Leica Q3
Feb 7, 2024 19:42:14 #
As an old Leicaphile, I acquired a Leica Q3, "Like New," from MPB last month. I've been working with it in an effort to capture that renowned, indefinable, "Leica look." Shooting Leica/Adobe DNG files post processed in Lightroom 6.1.
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Feb 7, 2024 23:54:39 #
donphotog wrote:
As an old Leicaphile, I acquired a Leica Q3, "Like New," from MPB last month. I've been working with it in an effort to capture that renowned, indefinable, "Leica look." Shooting Leica/Adobe DNG files post processed in Lightroom 6.1.
Lovely pictures.
How do you like the camera?
Feb 8, 2024 00:16:44 #
The Q3 is incredible but unique. Full frame with a fixed 28mm lens is considerably wide angle in my view; takes a bit of getting used to. 60 megapixels however leaves considerable room for cropping. The Summilux lens is, in my humble view, among Leica’s best; again incredible. I have two Fuji X-T5 image stabilized bodies with superb Fujinon XF lenses which capture fantastic images. So why Leica? There is something intangible in the superb Leica DNG files; there IS that Leica look which often makes me reach for the Q3 when I want to produce “photographic art.”
Feb 8, 2024 01:08:43 #
donphotog wrote:
The Q3 is incredible but unique. Full frame with a... (show quote)
Thanks for the info Don.
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Feb 8, 2024 08:46:44 #
Neither have i. I’ve seen YouTubers unsuccessfully try to define it. BUT, when I ask people to look at a gallery of photos and pick out the Leica images, they invariably pick the Leica images. Inexplicable but there nonetheless.
Feb 8, 2024 08:54:07 #
I am with jaymatt on this one. What is the "Leica look?" I have a book with photographs of Sebastiao Salgado using Leicas and they look like any other photographs taken with good lenses. We have a Leica store here in the Coral Gables section of the city. I have been there many times looking at the images and I am still looking for that "Leica look."
Feb 8, 2024 09:40:03 #
DaveyDitzer
Loc: Western PA
donphotog wrote:
The Q3 is incredible but unique. Full frame with a... (show quote)
can you describe the "Leica Look"?
Feb 8, 2024 10:23:33 #
Not really, Davey. Like I said, it's inexplicable but nevertheless, it exists. Leica lenses have some unique quality (capability?) that resonates in the images they produce. A full frame, 60 megapixel sensor with the latest Leica processor and a 28mm f1.7 Summilux lens producing a DNG file certainly contributes to the quality of the image. Having said all that, an iPhone photo looks great these days and my Fuji 26 megapixel X-T30 (or the 40 megapixel X-T5) with Fuji film simulation colors will likewise produce superb images. If I want gallery quality, large prints, or if I'm seeking photographic art, I'll defer to the Leica.
Feb 8, 2024 12:53:17 #
jaymatt wrote:
Nice shots!
I have never understood what "the Leica look" means.
I have never understood what "the Leica look" means.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Feb 8, 2024 13:44:10 #
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