[Leica] Q2

[Sonny Carter]

Howard, I'm not sure if I understand your assertion of a lack of decent
compact prime lenses for your Sony.

If anything I have too many!   Have you looked at the Sony and Rokinon 24mm
lenses?  How about the Samyang 45?  same with Zeiss 35mm f2.8.  Tiny and
lighter than a Summicron 35, and a good deal less dear.

I'm using several of these on my A7r3 with pretty good results, and now on
my A7c which gives me a definite Lika-Leica experience, especially when you
team the resulting images with Topaz sharpen, well, "Oh my heart!"

Your email started a thread, but it sounds more like you were out to
justify the Q2 rather than seriously seeking counsel.

;-)

Let us see some pix!

Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 10:57 AM Howard L Ritter Jr via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> 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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