Me thinks it's Time ro show your Love for Miss Q...any Model will do

When the Q was first released, I waited for the price to drop and become more affordable. By the time prices had dropped, I didn't have the spare cash for one! Then began a cycle of available affordable Q and no budget, and budget but no available affordable Q. Sooner or later, things will line up and I'll get one. A fast 28 on a M-like body is perfect for me. I'm tossing up between an original Q, which has affordable aftermarket batteries but issues with dust on the sensor, and a Q2, which is weather sealed but more expensive, and has no aftermarket batteries.
 
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When the Q was first released, I waited for the price to drop and become more affordable. By the time prices had dropped, I didn't have the spare cash for one! Then began a cycle of available affordable Q and no budget, and budget but no available affordable Q. Sooner or later, things will line up and I'll get one. A fast 28 on a M-like body is perfect for me. I'm tossing up between an original Q, which has affordable aftermarket batteries but issues with dust on the sensor, and a Q2, which is weather sealed but more expensive, and has no aftermarket batteries.
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I have an early Q which developed dust in the sensor but Camera Clinic or Imaging By Design as they are now cleaned it for au$225 and I then taped up the mic and speaker holes and so far no more dust.
They also did my Ricoh GR for $135.
 
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Trying not to hijack my own thread
Is that possible
Does no one here on RFF own some Q model ....:rolleyes::)
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Hi Helen!

No Q here ... pounding around with M10-M, M10-R, M4-2, and new-to-me IIIc. For me, a green or yellow-green filter on the monochrom or with most B&W film is the magic. Color for me I tend to want pretty natural.

But I love seeing what you're doing, however you do it. :)

love to you,
G
 
Ms HH, I don't know if this is the right (or even correct) way to say it, but... your images really turn me on!

I own only one Leica, a iif Barnack with a few old lenses. No digital Leica (as yet).

But this thread is making me want to drag out my long-neglected arsenal of Nikon B&W filters and put them on my D800 - just to see what comes out of it.

Red will likely be too dark. Ditto green, after all everything in life isn't a salad. As your images show, yellow is beautiful. Orange would be, well - psychedelic?

(Added later) Stickler for corrections I, so I corrected - iig to iif.
 
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Everyone here is too Funny....

***I see there is a MR. Q which gives Miss Q naughty thoughts ...!
***Orange may take One on a psychedelic' trip
*** One can wait a very loooonng Time for a Leica
so perhaps a Pentax might do

it's really quite the remedy in a cancel culture World to
Laugh, Experiment,
Suggest , Turn the Mind & Body on
ooops , enough said 😘
 
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A little OT, maybe, but something Q-related on my mind.

My observation is the most Q Monochrom users tend to skew their processing to the darker zones. Not sure why that is.

I see little emphasis on the lighter grays that I love so much in BW film. Here’s what seems to me an
exception from Mr. Leica (Matt Osborne).

His blog post is basically a promo for his presets, so ignore that. The sample pics show a capability of the Q that I don’t see much and that really appeals to me.

No real point or question; just thinking out loud, FWIW.
 
JohnWolf said:
A little OT, maybe, but something Q-related on my mind.

My observation is the most Q Monochrom users tend to skew their processing to the darker zones. Not sure why that is.

I see little emphasis on the lighter grays that I love so much in BW film. Here’s what seems to me an
exception from Mr. Leica (Matt Osborne).

His blog post is basically a promo for his presets, so ignore that. The sample pics show a capability of the Q that I don’t see much and that really appeals to me.

No real point or question; just thinking out loud, FWIW.
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Hmm, does it makes sense to say "skew their processing to the darker zones"? I don't intentionally "skew" my bw rendering in any direction other than what I felt the scene I photographed looked like. The exception example that you pointed to is simply a scene with a lot of high tones in it, to my eye. Looking through my photographs with the M10-M, I see about 20-30% scenes like that, about 20-30% scenes which are mostly dark tones, and the rest scenes that have a pretty even distribution of dark and light tones. In terms of what I found successful photos after rendering to finish, perhaps 40% are dark toned, perhaps 30% are light toned, and the rest about even.

