Want the Q3 43 over the Q3 28? Or already own Q3 28 and also want the Q3 43?

[algrove]

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[algrove]

I for one own the Q3 28 and will have the Q3 43 Monday for what I consider the ultimate light weight full frame travel kit.

Just think, take the Q3 28 to 35mm and the Q 3 43 to 75mm for a nice 35/75 kit. Sure you suffer some MP, but even 30MP is plenty large enough for what most of us print and way large enough for online activities.

Frankly I shoot at 60MP and then crop in post.

[luetz]

21 minutes ago, algrove said:

I for one own the Q3 28 and will have the Q3 43 Monday for what I consider the ultimate light weight full frame travel kit.

Just think, take the Q3 28 to 35mm and the Q 3 43 to 75mm for a nice 35/75 kit. Sure you suffer some MP, but even 30MP is plenty large enough for what most of us print and way large enough for online activities.

Frankly I shoot at 60MP and then crop in post.

Keeping my Q3-28...as I will crop in post.  Getting the Q-43 limits the wide end and getting both would hardly be considered "the ultimate light weight full frame travel kit"

[Pierre68]

Have the Q2 and bought the Q3 43 today. Perfect combo in my view.

[kkochheiser]

I now have both, plus a Q2M.  Something’s got to go eventually!  The Q3 combo will be great for travel.  Headed to London with my wife next week for our anniversary which should be a great test of the 43.  I also shoot to 60MP and crop but occasionally use the frame lines to limit the light meter’s field of view.

Kent

[Kim Dahl]

39 minutes ago, algrove said:

I for one own the Q3 28 and will have the Q3 43 Monday for what I consider the ultimate light weight full frame travel kit.

Just think, take the Q3 28 to 35mm and the Q 3 43 to 75mm for a nice 35/75 kit. Sure you suffer some MP, but even 30MP is plenty large enough for what most of us print and way large enough for online activities.

Frankly I shoot at 60MP and then crop in post.

Hi,

Well....

I just received a Q3 43 and an M1-D today.

Two completely different cameras. I like both ways of photography.

I have not yet opened the two models.

I currently own a Q3 28 and an MD (also without screen 24MP).

In answer to your question:

Q3 28 - actually makes quite good pictures at 50mm and acceptable pictures at 75mm -

So would it really be wise to open the Q3 28?

Is the difference that big in daily work and will I take two cameras with me to be able to also get 28mm pictures?

I doubt it. Maybe it's GAS.... ☺️

[algrove]

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8 minutes ago, kkochheiser said:

I now have both, plus a Q2M.  Something’s got to go eventually!  The Q3 combo will be great for travel.  Headed to London with my wife next week for our anniversary which should be a great test of the 43.  I also shoot to 60MP and crop but occasionally use the frame lines to limit the light meter’s field of view.

Kent

Very good point about limiting the light meters FOV. Thanks.

[algrove]

6 minutes ago, Kim Dahl said:

Hi,

Well....

I just received a Q3 43 and an M1-D today.

Two completely different cameras. I like both ways of photography.

I have not yet opened the two models.

I currently own a Q3 28 and an MD (also without screen 24MP).

In answer to your question:

Q3 28 - actually makes quite good pictures at 50mm and acceptable pictures at 75mm -

So would it really be wise to open the Q3 28?

Is the difference that big in daily work and will I take two cameras with me to be able to also get 28mm pictures?

I doubt it. Maybe it's GAS.... ☺️

Assume you mean open the box of the Q3 43?

[algrove]

13 minutes ago, luetz said:

Keeping my Q3-28...as I will crop in post.  Getting the Q-43 limits the wide end and getting both would hardly be considered "the ultimate light weight full frame travel kit"

To each his own. So not for you, but I will try it regardless.

[Kim Dahl]

15 minutes ago, algrove said:

Assume you mean open the box of the Q3 43?

Yes, 

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[bobtodrick]

I still have my original Q…no desire for Q3/Q43.

But then all I do is take pictures with mine 😂😂😂😂

[LocalHero1953]

Q2 owner here. This is something I’ve thought about long and hard since the Q3 43 came out and the quality of the lens became apparent. I’ve also reached the same decision, twice!

I looked at my LR catalogue, checking the cropping of a random selection of images. I decided there were too many travel shots that I liked at 28mm (landscape, cityscape and interiors) and ‘would regret not having taken’ if you see what I mean. So losing 28mm for travel didn’t seem sensible. 

Nevertheless there are also quite a lot that I haven’t taken because I don’t have a longer focal length: I could use it as a lighter and more discrete camera than the SL2-S for performance photography and other events. So it is tempting to have both 28 and 43.

But tempting doesn’t mean sensible. I wouldn’t take both travelling: my travel bag already holds one or two film cameras alongside the Q2 (M for colour, Barnack for mono), and I often take a separate backpack for large format. And it’s rare that I would want to shoot a stage performance with just a 43: tonight I used the 90-280SL as well. A Q3 43 would be yet more weight to move around in a backpack.

Conclusion: I’ll stick with the Q2 for the moment, and perhaps get a Q3 28 sometime. 

[Camaro5]

I have a Q3 28 and have always been more of a wide-angle shooter.  For as nice as I'm sure the Q3 43 is, for me to have two of (basically) the same camera would be totally impractical.  

I would rather have a more versatile interchangeable lens camera than two Q3's.  

[SrMi]

Sometimes, I plan to shoot with a 28mm and sometimes with a 43mm lens, with no intention of cropping to simulate a longer lens. I am not sure whether I would take both cameras with me. Instead, I may take CL + 18mm and Q3 43.

[aficionados]

I recently travelled to Croatia with two settings :

M11 + 28 summicron

Fuji x-t50 with a cv 27f2 (equivalent to 41)

I found I shot fuji more. So I bought Q3/43

[ellisson]

On 9/28/2024 at 11:39 AM, luetz said:

Keeping my Q3-28...as I will crop in post.  Getting the Q-43 limits the wide end and getting both would hardly be considered "the ultimate light weight full frame travel kit"

I'm new to the Q3 system with a recently acquired Q3 28 that I'm still getting comfortable with.  I'm not getting the Q3 43....yet.   For now I'll carry the Q3 which covers my most frequently used FLs, although there is some overlap with the Q3 43 at the longer end.  For the times I want to shoot 75 or longer, I have M10 and SL2-S cameras and longer lenses to use with these cameras.  But for travel and a single lens, AF camera carry, I'll stay with the Q3 28 alone for now, crop when needed.   

[jdlaing]

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[microview]

On 9/28/2024 at 4:40 PM, Pierre68 said:

Have the Q2 and bought the Q3 43 today. Perfect combo in my view.

Q3 43 arriving today. As a '50mm man' I contemplate selling my Q2 which I set at 35mm. So M11P (w. black chrome 50 Summilux and the excellent VC 35mm APO Lanthar) and Q3 43 for future, I think.

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[Le Chef]

I’ve checked EXIF data on my CL and most shots are around 28 - 35 equivalent. My Q3 is obviously 28, so I see no point in adding a Q343 based on EXIF data, when I still have a Sigma 56 f1.4 and a TL 55-135 for longer use.

[Olaf_ZG]

The og Q was my introduction to Leica, sold it for a M. Bought the Q2, as it has some advantages over a m: weather proof, one hand usage, but sold it as 28mm is not for me. For that reason I didn’t bought a Q3.

 I will buy the q343 though.