[Leica] Leica Q in Berlin

[robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)]

Doug and Gene, thanks for posting your impressions.

Michael Reichman has posted on the Luminous Landscape website a review as
well as a video of an interview with Stephan Daniel and Peter Kruschewski
of Leica AG
https://luminous-landscape.com/leica-q-hands-on-and-video-interview/  and
at least in the video the camera looks a little larger than I expected it
to be....this may be a result of a wide angle lens being used to shoot it
but I'm not sure.

What I'm really interested in are your comments on the Electronic
Viewfinder.   What did you think of it?

--Bob

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:28 AM, Douglas Nygren via LUG <lug at 
leica-users.org
> wrote:

> Thank you for your comments, Gene.I appreciate your taking the time to
> share your impressions of the camera and lens. Something must have skewered
> my impression. Perhaps the overall lightness of the camerathat threw me
> off. It wasn't a dislike. I liked the camera very much.
> The quality of the images (i.e. the Leica lens) and the camera's light
> weight make it very appealing to me.
> I especially like the camera's ability to go from 28mm to 35 or 50mm. I
> tend to put a lens on a camera and stick with itfor long periods of time. I
> hate dragging around extra weight and although Leica lenses are relatively
> light compared to themonster SLR Objektive, they do weigh something.
> I also like the Qs relative compactness, perfect for having in my
> briefcase (in meiner Mappe). In Berlin, I have a city bike. It is heavyand
> at least once a day, I have to carry it up the stairs from a subway. A
> Canon 5D with an L lens adds a noticeable amount of weight, and a Leica 9
> isn't as light as I'd like.
> Cheers--Doug
>
>
>      On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:22 AM, "grduprey at mchsi.com" <
> grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Hi Doug,
>
> I also had the chance to check out the new Q at the Wash DC store.
> However, I thought the lens was every bit as well made as other lenses of
> its type, and the AF seemed very fast when I put it to the test.  I took
> some test shots, but my laptop does not have a new enough PS Elements to
> read the files.  Will have to wait until I get home to process them.  The Q
> seems to be very well designed, and should be a hit.  I am thinking very
> seriously about getting one, after we get moved to Texas.
>
> Gene
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas Nygren via LUG" <lug at leica-users.org>
> To: "Lug" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 5:19:20 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Leica Q in Berlin
>
> I was able to get downtown West-Berlin today (To me Berlin is still a
> story of two cities) and try the new Leica Q.
> I had thought from the first report abut the Q that it is a winner. After
> holding it in my hands, taking several photos with it, I continue to feel
> the same way about it.
> I like that it is a dedicated lens, but that it has three options just as
> the Tri-elmar does.
> On the negative side, I thought the lens seemed flimsier than I expected
> while being lighter than I would have imagined.
> Autofocus seemed slower than I would like.
> Too bad it does 't do double exposures like the fuji does. Menus remain
> intuitive and easy to use. Canon could learn from this, but that would mean
> breaking decades long bad habits for them and other camera makers like
> them.
> I'd buy this camera, but not before it's been out a while and the buys get
> worked out.
> Cheers--Doug
>
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