Q3 - Leica Looks

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You guys have to agree that everyone is different and has their own preferences and opinions. I feel there is no rule in photography. Some love the film look but do not want to go back into darkroom so they choose to edit their pictures to be "film" like. Some love shooting jpegs because they want more time shooting than sitting in front of their computers. What I am saying is if the final product manages to deliver the user's intention then there is nothing wrong with that.

[David Wien]

10 hours ago, M Street Photographer said:

Does your opinion also mean the use of optical filters?

I havent used optical filters, apart from polarizers, and I have used one of those for several years, as I tend to shoot wide angle. The 28mm of the Q3 is a "normal" focal length for me. With my Canon R6 I often use 16 or 12 mm.

But I reserve my right to change my mind about this if the technology in "looks" develops beyond where it is today. For today, I am with Jaapv on this subject. 😀

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[jaapv]

Optical filters are only useful on Monochrome cameras except pol and ND

[David Wien]

CORRECTION (sorry!): I havent used optical filters, apart from polarizers, and I have not used one of those for several years, as I tend to shoot wide angle. The 28mm of the Q3 is a "normal" focal length for me. With my Canon R6 I often use 16 or 12 mm.

Jaap is, of course, right about coloured lenses, but I am not a fan of B&W. I have ND filters for all my Canon lenses, as they came packaged with Pol and UV filters from Hoya, but havent yet found an opportunity to use them.

David

[M Street Photographer]

I don't know if Leica is reading this. What I'm missing is that I can't see in the Exif whether and if so which look was used. It would be helpful.

[Ad Dieleman]

10 hours ago, M Street Photographer said:

I don't know if Leica is reading this. What I'm missing is that I can't see in the Exif whether and if so which look was used. It would be helpful.

Most probably your EXIF viewer doesn't show all the tags. It's recorded as tag "Film Mode" under "Maker Notes".