I was very skeptical about this camera, decided to pull the trigger and return it in the worst case scenario. I fell in love with it on day 1 and never thought about returning it. I think any modern camera within the same price tag is able to produce similar results, but with the Leica, it’s about the whole experience. It not only produces great images with great colors, the body feels great, bright and sharp viewfinder, the menus are by far the easiest to use, the Leica Fotos app is hands down the best between every manufacturer, the lens coupled with this camera is a “creme de la creme” in my opinion. Very expensive camera, maybe because of the very few competitors for this category, however it kind of makes sense once you use it.

I've had mine since mid-August and love it - as you said it makes you want to go out and shoot like no other. Results are fantastic.

This was a fantastic review. Well-paced, great sample images, thoughtful...thoughts. Thanks for posting this!

Just love your commitment and matter-of-factness! Big plus for a lot of nice pictures and video clips!

Great to see you doing what you do best Amy, nice video/review.

Enjoyed this format and content.

“Either way, it’s just lovely”. Great practical review!!

My first Leica camera in June last year. It’s my EDC and a joy to use. The image quality is superb. Thanks for making the video.

SOLD!! Thank you for a really useful review.

Great review, Amy! I bloody love the camera as well.

Great review - well done!

Great review, thanks 📸

Wow, this is great! Nice review.

LOL, I watched this video again and your enthusiasm and appreciation for the camera makes want to go out and buy a second Q3!!!!!! Hands down one of very few enjoyable reviews online. Thanks again!

Thank you for the lovely review and the enthusiasm. Very delightful. I'm still waiting for my Q3 in Canada. :( I have to say that i noticed that many reviews complain about the price of the camera, yet one is getting an outstanding lens AND a superb camera body with quality specs. It should be noted that if one compares this camera to perhaps a Sony of comparable quality (perhaps the Sony a7CR body?) and adds two lenses to that cost (to make it a "non-fixed lens" camera!) the price would be about the same as the Q3. So this price comparison is a bit of a straw man argument. In any event, making photos is what it is all about and if one enjoys the process and the equipment to do that, then it's a win! Thanks again for the great review!

Excellent review! Best of luck with your channel!

Fantastic, well presented and enthusiastic! Loved it.

Lovely review, great images.

Nice lovely review!

Nice review, thank you

Hi what kind of camera do u use to shot this video

I have the Leica Q2 & Q2M. Love them. Searched for quite a while for stock of Q3's below I decided to just put my name on the Leica LA's waiting list. It was a very short wait til I received my Q3. The Q3 has fully lived up to the hype. I'm appalled at some of the mark-ups that are being applied by some. Fully recommend giving the LA store a call for stock alerts and sales. They're outstanding folks.

I'm looking forward to collecting mine tomorrow at the Bristol branch of Wex 🤗

I bought one (40th birthday present to myself), and what I like about it is that it reminds me of shooting my Nikon FA film camera, but without the pain, cost, and waiting required for processing film. I also like how little post processing is required on the files. I was more of a 35mm fan, but I am now used to 28mm and I am finding that is is maybe even more flexible for getting shadows etc. into the frame. It's not going to replace my main camera system, but it definitely has a place in my kit for now.

Nice review. I have had mine since August. It replaced my Q2 mainly because of the better low light performance, thought he tilt screen was a small factor. It is indeed wonderful, as was the Q2. I do have to say it has its quirks compared to the Q2, some of which have been rectified by firmware updates but more need to be taken care of. The Q2 was mature, while the Q3 is still a teenager. Not sure why changing sensor brands has made for such a challenge, but I can overlook most of the problems as they do not effect my shooting style. So, for me it was a good trade upward and also for my friend/neighbor who bought my Q2 and is loving it. The Q's have been my first and second Leica digital cameras, though I was a long time Leica R shooter (R4 and R8) with film and am glad to back to the joy of shooting Leica after years of Canon and Nikon digitals. Leica's make photography fun again. You can shoot and not worry about results or complicated settings. Enjoy......

Credit where it is due...a lovely camera but I'm unlikely to purchase. A pleasingly thorough review and I totally agree with your point about the lens hood, in fact why can't all match this design?!

