[Leica] Q2

[Aram Langhans]

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

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Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer
  
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