[Leica] Q2

[zoeica at mac.com (chris williams)]

I have done conference jobs using only the Q2. It?s amazing. 

Chris Williams
www.dcdocumentaryphotographers.com
www.zoeicaimages.net
504-231-6261



> On Jun 12, 2021, at 7:18 PM, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> ?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
> 
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