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Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

Pre-order at B&H Photo:

Leica Q3 43 60MP camera:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/new-leica-camera-september-2024/ci/59133/

Expora Article about the new Leica Q3 43:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/videos/photography/leica-q3-43-adds-natural-perspective-to-q-lineup

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Main Features:

60MP Full-Frame BSI CMOS Sensor
APO-Summicron 43mm f/2 ASPH. Lens
8K30, 4K60 & 4:2:2 10-Bit, FHD ProRes HQ
Phase-Detection AF & Optical IS
Triple Resolution Technology
5.76m-Dot OLED Electronic Viewfinder
3" 1.84m-Dot Tilting Touchscreen LCD
ISO 50-100000, Up to 15-fps Shooting
SD UHS-II Slot; USB-C and HDMI Ports
IP52 Weather Sealing

Sep 26, 2024 at 09:56 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

Jono's review: https://www.slack.co.uk/articles/leica-q3-43.html
Petapixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/09/26/leica-q3-43-review-its-all-about-the-new-lens/
dpreview: https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/leica-q3-43-review#CC
PCmag: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/leica-q3-43

"The lens is stabilized, so I managed to get sharp handheld exposures at speeds as long as 1/4-second, and stretched as far as 1/2-second with hit or miss results."

Sep 26, 2024 at 10:21 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

Was not expecting another 43 mm lens!? There's only one previously made?

Sep 26, 2024 at 10:54 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

I think this could get me to finally go to the Q3, and maybe, MAYBE, even away from the Q2M that I absolutely love. There is a lot of things to love about this release. Except probably the price.

Sep 26, 2024 at 11:33 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

It’s a smart move by Leica to offer the same camera with different focal lengths. For those who prefer shooting with a 28mm, the choice is clear. Now, there’s an alternative for those who prefer a more standard focal length and a more clinically correct look to their images.

I’m in the 28mm camp for the Q series, but I can see the 43mm becoming quite popular.

If someone comes across a DNG file from the new 43, post the link here. I'm curious to check if there is any baked-in distortion correction applied to the DNG files shot from this lens. (We all know there is a big in-camera correction for the 28)

Sep 26, 2024 at 12:02 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

Dpreview sample gallery has raw files:
https://www.dpreview.com/sample-galleries/7595010911/leica-q3-43-sample-gallery/6461651047

It looks like raw correction is baked in:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1870612/16#16649885

Fred Miranda wrote:
If someone comes across a DNG file from the new 43, post the link here. I'm curious to check if there is any baked-in distortion correction applied to the DNG files shot from this lens. (We all know there is a big in-camera correction for the 28)

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Sep 26, 2024 at 12:09 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

I mentioned this lens around 10 days ago.

Sep 26, 2024 at 12:10 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

Fred Miranda wrote:
It’s a smart move by Leica to offer the same camera with different focal lengths. For those who prefer shooting with a 28mm, the choice is clear. Now, there’s an alternative for those who prefer a more standard focal length and a more clinically correct look to their images.

I’m in the 28mm camp for the Q series, but I can see the 43mm becoming quite popular.

If someone comes across a DNG file from the new 43, post the link here. I'm curious to check if there is any baked-in distortion correction applied to the DNG files shot from this...Show more →

The files on DPreview show a ton software correction- This thing looks much wider than it really is- probably a 38mm lens ish-

Terrible at judging it but its significant-

Sep 26, 2024 at 12:11 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

If this was a choice when I picked up the Q2 Reporter I would have gone with 43 for sure.

For the 40ish FL it’s all about the CV 40 1.2 nowadays.

Sep 26, 2024 at 12:28 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

Can't wait for the size comparisons between this and the A7Cr + SY 45mm f/1.8

Sep 26, 2024 at 12:32 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

serhan_ wrote:
Dpreview sample gallery has raw files:
https://www.dpreview.com/sample-galleries/7595010911/leica-q3-43-sample-gallery/6461651047

It looks like raw correction is baked in:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1870612/16#16649885

Thanks for posting this! That was the same strategy used for the Q 28 to keep the lens smaller: minimize optical distortion correction and apply corrections in-camera with OP codes. This approach isn’t bad if the final image is still great with minimal vignetting.

Sep 26, 2024 at 01:01 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

This is causing me some serious camera acquisition syndrome.

Sep 26, 2024 at 01:54 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

Any word as to whether or not the original Q3 thumb grip works with the new 43?

Sep 26, 2024 at 02:09 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

Raptor_Fan76 wrote:
Any word as to whether or not the original Q3 thumb grip works with the new 43?

Yes, it will fit. The bodies and controls are identical.

Sep 26, 2024 at 02:33 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

and my order at B&H says shipped....Monday! can't wait. I also placed a second order at Adorama, need to cancel that one I guess

Sep 26, 2024 at 02:33 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

rsolti13 wrote:
and my order at B&H says shipped....Monday! can't wait

I am sure you will love your new camera. Congratulations.

Sep 26, 2024 at 02:34 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

As someone who has wanted a camera like this for more than a decade at this point, I feel like everything about the macro mode is a bit of a letdown. More than I was expecting, honestly. It starts at 60(!!)cm, you lose control of your aperture below 2.8 from 60cm to ~26.5cm, and even though it focuses closer than my 35 GM it has a ~20% lower maximum reproduction.

Everything else about the camera and lens combo looks more than good enough to consider selling off the remainder of my kit for and just downsizing. In many ways, this seems to be 95% the performance of my 35 GM at ~50% the size/weight for the lens & camera combo. Perhaps AF could wait for a Q4 43, but everything else is great.

But that macro seems worse than everything I went through with the 40 CF. Hard pass from me if this is going to be my only piece of kit.

Sep 26, 2024 at 02:38 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

On dpreview I see samples of uncorrected raw prictures from this camera that show an enormous distortion. Is it so difficult to make a lens in this size without distortion? To me it looks like a cheap lens from the previous century.

Sep 26, 2024 at 02:52 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

ustjwenew wrote:
On dpreview I see samples of uncorrected raw prictures from this camera that show an enormous distortion. Is it so difficult to make a lens in this size without distortion? To me it looks like a cheap lens from the previous century.

I’d say that if the lens can maintain the resolution and contrast shown in the released MTF graphs after software correction, I don’t mind it at all. What matters is the final output image. Correcting it in software rather than optically is just a different approach.

Most people won’t see the images without the baked-in corrections, so it’s likely not to be an issue, just as it wasn’t for the Leica Q with the 28mm lens:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1830361

Sep 26, 2024 at 03:03 PM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released!

ustjwenew wrote:
On dpreview I see samples of uncorrected raw prictures from this camera that show an enormous distortion. Is it so difficult to make a lens in this size without distortion? To me it looks like a cheap lens from the previous century.

That’s the beauty of a fixed sensor-

You build the lens to match the sensor size- so you only have to correct out to a certain point. I would say this give lens designers way more latitude to get the best possible output.

If I think about this logically- Imagine designing an ASP-C lens with a full frame sensor- Extremely easy to get the best part of the image in the center.

With a fixed lens and you control the lens placement with no mount, you can build the best properties around that, make the crop in software for the 60M image circle etc.

I am sure there are people way smarter than me that can talk about it but why not use the technology we have and use everything at your fingertips. Someone correct me if this is wrong-

Sep 26, 2024 at 03:41 PM

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