Thank you for your videos, which are always very interesting. As a pro photographer, using my Q3 for street photography, I use these 2 flashes: FlashQ M20 from LightPix Labs. Advantage: small trigger that detaches from the flash. Flash that fits in your hand Disadvantage: 2x AAA batteries that drain quickly. Flash doesn't always keep up with cadence and can burn out if overheated. No TTL I now use the Godox V350 with the Godox X3 trigger on my Leica Q3. Advantage: Godox VB20 battery. Excellent flash for speed and focal length coverage. Disadvantage: No TTL The absence of TTL is absolutely not important in Street Photography and can be managed very well with experience. I should point out that the V350 and X3 are Canon version since all my pro equipment is Canon. This allows me to use them with all my Godox flashes in Canon Version. So all I had to do was buy the V350 (cheap) for the Leica Q3!
@@ChrisM-yq2pq The Hasselblad X-system has Nikon-compatible hot shoes and you can use most Nikon flashes on the X1D and X2D. On Leica cameras its a bit more tricky ...
This is my favorite flash for my Q3 as well thanks for the video. Like most of their flashes, Leica no longer makes the SF 26 because it is just a rebranded flash from other manufacturers. The SF 26 is a rebraded Metz 26 af-2, and Metz stopped making flashes a few years back that is why if you get a version of the SF 26, it will give you an issue due to not having the updated firmware. I like to set the Flash setting to one of the function button to change the power levels. Again great video.
Just got my Q3 28 and have a Nikon Zf with the SB700. Manual mode works perfectly on the Q3 and SB700. Just dial in the flash manual power and requires some experimentation but you get better at estimating. I grew up (70’s) on manual flash flash and love the leaf shutter on the Q3 so quite familiar with the process. On that note, have a Godox Junior coming in. Would love TTL but manual flash works great if you know what you’re doing. Thanks for a great video!
Same to you! Always highly value your comments and you being part of this channel community. All the best for the new year and we stay in touch like always.
Great Video, as always. I did not know the Q3 hat a leaf shutter. Very cool. Quick Disclaimer about the Godox Lux. I recently saw a video from another Creator. He used the exact same Godox Flash and said it damaged one of the "springs" in the hot shoe. I tried the flash on a q2 when the flash was released and I did not feel it was too tight. Also. I am not sure if the Creator maybe did something wrong. Just wanted to share. Hope you all have a great Christmas 😊😊
Thanks Eugen, appreciate the feedback. As I said in the video when trying third party flashes, always be nice to the Q3's hot shoe otherwise you might damage your camera. Generally not a lot can go wrong but a grain of salt in terms of being cautious is always good. Merry Xmas!
Sorry I meant to ask on previous video but do you know if Leica have confirmed they are releasing a grey hand grip to suit the Q3 43? Looking online no-one seems to know but some say they won't other says unsure :-) I guess black matches the top plate, base and lens.......
@@501CM My information from Leica Marketing is that the grip will stay black and there will be no grey hand grip for the Q3 43. Disappointing, and maybe they make up their mind in the course of 2025.
I did these type of comparisons from time to time on my channel. Having said that, its always difficult to compare different camera brands since the platforms and concepts are typically very different and hard to put side-by-side.
Agree but we also need to be a bit "mild" here in our judgment. Leica do not produce flashes so they rely on brands who have that expertise. And yes, their spectrum of offered flashes is a bit thin at the moment as I pointed out in the video but there are alternatives we can use as I showed.
Serious photographers don't think flash photography is obsolete... Just a note because I don't seem to understand why you said that.. and why would Leica think that.
To me natural light photographers are lazy or too weak to carry equipment 😂 my paras come everywhere with me. I rarely use available light it’s usually gross and subpar
Spot-on, I don't think I said that flashes are obsolete in photography. What I wanted to say is that Leica maybe is "lazy" to add a small flash in the box of the Q3 (in contrast to the D-Lux cameras where you get a tiny flash for free in the box) because the sensor performs so well in low light. But I use flashes often and as said in the video very often in dim light to brighten the face of a person or getting some "fill light" into a scene.
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Thank you for your videos, which are always very interesting.
As a pro photographer, using my Q3 for street photography, I use these 2 flashes:
FlashQ M20 from LightPix Labs.
Advantage: small trigger that detaches from the flash. Flash that fits in your hand
Disadvantage: 2x AAA batteries that drain quickly. Flash doesn't always keep up with cadence and can burn out if overheated. No TTL
I now use the Godox V350 with the Godox X3 trigger on my Leica Q3.
Advantage: Godox VB20 battery. Excellent flash for speed and focal length coverage.
Disadvantage: No TTL
The absence of TTL is absolutely not important in Street Photography and can be managed very well with experience.
I should point out that the V350 and X3 are Canon version since all my pro equipment is Canon. This allows me to use them with all my Godox flashes in Canon Version. So all I had to do was buy the V350 (cheap) for the Leica Q3!
Isn’t Leica a Nikon mount?
