[Leica] Q2

[Frank Filippone]

My son just bought the A7c with that lens. It is a pretty compact combo.
How foes it perform?  Who knows. But it is not in the normal lens lineup.

On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 7:05 PM Howard L Ritter Jr via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> Well, I guess you’re right, Sonny. I just took a look at B&H, and found
> something from Sony that I’m sure I never missed before, so it must be new,
> which is a 28-60mm f/4-5.6 E-mount FF zoom, which is genuinely compact. It
> reminds me of a FF version of their APS-C 18-55 kit lens, with shorter
> maximum FL. I just may not have paid much attention to the shorter primes
> from Sony and others. Still, I don’t find a tiny Zeiss 35/1.8, only an f/2
> that’s … actually, about the size of the Q2’s 28!
>
> I may have to reconsider parting with the a7R; maybe just the 24-70 zoom.
>
> And since I’d already bought the Q2, of course I was looking for
> justification 😇. But that doesn’t exclude seriously seeking counsel.
>
> —howard
>
>
> > On Jun 13, 2021, at 12:11 AM, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/>
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> > 1714
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> >
> > 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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Frank Filippone
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