The EVF is a 5.76M dot OLED display that’s brilliant and sharp. I by no means had any points with guide focus. Unlike many methods I’ve used that require a button press, simply turning the lens zooms in permits for exact focusing.
I used to be in a position to shoot with the Q3 for almost a month, and in that point the one actual criticism I might give you is that I’m not an enormous fan of the 28-mm lens. That will not be exactly truthful. I really like this lens, I simply lack expertise composing photos at this discipline of view. I’m rather more skilled with, and comfy with, the 35-mm lens present in Fujifilm’s X100V (9/10, WIRED Recommends). That mentioned, the Q3 is a lot enjoyable to make use of that I loved scuffling with composition within the wider-than-I’m-used-to body.
Photograph: Scott Gilbertson
I used to contemplate mounted focal-length, large-sensor compact cameras to be very area of interest. There was Ricoh’s GR collection, Fujifilm’s X100 collection (very a lot inspired by the early Leica rangefinders), and now the Leica Q collection. Then, for causes that escape me since I don’t use TikTok, everybody determined the Fujifilm X100V was the digital camera to have. Demand is such that it’s arduous to search out one new, and the used market is wild. While my cynicism leads me to consider that the majority of this demand is from individuals who wish to {photograph} themselves with the digital camera quite than, you understand, going out into the world to make use of it, the demand is there.
The Leica is clearly the king of that pack. The lens is sharper and higher, the sensor bigger, and the autofocus higher or simply pretty much as good as on the Fuji. With X100V costs nicely over the $1,500 promoting worth, the Leica nearly doesn’t appear that costly anymore—nearly. At $6,000, the Q3 is clearly not for everybody. But should you can afford it and are snug with the 28-mm focal size, the Q3 is a good digital camera. You wish to carry it with you in all places, and it produces the sort of photos that make you glad you had it on you. That’s in regards to the highest reward you can provide any instrument.
