Leica Q 2nd edition

Leica Q 2nd edition

  • 24mm

    Votes: 9 3.5%

  • 35mm

    Votes: 70 27.2%

  • 40mm

    Votes: 75 29.2%

  • 50mm

    Votes: 91 35.4%

  • 75mm

    Votes: 12 4.7%
  • Total voters
    257
  • Poll closed .
I have a feeling a close focusing 28 and cropped 35 will be perfect. Q arriving today, anxious to try it out. This may be the first digital full frame Leica that actually feels to me like a film Leica...
 
I have had one for a few months. I thought the 28 would be a problem but it hasn't. The files are so good cropping in LR @ 50 works well. I would vote for a 50 with internal crop to 75 & 90. But I wouldn't buy one. I would use my m9 or m240 for those. The feel and auto focus of the q is excellent buts it not a m.

Jim
 
A Q2 with 50mm lens and 75-90 crop would be a nice complement to the Q. Nice overlap on the 50mm focal length in case you were out with the Q on its own. I guess the Q2 will have to have 50/2.4 Summarit to keep size down -- the 50/2.5 Macro on the GXR is big enough as it is.

Failing that, I suppose optical attachments for 50/75mm and 21mm would be nice, too. 5 focal lengths in one camera. Almost like a Digilux X. Mm.
 
A monochrome 35mm Q would be hard to resist...

I have a Q since a couple of weeks and I never used the frame lines to indicate cropping of the jpg. I shoot DNG always, for whatever reason there is no option to shoot DNG only, like with the MM or M9.

I try to get the best composition at the moment of the shot. Ideally I have a little bit of room around to crop later in post processing when I have the shot on my monitor and can evaluate the scene with all the time I want to take. I do not see ANY point of having the in camera frame lines. And btw the Q with it's 1.7/28 asph is a stunning performer
 
Several years ago i used 28mm quite a lot for environmental portraits, often indoors. So the Q as-is would be an attractive choice. More recently I've preferred normal or long-normal lenses, so today I would choose a second edition Q with a lens in the range of 50 to 75mm.

But as Jim mentioned, there's that M9 or M240 at hand, and a variety of focal lengths. I could easily stick with 28mm for a while with the 28mm Summicron (or any of several others) so what would I gain by getting the Q? One answer would be if I needed to go with AF due to eyesight issues...
 
Depends on how they place the next Q.

If it is a cam on its own, I would guess that a 40 or 50mm lens be perfect.
If it rather is a complement to the first Q, a 75mm would make a lot of sense.
 
jsrockit said:
I can't imagine a 75mm fixed lens camera for $4250. Sure, Sigma did it, but it was $999.
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Leica has marketed several things that I could not have imagined.

A good friend of mine, who owns (and loves) a Q, said that he would probpaly give up resistance if Leica offered a 75mm Q2.
 
I would find a way to pick up a 75mm Q, and it would probably tip me over the edge into buying the 28mm version. My preferred shooting kit is 35/75, and handling the Q in 35mm crop mode was very, very satisfying.

Even better - a 50mm Q that crops to 75 and 90. Be still, my heart.
 
I still think that a 35/75 bi-summicron with focal length adjustment ring on the lens barrel, and add-on two element asph auxiliary lens that attaches to the front via bayonet mount (to gather more light and provide additional correction at the telephoto focal length) would be the bees knees, the cat's seat of the pants, whatever you want to call it.
 
Kent said:
Leica has marketed several things that I could not have imagined.

A good friend of mine, who owns (and loves) a Q, said that he would probpaly give up resistance if Leica offered a 75mm Q2.
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Right... but if he didn't already have the 28mm model, would he choose the 75mm model first?
 
I can't imagine anyone would buy both a 28mm and 50mm versions, for that kind of money someone would probably by an M system.

I'll tell you what confuses me though, I checked out the Q group on flickr (when I was deciding if I like the 28mm FOV before buying a 18mm for my X-T10) and there are not many inspiring pictures there. I'm guessing the people buying the Q are mainly buying it cos they can. I'm not envious though ;)
 
Leica Q 2nd edition

grouchos_tash said:
I'll tell you what confuses me though, I checked out the Q group on flickr (when I was deciding if I like the 28mm FOV before buying a 18mm for my X-T10) and there are not many inspiring pictures there. ;)
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I agree, but am not too surprised. It's quite difficult IMHO to make good street photos with a 28mm lens. Some greats can certainly do it (e.g., Parke, Winogrand) and I do see some 28mm images that I like from normal photographers, but it's pretty rare.

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