Leica Q 2nd edition

[xenohip]

Okay, how about a poll...

What is your preferred focal length for a second edition of the Leica Q?

24mm, 35, 40, 50, 75?

I'll go for 40mm.

 

[coelacanth]

Hands down 40mm 🙂

 

[kshapero]

Need a week before I can vote. Still dealing with my Q GAS attack.:bang:😀

 

[Huss]

W/ a 40, it would be a modern day CLE.

(FYI I have a CLE and a CL, and much prefer the CLE. It's what the CL should have been)

 

[mdwsta4]

I've been saying ever since the original x100, if Fuji made a 50mm version I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Same goes for the new Q. I'm actually intrigued by it, but would never buy a 28mm version over my x100t. I especially like the fact it's slimmer than the M240 which is way too thick. When Leica creates a digital body that is closer to size of their film bodies, I'll get back into their digital cameras.

 

[danielsterno]

i voted 50mm of what i think it will be, but a 40mm would be very cool and tempting though still unaffordable for me….

 

[gustavoAvila]

Voted 35mm but a 40mm would still be VERY tempting!

 

[f16sunshine]

F2/40mm or F2.5/50mm

Size is important as well.
I bet an f2/50mm will be just a bit too big. Shaving half a stop saves just enough mass to keep it same size to an f2/40mm.
Besides... I've become quite accustomed and satisfied with the look of f2.5 the wide open.
It's the perfect amount of DOF to have good portrait focus and at wide open has enough of the edges to be "non-clinical".
DaresDat!

 

[Godfrey]

hmm. I have had three CLs and one CLE ... didn't like the latter very much, love the CL. YMMV.

I voted for a 50mm. I'd rather have a little longer, actually ... 58mm or 60mm ... but not as long as 75mm for a fixed lens camera.

G

 

[Avotius]

I voted 35 because that really is the classic combo but it would be nice to have a real rf style viewfinder with it!

 

[Monochrom]

LEica always make these cameras to take from you lot´s of money.

They will never make a real/serious competition to their M lenses or M cameras.
So don´t expect a Q with 50mm f1.7 lens not even a 35mm f2 lens!
The camera was right there the rx1 2/35, but no. they had to make it more "creative" with a 28mm lens 😀

Saw high iso performance and it really is superb.

But i still prefer my old m9 with the redscale elmar 😉

 

[Godfrey]

I dunno. The X produces results that are very competitive with files from either my M9 or M-P fitted with the 'Lux 35 v2. I imagine the Q does similarly.

Neither X nor Q replace the M, however. They complement it with a different feature set.

G

 

[nongfuspring]

40 or 45mm f2. It would be very compact, a 35 is a bit close to 28 and 50 would have a significant overlap with the M line.

 

[silverbullet]

In Japan and elsewhere the 28mm are very well accepted. Towns, malls and highways are much more crowded then 50 years ago therefore 'the wider - the better'
Even P&S cams start already at 24mm.

And it's not so difficult to train the brain for 28mm when 35mm is the current favourite length.
I feel that the Q is very easy to handle and will help to support the 'flow' when shooting.. ;-)

 

[leicapixie]

I simply did NOT vote!
In my opinion, it's pointless..
One has the frames for 35mm and 50mm, showing area outside.
Folks are still living in past of HCB with no cropping.
I was like that...but now cropping a way of life.
My P/S digital crop the image after lens can no longer zoom..
Quality is fine.
Leica I'm sure has no plans for "interchangeable" lens mount.
Nor another dedicated mount like Ricoh.
A sealed sensor-optical unit is the way to go.
Celebrate this new Leica, even if it loses the M heritage.😀
One gains anti shake, a great lens, small camera.

 

[Austerby]

I'd like them to do a Tri-Elmar version - 28-50-90

If there was a Monochrom version, with a tilting screen so you could have a waist-level view then I'd definitely buy one.

 

[jsrockit]

50mm f/2 (at least).

 

[jsrockit]

I simply did NOT vote!
In my opinion, it's pointless..
One has the frames for 35mm and 50mm, showing area outside.
Folks are still living in past of HCB with no cropping.
I was like that...but now cropping a way of life.

It seems silly to put a FF sensor in a camera in order to use it as a half frame sensor. With a half frame sensor, its a cropped 28mm lens that doesn't have any of the characteristics of a 50mm lens. While I respect that you are ok with this, please respect that many of us want the real deal lens matched to a FF sensor.

 

[Calzone]

50mm f/2 (at least).

I'm with John: 50/2.0 (at least).

I can see me owning a 28 version and a 50 version to carry both. I do this with a M6 and a 0.85 MP already with a 28 Cron and a 50 Lux ASPH. This spread is ideal for me.

Cal

 

[giellaleafapmu]

For me 28mm is fine, price is fine, nevertheless I am still not quite sure about the general Leica customer service, for me it would be a huge plus if the version II (if it will ever exist) would come out with some life service guarantee or something like that.

GLF