[Leica] Q2

[Brian Reid]

I bought a Q2 in August 2019. I haven't used any other camera since 
then, except occasionally my iPhone. It is beyond fabulous in almost 
every way.

I use it for portraits, travel pictures, random family snapshots, and 
... well, I use it for everything.

I have two very minor issues with it. The WiFi scheme for getting 
pictures out of it is really awful, but it does work. And I often 
accidentally move the focus point around by hitting the 
up/down/left/right buttons unintentionally. So I always check the 
location of the focus point before I take a picture.



On 2021-06-12 08:57, Howard L Ritter Jr via LUG 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
> 
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