FURTHER ADVENTURE WITH MY LEICA Q. Alan Humphries
12th December 2025
In: News, Members' Articles
FURTHER ADVENTURE WITH MY LEICA Q.
Alan Humphries
Readers may remember my previous articles about the Leica Q. Firstly there was “My Love Hate Relationship with the Leica Q” this was followed some eighteen months ago, with the The Bruin Vloot/Brown Fleet.
Since then my usage of the camera has been intermittent to say the least, part of the blame if that’s the right word, was my investment in the D-Lux 8. Another reason is that I have suffer from the disease that so many photographers suffer from, too many cameras. Amongst these is the Lumix GX7 fitted with the magnificent Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60 lens, which covers most bases for me.
Back to the “Q”, in recent times it has been seeing a little more of the light of day and seeing the results I thought it would be an idea to continue the story, supported by the attached photos.
After my initial experiences with the camera I seriously thought of selling it, fortunately there was this little voice at the back of my head, saying ‘keep it Alan’. Frankly I am pleased that I did, there is just something nice about the camera. It has a nice heft/feel about it, the lens is superb and the camera has enough mega pixels to allow you produce good quality prints when using the digital zooms of 35 and 50 mm.
I fully appreciate that I could invest in an upgrade, for example the Leica Q3 43. Which is an attractive proposition, the major changes being it has six crop modes that provide equivalent focal lengths of 43mm (full-frame), 60mm, 75mm, 90mm, 120mm, and 150mm. These modes digitally crop the 60-megapixel full-frame sensor, with the full-frame 43mm being the largest at 60.3 MP, and the others reducing the resolution accordingly. The crop is saved within the RAW file, meaning the full image data is still available.
Like all things in life there are pluses and minuses, for the me biggest minus is the £5900 price tag, which quite frankly I just can’t justify, so it looks as if the Leica Q and the Lumix GX7/Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60 with be my companions for a long time, That is unless………
The D-Lux 8 well, for the time being at least resides Barbara’s camera bag.
©Alan DW Humphries 2025.
Alan Humphries
Readers may remember my previous articles about the Leica Q. Firstly there was “My Love Hate Relationship with the Leica Q” this was followed some eighteen months ago, with the The Bruin Vloot/Brown Fleet.
Since then my usage of the camera has been intermittent to say the least, part of the blame if that’s the right word, was my investment in the D-Lux 8. Another reason is that I have suffer from the disease that so many photographers suffer from, too many cameras. Amongst these is the Lumix GX7 fitted with the magnificent Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60 lens, which covers most bases for me.
Back to the “Q”, in recent times it has been seeing a little more of the light of day and seeing the results I thought it would be an idea to continue the story, supported by the attached photos.
After my initial experiences with the camera I seriously thought of selling it, fortunately there was this little voice at the back of my head, saying ‘keep it Alan’. Frankly I am pleased that I did, there is just something nice about the camera. It has a nice heft/feel about it, the lens is superb and the camera has enough mega pixels to allow you produce good quality prints when using the digital zooms of 35 and 50 mm.
I fully appreciate that I could invest in an upgrade, for example the Leica Q3 43. Which is an attractive proposition, the major changes being it has six crop modes that provide equivalent focal lengths of 43mm (full-frame), 60mm, 75mm, 90mm, 120mm, and 150mm. These modes digitally crop the 60-megapixel full-frame sensor, with the full-frame 43mm being the largest at 60.3 MP, and the others reducing the resolution accordingly. The crop is saved within the RAW file, meaning the full image data is still available.
Like all things in life there are pluses and minuses, for the me biggest minus is the £5900 price tag, which quite frankly I just can’t justify, so it looks as if the Leica Q and the Lumix GX7/Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60 with be my companions for a long time, That is unless………
The D-Lux 8 well, for the time being at least resides Barbara’s camera bag.
©Alan DW Humphries 2025.
Comments
By Pam: Hi Alan
I love your photos which are so varied. I like you am using the Panasonic G9 mod 2 and my favourite lens is the 12-60 Cled has been looking at the Q 3. Well done By Richard Watts: Nice images Alan, slightly confused do you have the original Q or the Q3? By Malcolm Clarke: The monochrome of clouds over Dorset cliffs took me back to my early photographic days and reminded me that less is sometimes more. By Keith Walker: Nice write up of a 1st World problem that is familiar! As a predominantly M user there is then the decision of "which lens''. Life's tough. Enjoyed the images very much. Persevere and bond with the Q! By David Askham: Alan, thank you for your update. Like Richard above, l am totally confused about which model you used. I think each picture could have been taken with any Q model. I am delighted that you seem to be more contented, regardless of model. However I sense that you still have itchy finger syndrome. As you say, watch this space. In comparison I still possess my original Leica Q which still performs to my satisfaction. By Alan Humphries: Many thanks for your kind comments. All the photos were taken with the original which I purchased second hand
Best Wishes.