[Leica] Q2

[leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans)]

Howard.? I've had my Q2 almost a year now.? My wife got it for me for my 
birthday/Christmas present for the rest of my life.? Well, that is what 
I told her.? She could not top that if she tried, so save the money.

It is fabulous.? Bloody sharp and you are correct that with 47MP you 
have a lot of crop room.? If I wanted to think about it I could come up 
with a few gripes, but it is not worth the time. Did I mention how sharp 
it is?? Head to head with my Nikon D750 it blows it away, no matter what 
lens I have on it.? I have just about abandoned my Nikon glass for 
general shooting and mount my R-35-70/4 and the 28 even blows that one 
away.? Only use my Nikon if I need wider than 28 or with my 70-200 and 
of course for macro with my 100/2.8 APO attached.

It is light(er), fast to use, simple to operate, has a nice (not the 
best) EVF, feels good in the hand and of course it has a red dot.? First 
Leica I have owned since my R8.? You will enjoy the heck out of it.

Aram

On 6/12/2021 8:57 AM, Howard L Ritter Jr wrote:
> Looking for LUGgers? opinions/experience with the Q2. And with Topaz Labs? 
> Gigapixel AI and Sharpen AI software.
>
> After decades of flogging a 35mm, then FF DSLR or mirrorless, on various 
> outings and expeditions, I have finally come to the realization that the 
> opportunity to use a lens longer than 50mm for a few percent of my shots, 
> most of them not particularly memorable, isn?t worth the bulk and weight 
> of a 24-70 or -85 zoom. I?ve gotten progressively unhappy with the lack of 
> decent compact primes for my Sony mirrorless FF a7Rii, and the resultant 
> need to tote the 24-70. My everyday-carry lens on an M body is 35mm and 
> I?m much more apt to wish I had something shorter mounted than longer. I?m 
> not above going out with the M240 or MM sporting the lovely 21-35 
> Vario-Elmarit R on an M adapter and EVF.
>
> So I?m going to Iceland (again) next week with my son for a 
> circumnavigation of the island by the Ring Road, with side trips to the 
> volcano and the Snaefjellsness Peninsula. This prospect really stimulated 
> some analytical thinking, and I went ahead and ordered a Q2 from B&H. It 
> arrived yesterday and I?m familiarizing myself with it. It?s a real gem, 
> well advanced from my M240 in terms of being a thoroughly modern FF 
> digital camera, and it really feels right to/for me. It?s going to replace 
> my Sony a7Rii, Sony RX1-R, and a few lenses.
>
> My reasoning is that with a 28mm prime lens and a 47 MPx sensor, I can 
> crop and enlarge to the equivalent of 90mm and have a 4.5 Mpx image file. 
> I?ve found that Gigapixel and Sharpen can produce an image file 4x as 
> large as the original (2x the pixel dimensions) that looks at least as 
> good as a native image file made with a lens of 2x the FL. So the 4.5 Mpx 
> crop can be up-res?d and sharpened to look like an 18 Mpx file taken with 
> a 90 mm lens. And the 24 Mpx images from my late, lamented NEX-7 that I 
> see as background on my 25? iMac?s 250-dpi, 15-Mpx screen every day remind 
> me of how stunningly detailed 15 Mpx can look 2? across the desk even at 
> 13 x 21?.
>
> Any helpful advice or reports from Q users?
>
> Images to follow.
>
> ?howard

-- 
Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer
  
?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself 
would ever have dared dream.?
    James D. Watson