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I've had a Q3 43 for 2 weeks and I have been particularly unimpressed with the AF and image quality. Such a over-hyped camera.

I have both and love it. I'm blessed, not loaded. Great review. I do find them very complementary to each other and am enjoying the smaller lighter kit.

You missed the point again on skin tone, I have both 28mm and 43mm and there is skin tone difference in Raw... Q3 28 is more yellowish vs Q3 43 is more if Nikon / Fuji color rendering. Did you notice that?

Great insights! Love the flag picture!! Have you tried the macro capabilities for q3 43? One last question whats the brand for your gold base plate fort the q3 28. Thanks

Analog 📷📸📷 are awesome and timeless

I think the colours from leica are more authentic 😊

The most sensible comparison so far, with good points for keeping the 28 Q over the 43 Q, and vice versa.

Looking forward to large format on site tutorial if possible ✌️

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I see it is more about versatility: one has a fixed 28mm lens (only wide angle) - you showed quite a few shots with the GF 80mm, or any other focal lenght. The Gfx having Ibis, you can shoot handheld with both, quick shot with the Fuji 35-70mm is not a problem. There is a difference with weight, so I would probably take my Fuji X kit with 2-3 lenses with me - much lighter, yet great image quality.

THE BEST review so far, thank you. Would have loved to see some of those miniature effect photos here though.

I shoot film because there is no easier solution to make sure your images are viewable more than 20 years into the future. Lost years of digital images from hard drive failures before. All the film I've shot, I still have them. That's something not many people think about.

Im a wide shooter. Just am. The wider the better. I want as much information in my photos as possible. But others feel they need more reach and less information. And sometimes that is actually what I need for a situation. So I bought a Sony a6700 to go with my Q3(28mm) with some nice Sony primes for those situations where the 28mm just won't do it. All of this still fits in a little shoulder bag.

Really insightful video! Thanks for putting this together and explaining your shot process. And of course, some really nice images you got there 👌

Your pictures with the Leica are incredible vs your medium format photos. What preset would you use for best jpegs directly from the Q3: standard, naturel, vivid, or else (maybe one of the Leica looks) ? Thanks Phil

Excellent images!

Beautiful shots! Were you exposure bracketing on any of them? Subscribed 👍🤗

My go to has been the Fuji GFX 50R with the 23mm. Love the colors, and the sensor. All my Banff pictures - be it portraits or landscapes - were on the GFX.

I am with the 28, mainly because the images have a nicer, more interesting perspective imho, 43 seems flat for me, just not so much dynamic in the scene, more boring looking. Ofc 28 is also much more versatile because of the crop-in possibility, thats what the 60 mp-sensor ist made for.

Cropping an image from 28mm is not a true 50mm. And the distortion is really obvious on faces. Not so much for structures.

awesome...... more pls

Awesome...

While on the street 28 mm or 43 mm is a personal choice I guess. I have used your OG Q work 28 mm sumilux. Jewel of a camera and gem of a lens. But if were to shoot a lot of street portraits more than street scenes - I think 43 will be a comfortable choice. I like this video PV. Would have loved to see more pictures from the 43 mm Q

I am simply take a full frame camera with a 24-70 mm lens and set my mind free

There is always a lot of hype when a new product is released. I bought my Q3 three weeks ago knowing that the Q3 43 was about to hit the market. My decision was based on my needs for the wide 28, pure and simple.

Where are y’all finding the Q3 43 for sale? I can’t find any outlet that has one in stock.

Thank you for this - very helpful, honest and detailed feedback on the eye autofocus with the latest GFX cameras, rather than excitable hype, over-promising and vagueness that you get with a lot of RUclips reviews. People skim over the eye autofocus behaviour too much but it's critical to the camera's functionality for portrait shooting, and you did a great job of explaining the situations where it does and doesn't work flawlessly. I have been wondering what version of GFX to aim towards owning one day, and I think based on information like this I probably couldn't settle for the original GFX 100 (mark 1) or other earlier options but would need this mark-2 generation (or any future releases) as a minimum. Thank you for clearing that up for me.

Excellent video! I have 28mm Q3 but wgatbi noticed is when I shoot Raw it has yellow skin tone cast vs Q3 43mm is more of Nikon Fuji color. Can you do Raw comparison video skinyone check for 43mm and 28mm?

Yes 😂

Frankly, I don’t understood this hoopla about the Q3-43 v/s Q3-28. To sum it up, the 28mm is a great EDC camera whereas the 43mm clearly is not. As you both have mentioned, the 43mm is excellent for those who’ve always shot either with 35mm or 50mm. To quote the guys on Red Dot Forum, who are rather fond of saying this in other Leica contexts, the 43mm is an AND camera and not an OR camera. It depends ….. i.e. it does not replace the Q3-28, it adds to the Q lineup

It boils down to pretty much all that you mentioned. 28 gives you a bit more freedom to different styles and compositions. 43 of course, a bit narrow and good for portraits and tight compositions. If you currently own a 28 and happy with it, just stick to it, you have all the freedom from 28 to 43 and beyond! Having said that, APO is something that you may want to consider 😊

I have both... 28mm has too much distortion... 43mm is much more natural.

Sir how is apo lens performance in q3 43

You must be a con man. I stopped listening your BS after a minute for converting Sony to B&W. after listening another minute I couldn't take your BS any more. Vancouver is in BC, Canada where I live. Moreover, full conversion to any camera to Infrared cost less than U$300. It involves two steps. Not only to remove Bayer filter, but also to install IR filter of your choice. Not only removing bayer filter for $1200.

Please don't mislead people. Any camera's sensor can be removed to make B&W or 4 different kind of Infrared. Pentax K3iii Monochrome is the Only substitute to Leica Monochrome at one-third of the price. Pentax released it about 9 months ago.

This review like no other makes me “buy it” 🙂…seriously. But I’m wondering is it still worth to invest in it in 2024 ? 🤷🏻

Greeting sir, have you experienced any orange light issues or freeze during operation

I have the q3, nice camera but if I were to rebuy in the leica line one camera it would be the sl3 with 24-90 lens.

Thankyou Sir

Great camera - had mine for a year now - but I hate the brass/gold bling - I keep my camera as discrete as possible - I have the red dot taped over!!

Your video is very informative especially concerning the portraits with that cam. Thanks 🙏

One tip for FujiFilm cameras is instead of having it on the eye setting pick one eye what this does is it stops it jumping to the other one if the model is side and obviously would pick the eye that is closest to you but this is a huge difference. I have the GFX 100S ii which is essentially the same

I shoot jpegs only ,will this camera be of good help for jpegs?

You are not increasing the dept of field, instad you are moving the plane of focus!

Love honest reviews. Thank you

Nice video, not decided but I Will probably go for a M11

Great review - Q3 looks compelling My “one camera one lens” choice would have to be the incredibly impractical combo of an MP + probably an older everyday summicron with some “character” flaws

What strap and ND filter you using there? Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Awesome photographs from the Master of Photography.

To be honest , I think t'the best small camera on the market right now! You should learn to manage the AF-C settings : huge differences in the different presets!