crop at 75mm f/4.6 equivalent with 6.6MP is still laughable against my CL 24MP + Summarit-M 75mm f/3.6 équivalent  

Q2 will never give me a decent 90mm crop with macro 1:1 ability such as APO-TL 60  

 

 

As I refuse to upgrade to 4K for video, I will pass on high res photos for the next years. I don’t want to renew all my computer equipment. My iMac is still an old 2.5 K one. 

 

 

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It is intriguing, I agree.

But until now it was easy to mix and match 24MP Q with other Leicas with 24MP : M, SL, M10, TL2 or CL. 

 

But now with 47MP, I’m not so sure.

 

I guess it is progress. SL2 will be 47MP justifying high cost and huge heavy SL lenses. 

But I am not sure that M11 will be able to get 47MP. Maybe stuck to 24MP forever. Otherwise, rangefinder focusing will be a nightmare. 

TL3 & CL2 will may get 36MP sensor or stuck also to recent Sony BSI 26MP. Not really a worthy upgrade, by the way. BSI seems to bring no advantage at all for APS-C and 24x36 sensor. 

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