Robertl594 Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket

Learning to love my Q3. It’s a different beast than my other mirrorless and dslrs, but worth the curve. Enjoy your new camera and keep posting you images.

F/1.7 is where it’s at!

Warhorse Loc: SE Michigan

Congratulations on your purchase of a great camera!

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

Enjoy your new Leica!

andesbill

Thanks for all your encouragement.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Your going to have some awesome fun, Bill

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good set, Bill, the camera looks like a keeper.

genocolo Loc: Vail and Gasparilla Island

Sorry, but I don’t see anything in these very ordinary photos which would tempt me or justify a $6,000 price. No disrespect intended to you personally.

andesbill

Learning a new complicated device, including this camera follows the 10, 100, 1000 hour rule. 10 hours before you get any feel for it, 100 hours before you know what you are doing without floundering through the menus, and 1000 hours before it becomes a part of you.
I have many hours before I will understand what photos to take and how best to take them that show the qualities of this camera at its best.
At the moment, this is what I know: this is the only full frame, high sensor, compact camera on the market. The lens is the finest lens for any compact camera.
The camera is light enough and good enough to take with me anywhere, including on my Canadian Rocky tour next summer. By then, I hope to have my 100 hours in.
Right now, I am taking it along with me on early morning walks, and getting a feel for how I want to use it.
Full frame DSLR’s with quality lenses are significantly heavier and as expensive, or more so.
I haven’t used a camera for over 5 years and it shows. You could probably do better.
But, if you enjoy swapping lenses, and using tripods (for long lenses), and don’t mind carrying the weight and all the gear, then there is no fixed lens camera that would satisfy you, understandably.
Remember, just because the gear is great, doesn’t mean that the photos will be. That takes a photographic eye, which I obviously do not have yet.

donphotog

Know how you feel, Bill. I'm an old "Leicaphile" who has learned to love this new Q3. Never thought I would get used to 28mm full frame but it does grow on you. As pointed out, with 60mp, there is plenty of room for cropping and wide angle ain't so bad after all. Keep shooting and sharing.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Sour grapes here?

genocolo Loc: Vail and Gasparilla Island

Are you nuts? What a stupid remark.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

No I a not nuts, but you are rude. Both in your original reply and in this one. Don't bother replying, I will not continuing a conversation with someone who demonstrates such immature childish behavior. I am blocking you.

RickL Loc: Vail, Az

Enjoy your new camera

EJMcD

Very well stated! Disregard the Negative Nancy's. They "try" to make others feel bad so that they can feel better about themselves and are probably a product of bad parenting and/or they just never grew up. Unfortunately there are more than several that show up here on UHH. I can't comprehend what they get out of chiming in with rude, nasty posts and dare them to explain what satisfaction they derive from it. My ignore list grows every time I'm here.

Some really need to learn how to disagree without being offensive.
To all the friendly, mature members, I apologize for the RANT.

andesbill

I would have posted more yesterday, but the Samsung SSD, died, with my photos (they’re still on the card, but still…) I’ve been trying to get that piece of crap up and working again. It happens to be my second Samsung SSD that’s died in the last week.
Do not buy Samsung SSD’s. If you have them, back them up while you can.