Bobby, you run one of those channels that one always wants to check when something new is released. The reason is simple: you don't sell anything, you honestly talk about the pros and cons of any piece of gear. Thanks for this one. I'll stick with my Ms and will wait for the SL3 (2024).

Just got the Q3. I sold my Q2 and Q2 Monochrom and also had the Q1. I shoot photos and could care less about video so all your positives point my way. Thanks for your input.

Always been my favorite reviewer for Leica cameras and lenses. Thank you for your honest review, and for the best example photos I have seen for the Q3 so far! I just returned from Japan and Central Asia, and my digital CL is still my favorite for travel but will need to consider the Q3 for future trips.

I just love the 3 dimesionality in the Leica pictures

Great review! I ended up buying a Q3, no regrets… I am actually blown away by the JPEGs this camera produces. I am a RAW shooter, but now, I'm finding the JPEG's that come out of the camera are acceptable for viewing and sharing purposes. I am eager to try the video capabilities of the Q3. .

Thank you Bobby for a great Q3 introduction.I'm now joining the Leica family and guess I've been lucky ordered mine last Friday and Monday it's on its way from Denmark to Greenland 🤩📷👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

I'm in love with this "camera" and I thank you for posting this. I do not need video features but I can clearly see rolling shutter issues, (quite common in this kind of systems, ok) but I did'nt expect that much.

First time viewer! Great review and beautiful shots. Thank you! Liked and subscribed.

Nice! You are the first one who is honest showing the non edit picture❤ thank you?

That was a very knowledgeable, seemingly unbiased and thorough review and you get bonus points from me for not talking about the frankly ludicrous crop/zoom mode, which (correct me if I'm wrong) seems mostly aimed at photographers who aren't entirely sold on the 28mm focal length or the basic principle of a fixed lens camera body. I've never used Leica, but if I ever bought one of its products this would probably be it, because 28mm is probably my favourite length and the body itself is a work of art. Incidentally, you got beautiful colours from all your images and to be honest, much of the other stuff I've seen on KZfaq to my eye could just as easily have been taken with Sony or Panasonic. If there is an online source of photos that proves there is such a thing as the 'Leica look' I'd love to know where it is to help get me off the fence. But in any case, thank you for your excellent video.

Color of the digital M cameras has always been different to the SL and Q range. It was Leicas goal for the M range to have a filmic color that would be a natural next step after the film cameras. For the other ranges they opted for a more ‘digital’ look. Having said that, there is a kind of watershed between the M10-range and the M11-range where the M11 tends more to digital (more magenta, cooler and less yellow/green warm) tones. By the way, I always use the Otect Q-Cap lenscap for my Q2M. Perfect fit and easier to carry in your pocket when not mounted. Highly recommended.

Well, I did it. I just dropped the cash on a backorder for the Q3. Bobby, your video hugely made the decision very easy.

Excellent stills and video footage

Hello Bobby killer review as always! I think Im going to wait for the SL3 but the Q3 looks super impressive!

My favorite place and my favorite camera in one video. What more can I ask for? ❤

Great job as usual Bobby! I’m waiting for the SL3 to pair with my M11 and the Leica glass! Loved my q2 when I had it and honestly I think this is an upgrade but save 2k and get used q2.

What a beautiful camera!

I enjoyed your commentary! I managed to get in an order for the Q3 this morning before it went on a waitlist. I am so excited to get this camera! I will be using it almost exclusively for travel photography and as a walk-around camera. I'm wondering if you shot any photos in black and white and, if so, what you thought of the image quality compared to the Q2 Monochrom. If so, any observations would be appreciated! I look forward to future videos and have subscribed to your channel.

Pre-ordered but agree on disappointment in memory card. But wanting to have a small camera with me out weighs everything else.

Nice! Thanks for sharing. Gotta let go of some of my cams to possibly fund this.

A little disappointed they were unable to make the rear LCD flush with the body, but then you’re fighting against thermal performance when using the higher quality video features. I love the rest of it.

Jesse, it looks so beautiful.

Your photos were soooo good! Leica should pay you because those made me want to get one of these!

good video! i guess i will keep my Q2 and wait for Q4 in 5 years then!

Great review. Thank you. USB c probably can accommodate an after market microphone

Man oh man!!! This gives me hope for the SL line!!! They Might just the z9 a run for its money. Looks like leica is listening. We got profoto compatibility now this!

Yes Bobby, same questions for the price of this Q3 no mic or Headphone jack. No internal storage , and No CF express. For the small upgrades the price is just to much. I've had the Q I paid Rm16k, Q2 Rm 22k and now this puppy is Rm 30K that's insane ! Phase detect everyone has that a flippy screen no big deal. I'm invited to the Q3 launch next week I'll bring it up. Thanks buddy.

I am on the 5 list, Bobby. Preorders all of them they are saying months or a year for available;lity

The 8k video looked great but as soon as you started panning rolling shutter was quite pronounced. Photos are incredible, that Sony 60mp sensor is pure fire!

