Leica M10 user considering also carrying a Q2 when shooting crowds and demos

[Mikey6]

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Hi - I often shoot street demo's and campaign rallies - In the past I have usually taken my M10 and 3 lenses which means time wasting changes when a different lens is required.

Recently I have also taken a full frame Canon EOS with  a zoom (in addition to my M10)  which although heavy and cumbersome gives me a greater range of options to choose quickly and the autofocus which is sometimes helpful.

However, as it is bulky and heavy and I'm getting old - I'm now considering buying an extra leica M digital body  or considering buying a new Leica Q2 and using the crop facility.  I've seen many images taken from this 28mm fixed lens camera at 50 and 75mm crop which look excellent quality and I've observed a few photographers using an M10 or 240/262 plus a Q116 or Q2 combination

I would be interested in views from those who regularly carry 2 M bodies with prime lenses or use a Q2/Q116 with autofocus and use the crop facility in addition to an M camera.  

PS: I do also have a nice M4P but I like to view images and distribute immediately after and rarely shoot film at demos.

Mike

[microview]

I made a few comparisons with Q2 at 50mm crop and M262 with current 50mm Summicron. You could clearly see the better resolution with the M lens in Lightroom, which is not to say that 50mm crop pics were poor/useless.

[Leica Guy]

I often shoot photos of our mayor at events. I was his campaign photographer. The best combination I’ve found so far is the Leica Q2 and my Canon 5D3 with a 70-200 f/2.8 lens. Cropping the Q2 to 75mm equivalent is easy. Having AF is pretty important because scenes change fast. Long term I’d like an SL2 to replace the 5D3. 

[hdmesa]

I'd recommend selling the 5D3 and getting the R + RF 24-105 or RF 24-70 as a single camera solution. Set one of the rear function buttons (I use the AF On button) to change AF modes, then only enable two AF modes: Face/Tracking (w/Eye AF enabled) and Single Point. The AF on the Q series is pretty fast, but manual selection of focus points (or focus/recompose) will slow you down almost as much as manual or zone focus on the M (unless you leave the Q in wide-area AF and hope it gets it right). And the R can move focus points even faster than using a joystick like you would on the 5D3 by using the rear screen as a focus-drag pad for your thumb while looking through the EVF. I set the right half of the screen to be active for focus-drag and the drag method to "relative" – super fast and fluid.