Q: The Beer, Coffee, and Dog-walking Leica!

[setuporg]

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I first got a Q2 at launch and used it for travel, where narrow Italian streets and the inside of cathedrals warrant a wide angle.  It is great for kids' parties but not so much fr portraits and general use.  But the Q343 reignited my Q use.  So I confirmed the main use case vs M:

One-handed operation!  It is very easy to walk around with a coffee mug or cup in your hand.  You can also hold a beer at a party.  You can also walk the dog.  If you do it with M, the dog pulls a hand and it's hard to focus.  Here, the shot is quick, and the dog will not jerk the camera!

Overall, any one-handed scenario warramts a Q.  When you have both hands free, an M will do better.

P.S.  A good pairings for Q3 43 include Barolo and Rye Old Fashioned.  Absinthe was recommended, but I have not tried that yet.

Edited Monday at 04:30 AM by setuporg

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[erl]

2 hours ago, setuporg said:

I first got a Q2 at launch and used it for travel, where narrow Italian streets and the inside of cathedrals warrant a wide angle.  It is great for kids' parties but not so much fr portraits and general use.  But the Q343 reignited my Q use.  So I confirmed the main use case vs M:

One-handed operation!  It is very easy to walk around with a coffee mug or cup in your hand.  You can also hold a beer at a party.  You can also walk the dog.  If you do it with M, the dog pulls a hand and it's hard to focus.  Here, the shot is quick, and the dog will not jerk the camera!

Overall, any one-handed scenario warramts a Q.  When you have both hands free, an M will do better.

P.S.  A good pairings for Q3 43 include Barolo and Rye Old Fashioned.  Absinthe was recommended, but I have not tried that yet.

Rationalization! I love it,  . . . and support it.

But just to dash your theory re one handed M shooting, especially when walking the dog, I feel compelled to submit the following pic shot on an M7 whilst wresting a German Shepherd no less, on the other end of my rope. 😉

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[LocalHero1953]

There's an advertising campaign at the moment for the Hasselblad 907x that shows it being used for one handed shooting. I've never tried it, and it looks tempting, but not tempting enough at that cost or the cost of their lenses.

[Elliot Harper]

8 hours ago, setuporg said:

I first got a Q2 at launch and used it for travel, where narrow Italian streets and the inside of cathedrals warrant a wide angle.  It is great for kids' parties but not so much fr portraits and general use.  But the Q343 reignited my Q use.  So I confirmed the main use case vs M:

One-handed operation!  It is very easy to walk around with a coffee mug or cup in your hand.  You can also hold a beer at a party.  You can also walk the dog.  If you do it with M, the dog pulls a hand and it's hard to focus.  Here, the shot is quick, and the dog will not jerk the camera!

Overall, any one-handed scenario warramts a Q.  When you have both hands free, an M will do better.

P.S.  A good pairings for Q3 43 include Barolo and Rye Old Fashioned.  Absinthe was recommended, but I have not tried that yet.

Replace every Q word in your statement with iPhone, it also works. Why do we need to pay 7 times more?

[Dazzajl]

8 hours ago, setuporg said:

 Absinthe was recommended, but I have not tried that yet.

No one who likes you would ever recommend absinthe

 

19 minutes ago, Elliot Harper said:

Replace every Q word in your statement with iPhone, it also works. Why do we need to pay 7 times more?

The cost of a Q3 might be too far for most of us but I do see the added value in a camera that feels good in the hand and inspires.

[Viv]

36 minutes ago, Elliot Harper said:

Replace every Q word in your statement with iPhone, it also works. Why do we need to pay 7 times more?

Four words: Image quality.

[SrMi]

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Stephen Shore was for a while shooting with an X1D while walking his two little dogs.

However, it hurts imagining me holding a cup of coffee and taking pictures simultaneously 😆.

Edited Monday at 03:25 PM by SrMi

[SrMi]

2 hours ago, Elliot Harper said:

Replace every Q word in your statement with iPhone, it also works. Why do we need to pay 7 times more?

Ergonomics and Qs do not lock up as often as an iPhone camera, and photography is not interrupted by all kinds of notifications.

[setuporg]

4 hours ago, Elliot Harper said:

Replace every Q word in your statement with iPhone, it also works. Why do we need to pay 7 times more?

The iPhone is actually trickier -- you need to unlock it and click camera.  I have a hot button assigned to Halide Camera, the best RAW camera app on the iPhone, and it still takes time.  You also have to look at the screen.  The Q you just bring up to your eye and click!

[LocalHero1953]

5 hours ago, Elliot Harper said:

Replace every Q word in your statement with iPhone, it also works. Why do we need to pay 7 times more?

Most people in this world DO use an iPhone and can't see a need to spend 7 times more.

[Elliot Harper]

1 hour ago, setuporg said:

The iPhone is actually trickier -- you need to unlock it and click camera.  I have a hot button assigned to Halide Camera, the best RAW camera app on the iPhone, and it still takes time.  You also have to look at the screen.  The Q you just bring up to your eye and click!

You need latest iPhone. I have a 16 pro max. Just click the camera button and done. No need to unlock the phone or tap the screen, just one real button click

[Elliot Harper]

32 minutes ago, LocalHero1953 said:

Most people in this world DO use an iPhone and can't see a need to spend 7 times more.

I use an iPhone and still spend 70 times more (a couple of M digitals, a M film, a Q3/43, a SL3-S, plus bunch of M lenses and SL lenses), and I don’t drink beer or don’t even have a dog, I drink max one cup of coffee a day.

Am I crazy?

Edited Monday at 06:50 PM by Elliot Harper

[LocalHero1953]

This is a Leica forum. The membership terms have no sanity clause.

[erl]

4 hours ago, Elliot Harper said:

I use an iPhone and still spend 70 times more (a couple of M digitals, a M film, a Q3/43, a SL3-S, plus bunch of M lenses and SL lenses), and I don’t drink beer or don’t even have a dog, I drink max one cup of coffee a day.

Am I crazy?

You don't have a dog!!

Yes, you are crazy.

[erl]

5 hours ago, LocalHero1953 said:

Most people in this world DO use an iPhone and can't see a need to spend 7 times more.

Not true.  . . . and the only thing they can't see, is the bloody screen in sunlight!

[setuporg]

22 hours ago, erl said:

Rationalization! I love it,  . . . and support it.

But just to dash your theory re one handed M shooting, especially when walking the dog, I feel compelled to submit the following pic shot on an M7 whilst wresting a German Shepherd no less, on the other end of my rope. 😉

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Excellent doggery skills!

[Elliot Harper]

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