[Leica] Friday Flowers with Q2

[reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)]

Exchange. Surely Leica's manufacturing is normally as good as their 
repair.

On 2020-06-19 4:52 pm, Aram Langhans via LUG wrote:
> The Q2 has what is called Macro, but owning the 100/2.8 APO I have a
> hard time calling it "Macro".  Let's just say it focus close.  Now,
> with 47 MP, that does leave room for cropping.  Here is what it can
> do.  View them LARGE.  It is a Leica, after all.
> 
> Full frame:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ff/Garden+Pansies-1000107.jpg.html
> 
> A healthy crop to get me to what I would call Macro.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ff/Garden+Pansies-1000107-2.jpg.html
> 
> And real pixel peeping.  Cropped so it shows what 1:1 view in Lightroom 
> shows.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ff/Garden+Pansies-1000107-3.jpg.html
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 
> Unfortunately, my Q2 is going on a trip.  What kind I am not sure.
> After taking a few night star photos, I noticed the edges are not up
> to par.  And a distant landscape taken at 1.7 shows a marked
> difference from left side to right side.  I sent the photos to Leica
> and their technician said something is wrong with the centering. It is
> not normal.   Now I  have the personal debate. Should I just return it
> to B&H for an exchange or should I send it in for repair.  Not even
> three weeks in my hands an exchange seems to be best, but it was
> pointed out that if I send it in for repair they will fine-tune the
> lens to perfection and I will know all is right.  Of course it might
> take months.  And of course something else could go amiss in the
> process.  Tough choice.  Anyone want to chime in as to what I should
> do?
> 
> Aram