Waiting to get delivery. They need to make the charge grip compatible to the Arca Swiss

As much as I love all the upgrades in the Q3, perspective control and more, I feel that with the external design they fall short. The flap on the left is just ugly, the floppy screen too. And I think the D pad on the Q2 looks (even if a little too small) more refined. Now the Q looks like almost every other camera. And how many people requested the cable shutter thread?

I had a Q and have missed it after letting it go. I’d be hard pressed to drop 6-7k on a fixed lens camera but I do get it if you have the means.

You always create an awesome video revoew, but I think you should tone down your clarity or HDR process in your post processing in your picture, bobby.

Meaningful update for the Q series. But... A single SD card slot? Kinda befuddled by that choice.

Great stuff as always, Bobby. Curious, is there a crop in any of the video modes? I don't mean the user selectable crop but a crop on the sensor that can't be avoided in say 4k60 etc.

Great video. Wish they’d drop video altogether and reduce the price 😂

Nice work Bobby. Hey I must ask, is there a way you could make some raw footage available for download? I want to have a look in the editor?

Great video Bobby! First one of yours I've seen. Just subscribed. I'm wondering if your pre-production sample was able to show you depth-of-field while in AF? The demo one I tried at the Leica store wouldn't do it though the Q2 does. I've only seen one reviewer mention this (apparently it only shows DOF in MF) so wondering if it was just an oversight on Leica's part? ...and may be fixed with a firmware update? I figure with 5 days of shooting, you may have run across this. Thanks for the informative and balanced video!

Nice vid. You weren't just in Kyoto, but Nara, as well. Was just over there myself (testing out a Canon R5 + 28-70mm f/2)

Went and tried out the camera at a Leica store. Lovely. Well made. An object of desire. I would buy one if it were 35 or40 or 50mm. 28 is just two wide for me. I would wind up cropping the hell out if everything, thus the 60 megapixels really becomes a 36 or 24 megapixel camera.

CFexpress cards probably generate too much heat, but internal storage would have been great. Heck, make the internal storage 1TB capacity and drop the SD card completely.

I still do not know if I should get this Leica q3 or Sony a7 iv + lens and gear

Hi Bobby, how is the noise performance of the Q3? For Q2, noise over ISO 3200 is horrible. Is the ISO 6400 on Q3 usable, without using any de-noise software? Thanks 🙏🏼

Is there any crop with 4k 60p video?

Cf express b would be awesome but with how hot they get I see why they haven’t made the switch yet.

Did you fly with the Q3 and had to use pixel remapping? HDR use?

When you chose the 90mm frame, does it zoom in the viewfinder and the screen ?

the negative side on the video mode is without stabilization.

Will there be a Q3 Titanium?

Hey, shouldn't shoot 25p for YT, as computer screens run 60p, so 25 looks jaggy when panning, 30p and 60p does not...

No internal storage is a crime 😂 Well I guess it is reserved for the M lineup now

How’s the ois in video when handholding and shooting 4K 60p? Would you say it’s too shaky?

Sigma fp L with a DPL attachment for storage absolutely smokes this

From what I read and saw, I don’t know know for whom this camera was designed. Not for me, that’s certain. Who needs 60 Mp, unless you’re a professional or need to crop a lot with the 28mm. Autofocus with 28mm? For very close up with wide open lens perhaps. This is a camera that you have to invent pros for to justify it.

Hi guys buy my Tupperware. It’s v3. So much better than v2. It’s a little bit more expensive but you get so much more. This time it comes with a lid. …..Don’t ANY of these reviewers have any self respect?

Sony A7RV has mic and headphone and hdmi ports

Bobby can you help on getting a Q3?

Bro q3 doesn’t have a mic cause Leica is going to come out with and off cam recorder for the Q, blue tooth, red dot, and only at twice the price of a battery. 😜

At 6k? no thanks. I will op for a Z8 and a kit lens anytime

Whatever processing you have got set on your mic... throw it out/reset. Very strange clipping/gating going on.

No way that I would waste my money...

For the price of your super duper Leica Q3, I'm certain that I could get first class air tickets from Alaska to Kyoto & find a real Leica there with lens too which would enable me to get some real shots of Kyoto. Oh yeah, the Leica camera I'd pick up would be a REAL LEICA, one that shoots REAL FILM, 35 MM FILM! Like the good ole days when I was at CalArts in the seventies & was able to check out Leica cameras/with lenses for class projects. There is NO WAY that I would waste me money on a fake Leica, one of these new fangled toys. Leica equals 35mm FILM, Real Film, Period! 😎😎

Love your reporting, but the large MICROPHONE looks very silly. You are not Howard Stern on the radio, you can get top audio, sans the big mic, and a "Blogger" style look does not suit a presentation of pricy items at all. Again, love your reviews, some of the best our there!