Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh man. Now you?ve really go me thinking I should try one out. Are they weather sealed too? Jasse On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 5:18 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Jasse Chan jassechan at gmail.com