In a quandry over Q`s...

[LeicaGuyUK]

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I once owned a Q-P and oh boy did I love that thing but it had an issue with the EVF sensor semi-working so i sold it and got a Q3 28 which to this day I absolutely love... Anyhow I have a love/hate relationship with my M11 and so I have put it up for sale... With that in mind I`m stuck on decision with what to replace that with... Q3M/Q3 43 or maybe even a SL3 reporter... Budget is around £6-7k... Any thoughts would be appreciated

Oh and if it helps the Q for street and maybe the SL for anything other than and semi serious...

Edited Thursday at 05:55 PM by LeicaGuyUK

[Nachtmsk]

I have a Q2M and love it. So I'd recommend the Q3M if you primarily shoot BW  or the Q2M if you wanted to save some money. 

 

[norm_snyder]

I will be interested in seeing how this discussion goes...since I am having increasing difficulty reliably focusing M10M as I get older, and stabilization would be appreciated, as well.  I have an Q2M which has become my "daily driver."  I am considering replacing the M10M with a Q3 43, as typically I tend to not shoot with focal lengths greater than 75mm much.

[Herr Barnack]

If I were in your shoes, I would most likely get the Q3 Monochrom.

I have a Q2 which is a good camera - but its Achilles' heel is high ISO performance.  The Q3 with a maximum ISO of 200,000 with the high ISO capability of a B&W sensor nukes that issue.  60 mp will make wall size prints more than doable, if you want to print.

As for no color - I am starting to think that perhaps color is not mandatory for creating arresting images.  I think the late, great Sebastião Salgado might go along with me on this theory.

[Nachtmsk]

13 hours ago, Herr Barnack said:

If I were in your shoes, I would most likely get the Q3 Monochrom.

I have a Q2 which is a good camera - but its Achilles' heel is high ISO performance.  The Q3 with a maximum ISO of 200,000 with the high ISO capability of a B&W sensor nukes that issue.  60 mp will make wall size prints more than doable, if you want to print.

As for no color - I am starting to think that perhaps color is not mandatory for creating arresting images.  I think the late, great Sebastião Salgado might go along with me on this theory.

Yes, Salgado was great - also Cartier-Bresson. I think BW is better at capturing the essence of a scene more times than color is, particularly when the subject is a person. 

 

[Nachtmsk]

As a side comment - One other thing I would add is this. Make your kit as minimal as possible.  Pick a favorite camera and stick with it for a long time. Get to know it really well. I think that make us, certainly me, a better photographer. I have the Q2M and I think it's more than enough for my needs.  Woody Allen still writes his screen plays on a typewriter. Cartier-Bresson stuck with the same camera and 50 mm lens for decades. 

Edited 10 hours ago by Nachtmsk

[Jeff S]

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2 hours ago, Nachtmsk said:

Cartier-Bresson stuck with the same camera and 50 mm lens for decades. 

Seems he “upgraded” cameras fairly regularly.  And that was before forum influencers.
 

https://www.jogeier.com/blog/henri-cartier-bresson-and-his-cameras-a-chronological-journey/?srsltid=AfmBOop-HBqc7Vt12JAB2mQg6DFBUBmHzWXMNKLsT6QRX710O-FgV0yO