Thanks for sharing, much appreciated.
@@ChrisM-yq2pq The Hasselblad X-system has Nikon-compatible hot shoes and you can use most Nikon flashes on the X1D and X2D. On Leica cameras its a bit more tricky ...
This is my favorite flash for my Q3 as well thanks for the video. Like most of their flashes, Leica no longer makes the SF 26 because it is just a rebranded flash from other manufacturers. The SF 26 is a rebraded Metz 26 af-2, and Metz stopped making flashes a few years back that is why if you get a version of the SF 26, it will give you an issue due to not having the updated firmware. I like to set the Flash setting to one of the function button to change the power levels. Again great video.
Thanks a lot, this is really good additional information, appreciate your comment.
Just got my Q3 28 and have a Nikon Zf with the SB700. Manual mode works perfectly on the Q3 and SB700. Just dial in the flash manual power and requires some experimentation but you get better at estimating. I grew up (70’s) on manual flash flash and love the leaf shutter on the Q3 so quite familiar with the process. On that note, have a Godox Junior coming in. Would love TTL but manual flash works great if you know what you’re doing. Thanks for a great video!
Great that you shared that, many thanks! I fully agree, manual mode works well in flash photography if you know what you are doing.
Didn't know these are leaf shutter lens camera, nice work !
They are! Thanks for the positive feedback.
Math, thanks for all the videos, knowledge and explanations in 2024.
I wish you Happy Holidays and a great 2025.
Same to you! Always highly value your comments and you being part of this channel community. All the best for the new year and we stay in touch like always.
Great Video, as always. I did not know the Q3 hat a leaf shutter. Very cool. Quick Disclaimer about the Godox Lux. I recently saw a video from another Creator. He used the exact same Godox Flash and said it damaged one of the "springs" in the hot shoe. I tried the flash on a q2 when the flash was released and I did not feel it was too tight. Also. I am not sure if the Creator maybe did something wrong. Just wanted to share.
Hope you all have a great Christmas 😊😊
Thanks Eugen, appreciate the feedback. As I said in the video when trying third party flashes, always be nice to the Q3's hot shoe otherwise you might damage your camera. Generally not a lot can go wrong but a grain of salt in terms of being cautious is always good. Merry Xmas!
Did you try any off camera flash with a strobe and remote controller/trigger in the hot shoe?
Did not try it, if you have made some experience in that please share with us.
Sorry I meant to ask on previous video but do you know if Leica have confirmed they are releasing a grey hand grip to suit the Q3 43? Looking online no-one seems to know but some say they won't other says unsure :-) I guess black matches the top plate, base and lens.......
@@501CM My information from Leica Marketing is that the grip will stay black and there will be no grey hand grip for the Q3 43. Disappointing, and maybe they make up their mind in the course of 2025.
@@mathphotographer Thanks - Decided to return my grip as I found it made the camera too ugly and I never hand hold using viewfinder anyway.......
I still rock the sf24 D
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Can you please compare other high end camera with Leica like Sony and Canon as Hassblad and Leica are difficult to find in my country
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So many videos about those
I did these type of comparisons from time to time on my channel. Having said that, its always difficult to compare different camera brands since the platforms and concepts are typically very different and hard to put side-by-side.
@ 1:34. ...serious photography... using a lens hood that way??
@@domipro123 Haha well spotted :) That clip is a generic video ... and yes, she should flip the lens hood :)
Although Leica do not advertise the fact, both the Q and Q2 also have leaf shutters.
Spot-on correct. Its the concept of the Q-cameras to rely on the leaf shutter in the lens.
It’s a pity that Nissin isn’t allowed to release a Leica compatible i40 or i60. Leica should be ashamed that they only rebrand their flashes.
Agree but we also need to be a bit "mild" here in our judgment. Leica do not produce flashes so they rely on brands who have that expertise. And yes, their spectrum of offered flashes is a bit thin at the moment as I pointed out in the video but there are alternatives we can use as I showed.
Serious photographers don't think flash photography is obsolete... Just a note because I don't seem to understand why you said that.. and why would Leica think that.
To me natural light photographers are lazy or too weak to carry equipment 😂 my paras come everywhere with me. I rarely use available light it’s usually gross and subpar
Spot-on, I don't think I said that flashes are obsolete in photography. What I wanted to say is that Leica maybe is "lazy" to add a small flash in the box of the Q3 (in contrast to the D-Lux cameras where you get a tiny flash for free in the box) because the sensor performs so well in low light. But I use flashes often and as said in the video very often in dim light to brighten the face of a person or getting some "fill light" into a scene.
Having said that, natural light is often more my path to an image :)
@@Mattrossphoto Lol - liked your statement. I am clearly also sometimes too lazy to carry a flash and then, naturally light photography kicks in 😂
Tell me, are you German? 🙈
@@tobiashupf I was born in Germany but I am Swiss :)
Fuji x100VI can same thing as well for much less $$$$$$
The Fuji X100VI clearly is a remarkable camera and comes at a much more affordable price tag.