Does the Leica Q3 freeze like the M11?

[Simone_DF]

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22 hours ago, ChrisQ3 said:

I don't think its a faulty camera. I just think, like with a computer, it crashes occasionally.... As I say, it could happen just once a month, other times up to 3 times a day.... Its not a big deal, just so frustrating... 

My laptop is constantly turned on 24/7, almost 365 days per year. Basically I turn it off only when catching a plane. 
0 crashes so far. 
Computers, even Windows ones, and cameras by other brands, do not crash as often as the most recent Leica cameras. if they do, there’s probably something wrong with either the hardware or the operating system. 

[Simone_DF]

4 hours ago, M11 for me said:

In the video its stated that Q3 and M11 share the same sensor. This is wrong. First of all the DR is different. Only when shooting the Q3 in M-DNG you reach 15 Lightvalues of DR whereas the M11 does this with the full 60 MPix in DNG.

I may be wrong, but I think the sensor is the same Sony sensor. It makes sense as this way Leica can order more sensors while reducing the price per unit, and share it across Q3, M11 and SL3. 
The differences you see are most likely due to different implementations, tweakings, in-body processing and other amenities of the image processing pipeline. 

[sebben]

On 6/28/2024 at 12:27 AM, gotium said:

I wouldn't get the Q3 over the original Q for either of those reasons. 

Why is that? Do you not find that the new sensor has better highlight dynamic range? And that the EVF is better to look through? Or does it always follow resolution when you autofocus? 

[gotium]

5 hours ago, sebben said:

Why is that? Do you not find that the new sensor has better highlight dynamic range? And that the EVF is better to look through? Or does it always follow resolution when you autofocus? 

Yes, the sensor is better, but I don't think enough that I would upgrade just for that. The EVF is higher resolution, but I don't think better - there's a strange shimmering in the details that makes it hard to see when zoomed in for focusing, and I really prefer the Q2 EVF for that reason. I don't have an original Q to test, but I think the EVF was more like the Q2. 

My reasons to upgrade would be AF, particularly eye and face detect, the tilt screen (I did not think I wanted this, but use it a lot), big improvement on the wandering focal point, maybe USB charging. If you use the crop modes (I don't) the higher resolution sensor might be nice. 

[jaapv]

On 6/29/2024 at 4:09 PM, Simone_DF said:

I may be wrong, but I think the sensor is the same Sony sensor. It makes sense as this way Leica can order more sensors while reducing the price per unit, and share it across Q3, M11 and SL3. 
The differences you see are most likely due to different implementations, tweakings, in-body processing and other amenities of the image processing pipeline. 

The basic sensor may well be the same  although I doubt  all are as Sony as Leica is cooperating closely with Panasonic, and Panasonic has its own production facilities. At any rate the filter stacks between these three cameras are completely different. M cameras have shifted microlenses and an extra-thin IR filter, SL cameras have elliptical microlenses and the Q has normal microlenses and a standard IR filter. In the production process these differences make for special production runs from possibly the same wafers, and different sensors. That is disregarding other differences. For instance the original SL had copper wiring instead of aluminium. Possibly this is still the case. Sensor makers follow the specifications of the client. It is not a given that a sensor is off the shelf. A nice example was Nikon a while ago. They used a sensor that they bought from Sony - but the noise performance was a lot better than the equivalently specified sensor in Sony cameras. 

[AndersPH]

On 6/27/2024 at 8:54 AM, JNK100 said:

I have had a Q3 for eights months with no issues at all.

"Freezing" will be caused by poorly-formatted cards or unsuitable cards.

What card are y using with your Q3?

[JNK100]

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2 hours ago, AndersPH said:

What card are y using with your Q3?

Hi Anders

I am using Angelbird v90 card.

Best

Jeff