Showcasing Leica Q3 insane image abilities

[tangosix]

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On 5/30/2024 at 2:03 PM, Le Chef said:

That’s shocking! What processing software are you using?

Lightroom and Capture One both.  The Lightroom files are the images I was referring to;  I like 'em.  Especially food and especially humans.  Landscapes require more work.  Capture One files appear to be similar honestly, but not Lightroom.  

I am often capturing small social events on an aggressive timeline.  Those jpegs are lovely and the client feedback is incredibly positive.  As a matter of fact it has made me reconsider all of the painstaking editing I have been doing with raw files.  

Now, the SL2s is a different beast and those raw files are king.  

 

 

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[JohnSantaF4]

On 5/28/2024 at 9:26 AM, NightPix said:

I have to agree completely. One can always get out an SL2 or SL3 and the appropriate lens to get a high resolution image of the desired composition. But if you are traveling or just out and about, you likely won't have all that gear with you (and don't forget the tripod!), and that's why the Q series was created. I shoot DNG's only and a lot of B&W so I have the camera set up to see that in the viewfinder, but in LR I have the whole image and all the color to work with if I want. I like to keep the 35mm crop lines turned on because I prefer that over 28mm and it allows me to see what's happening outside the desired "35mm" scene (kind of like on an m viewfinder). It's a useful and convenient method that works for me. Any cropping happens in post on the full image. I've tried carrying my SL2 with a 35mm m-lens but it's still heavier and definitely not as convenient (or as a fun) as using a Q3. 

What about with an SL2-S?

[JonathanJ]

I agree, the Q3 is amazing.  But, I usually travel with my Q3, and a Ricoh GRiii.   The Ricoh is nowhere near as good,  of course, but I find it easy to carry and use, especially if I am in an area that I am not comfortable with.   But the Q3, without a doubt, is the best camera I have ever had.

 

[jaapv]

On 5/29/2024 at 5:06 PM, Kozonoh said:

You just don't know what Cartier Bresson would have thought about today tools and how he would have used them. And by the way he is just one great photographer among so many.

HCB once said-in another context-If I were young again I would shoot digital-in a time that the only digital cameras were a few clunky 2 MP affairs. He was a visionary who embraced the future. I’ll add an aphorism of my own: resolution is a bourgeois concept. If you cannot express your vision in eight million words, you cannot do so in sixty million either. 

[Viv]

i only have the Q2, but I consider it an excellent travel camera.

Of course, I am careful NOT to download firmware updates which were made available after the Q3, because they contain a hidden feature that degrades then performance of the Q2.

[jaapv]

That is an interesting idea. What are you referring to? 

[Viv]

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2 minutes ago, jaapv said:

That is an interesting idea. What are you referring to? 

Um, I was trying to make a joke ...

[jaapv]

Ah I missed that one…🥲

[Kozonoh]

49 minutes ago, jaapv said:

HCB once said-in another context-If I were young again I would shoot digital-in a time that the only digital cameras were a few clunky 2 MP affairs. He was a visionary who embraced the future. I’ll add an aforism of my own: resolution is a bourgeois concept. If you cannot express your vision in eight million words, you cannot do so in sixty million either. 

I agree with your aphorism. As for hbc embracing the future , if I remember correctly from 1974 till the end of his life he turned his back on photography and returned to painting and pencil drawing in a quite traditional way. 

[Feudal1]

Love my Q3, great camera and image quality, but it does not replace my Nikon Z8 and 14-24/24-70/70-200 trio. I've shot a ton of photos with both cameras, and for me anyway, they serve two completely different purposes. In a pinch I'll crop the Q3 image, but as others point out, a crop cannot recreate the same perspective and character of a true 35/50/75mm focal length lens.

[jaapv]

10 hours ago, Feudal1 said:

Love my Q3, great camera and image quality, but it does not replace my Nikon Z8 and 14-24/24-70/70-200 trio. I've shot a ton of photos with both cameras, and for me anyway, they serve two completely different purposes. In a pinch I'll crop the Q3 image, but as others point out, a crop cannot recreate the same perspective and character of a true 35/50/75mm focal length lens.

Which is a popular misconception but utterly false. I wonder how often we must say this... PERSPECTIVE IS A FUNCTION OF CAMERA-SUBJECT DISTANCE, NOT OF THE LENS.

The original 28 mm image

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70 mm image

 

28 mm image cropped to 70 mm 

 

The only thing that changes is DOF and with an 1.7 lens that is easily equalized.  Resolution loss is moot with a high-MP sensor.

[ianforber]

@jaapv I fear you are condemned to saying this at least once a month!

[Le Chef]

1 hour ago, ianforber said:

@jaapv I fear you are condemned to saying this at least once a month!

Or it needs to be a FAQ question and response.

[JimP]

On 6/14/2024 at 3:54 AM, jaapv said:

HCB once said-in another context-If I were young again I would shoot digital-in a time that the only digital cameras were a few clunky 2 MP affairs. He was a visionary who embraced the future. I’ll add an aphorism of my own: resolution is a bourgeois concept. If you cannot express your vision in eight million words, you cannot do so in sixty million either. 

Here Here... Who cares what camera, resolution, lens, sensor you use. It's the image. Same goes for cropping... if the final image says something and is meaningful to you & others then it does not matter.  As for HCB, St Ansel & others, they have their opinions and others have theirs. nothing is etched in stone.

[jonco]

After reading all that... "In a still photograph, you basically have two variables, where you stand, and when you press the shutter. That's all you have." Henry Wessel

[crons]

On 5/25/2024 at 2:56 AM, Al Brown said:

There is no 28mm "50mm equivalent crop". The perspective, lens construction and physics just does not allow it. There is just "28mm crop"

28mm at 50mm crop is identical to a 50mm lens. The only differences are the amount of pixels you throw away by cropping and possibly the background blur (depending on the subject distance).

Perspective is what makes objects that are near look big and far look small. This has nothing to do with the focal length but how close you are to your subject. 

Because you're standing in the same place the perspective will not change. 

I could just have a 28mm lens on my Leica M and call it a day, but that means I would have to press the preview frame lever every time I wanted to take a photo so I know where to stand. It would make precise composition in the sort of pictures I like to take a very slow pain in the ass process. I also want all the 40MP i paid for. 

Edited June 20, 2024 by crons