I don't see anything that I skewed intentionally one way or the other. I just processed them to look like what I perceived when I made the exposures.

G
 
JohnWolf said:
A little OT, maybe, but something Q-related on my mind.

My observation is the most Q Monochrom users tend to skew their processing to the darker zones. Not sure why that is.

I see little emphasis on the lighter grays that I love so much in BW film. Here’s what seems to me an
exception from Mr. Leica (Matt Osborne).

His blog post is basically a promo for his presets, so ignore that. The sample pics show a capability of the Q that I don’t see much and that really appeals to me.

No real point or question; just thinking out loud, FWIW.
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I’m wondering if you are seeing dark in the contrast of the photos…If you look at the photo I posted in this thread there are true whites, true blacks and plenty of levels of gray in between. Personally, I have never been a fan of flat grays in film images or digital images - if you look at my B&W film shots posted on this site you will mostly find a true white and a true black with plenty of gray tones in between for most shots. Also, a certain amount of contrast to be found. Again, personally, I am not a fan of flat gray B&W images in either digital or film which I suspect is either an attempt at mood or just simply lazy processing. When I printed prints in a wet darkroom many moons ago I always strived to achieve the opposite of flat grays.

Again, this is simply my preference and the Q2M provides plenty of info to work with to achieve many different styles of results.

On the other hand, I also own a Fuji x100v and the B&W images I regularly achieve from that camera have a more film-like appearance. Maybe the Q2M simply has a “darker” look OOC and some extra tweaking would bring out results that favor what you would like…
 
@Tuna. Thanks for your thoughts. I reckon it’s just a matter of personal preference. I hope I wasn’t generalizing my personal bias in a way that came across as judgmental. I certainly didn’t mean it that way.

I’ve looked at a lot of Monochrom files as I consider a Q2M or M10M, and Matt’s processing jumped out as very different from so much of what I see form Monochrom users. Much closer to the flatter, higher key look I like in BW film. Some of his presets are even named “low contrast.”

I have noted that you process your film and digital BW very similarly. While I agree you have a full range of tones, they are often heavy on the blacks and contrast for my taste. Again, purely a matter of aesthetic preference.
 
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Original Q, I find it quite handy for wandering at night.
 
In my group I feared I had the role of the class dentist with my several Leicas. Mercifully for years we never discussed gear, hardly at all. But recently three or four members, street photographers mostly, have moved to the Q. That confirmed for me what a great camera it is, converting serious players to Leica only with that camera.
 
Another of my short (I hope) stories, if I may. Some years ago - during the Covid lockdown in Australia, it was -I happened across a Leica Q in as-new condition at my usual secondhand dealer in Melbourne. For AUD $3600, which I could barely afford, but I wanted it, and I had the credit on one of my cards, so. As usual, I dithered. Someone else got the beaut beast. My loss, their gain.

Fast-track to earlier this year. At the same dealer, a Q2 in just-as-good condition not slightly better as after all the Q2 is a grandson of the original Q so much more youthful and full of fizz and ginger and MPs. A Summilux 1.7 lens, 46 point something MP. For AUD $5500. A classic bargain for a classic camera

As usual I am dithering again, but this time for a good reason, I'm overseas, and likely not back home until later this year.

I'm an age pensioner, and so to adequately fund this babe I will have to sell off my Fuji gear (XT2, six lenses) and one or two other items from my treasured collection of old gear. On consignment this should bring in enough to fully cover the price of the Q2, ideally before the interest-free period on my Visa card expires and I start repaying at 20+% interest per year.

Oh, the conundrums (conundra?) we impose and inflict on ourselves in this so short a lifetime.

In writing this I am well aware that now someone may race over to said shop and snag this luscious bargain of a Q2. Oh, well.

I am also looking at a Leica CL. But first and foremost, the Q-Q2 has won my heart.

Good on you for having one, HH. And using it as you do, in your usual exotic-quixotic-unique style of NYC photography.
 
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@Down Under

CL's are lovely too
more compact
use lenses
lightening fast too
can't go wrong if Q2 is no longer therr

I'm going to sell some gear too
though keeping Q2
 
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