[Leica] Q2 Questions......

[Howard L Ritter Jr]

Thanks to everyone for their input on the Q2, and to Jayanand for his experiences with up-res’ing smaller files. I’ll have a look at the DxO product. I’m very much looking forward to revisiting Iceland with the Q2.

Frank, my son and I are on our own this time, 10 days with a rental car, a map, and as little scheduling as we can get away with while keeping an eye on booking sites so we don’t have to sleep in the car! My wife and I took a weeklong tour sponsored by Sky & Telescope magazine in Sep-Oct 2019, themed on seeing the aurora but incorporating much more Iceland than aurora. A few of my favorite aurora shots are in the Gallery here <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Aurora/>, an album of MM shots around Reykjavik here <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Reykjavik+in+Mono/>, and some MM views of Iceland’s rugged coast here <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Iceland+for+Gallery/?g2_statusId=xa55ccdd6&g2_navId=x553f1dcd>. I completely agree, Iceland is a wide-angle country.

You’ll evidently be there about a month earlier in the year than we were, but AFAIK any time is good for auroral activity as long as you’re far enough before or after the summer solstice so you get a period of full dark in the middle of the night. According to my astronomy app, full dark (‘astronomic night’) prevails between about midnight and 0300 in Iceland in early September, so you may have to stay up late to get the best views of auroras and star fields.


—howard



> On Jun 12, 2021, at 2:44 PM, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> We leave for  Iceland in 75 days..... Are you taking a photo tour or on your own?  How long is your tour?
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> We are especially looking forward to the Volcano.....
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> I have been there once before.  It is a wide angle country.  about 20% of all my images were made at 24mm.  Significantly higher than 50 % at below 35mm.  If I were to take only 1 non zoom lens, it would be the 28 or 24.
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> I have and will take my Sony A7rii ( ex-Doug Herr model!) with the 24-70 and 16-35. (Plus a few others for specialty reasons, like the borealis.) If I were to need to cut to 1 lens, it would be the 16-35 zoom.
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> Have a wonderful trip.... it is a magical country.  Look for the bottle of Cod Liver Oil on the breakfast buffet table......
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> 
> Frank Filippone
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