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.
Spectacular images. Thanks for sharing.
Mac
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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?
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.”
Nice shots!
I have never understood what "the Leica look" means.
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.
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."
donphotog wrote:
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.”
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can you describe the "Leica Look"?
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.
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