I always like the photos that looks exactly the same as we see, especially well saturated and with that details

Does the strap come in the box or is it an extra? Thank you for the review, ordered mine: )

Those last two shots are great

Thank you for your review. I love how passionate you are about the Q3. I have owned my now for six months and I am desperately trying to love it. Main issue is that 28mm is too wide for me, but I am not going to give up.

I picked mine up in November. A bit unsure whether I would really like 28mm fixed and I own 5 other Leicas so it has a lot of competition. I love this camera. A few gripes. Battery life isn’t great. I need 2 or 3 batteries for a full day shooting street. I had some issues with short delays when switching to review shots. That seems to have gone away with the last firmware update. If you do a firmware upgrade and don’t save your user profile you go back to factory defaults. That’s a pain. But would I buy it again - definitely. I am not a brand junkie. I own Leica, Canon, Fuji ❤ and Olympus cameras and use horses for courses. This is a fabulous camera. Whether it is worth the price is your call

anybody not sure about the camera should be after seeing your photos, excellent work there, beautiful colour 👍

Great review - I daren't try a Q3 though, sounds amazing.

Great review! Great camera! Just a small information: The camera doesnt have IBIS :) its just an OIS in the lens

Colours are amazing they don’t have to be edited to be honest, I liked them

Good review 😎

still my dream EDC.

A very pleasing review, but you did make me nervous jiggling the camera around without the neck strap being around your neck. Watch that zipper on your jacket too, that's a great way of scratching the LCD of any camera. I have a Q3 and the match between the sensor and the quality of the lens is sensational. I too love the build quality. Switching to manual focus is astonishing. The smoothness and quality of the focus ring is better than any lens on any camera that I've owned. One of the advantages of the fixed lens is it stops further expenditure on a clutch of lenses!

This is great. I wonder if ok to ask, what camera and lens did you shoot the video with? Thanks in advance.

Built in presets for the cropping of the sensor to mimic 35 50 90 or whatever it is, is quite relevant . £150 for a battery hurts a bit but in keeping with the camera price . I’d love one but can I justify the expense ? The waiting lists suggestion many can

I loved her enthusiasm about the Q3, but I felt like some of the basic features lost to all the touchy-feely stuff. For example, she never mentions that you can change the resolution from 60 to something like 2 MP. The Q1 only shoots in 24Mp, which I'm perfectly happy with, but maybe it would be nice to be able to shoot a 60Mp photo once in a while. Going in the other direction 60Mp is a real memory hog so it requires a really fast computer with mountains of memory and storage, so the user may decide that shooting at 24 Mp is better most of the time. They have the choice. Another feature is that the pictures can be cropped using crop lines. While the full size frame comes over in raw, a jpeg file of the cropped picture also gets processed and saved. Another topic not covered is the menu and layout of the shooting options. I don't know what they are on the Q3 but it would be nice to learn a bit about them from the review. The camera has a very good macro capability. The Q series is designed so you can use it as a $6000 point-and-shoot, or you can turn all the automatic stuff off and shoot it manually to such an extent that you'll wonder where to put the film. Ironically, it's a great camera on which to learn about cameras and photography... or not. I bought the Q1 new when the Q2 came out and I love the feel of the camera. I hope this is useful.

Amy, you're great!

What kind of camera do you use to make this video? Love the look!

Absolutely beautiful photographs dear lady

Now how did I convince my wife that this camera…

Price is no way justified because like almost all specs has better than them in the market, like I can get either cheaper or more expensive one but I get what I pay for but leica is like the luxurious brand of photography, there is no big demand but they still have to get an income, moreover they sell you the feeling and the name, not new for western companies, not all of them can handle that philosophy forever because at the end you should meet with the needs, anyway it is still a good camera, maybe it is the best compact somehow nowadays, the lenses are amazing too, and the best thing is the image quality which actually the photographer experience play a big role in it. I wish the fourth version at least comes out with something that really competes with others and make that price understandable.

Nice review Amy and who doesn’t love a leica 😍 maybe one day but for now my little X100v does the job. Love watching your reviews so please keep them coming.

Nice review, wish you werent gouging prices on used ones.

Great review. Maybe one day I’ll be able to afford one lol

Excellent review! What was the video shot with?

Brought my A7R5 & Q3 for our Europe trip last November… my A7R5 was left in the hotel room safe for the whole trip… perhaps it was because the Q3 was the shiny toy

Finally got my copy after over a a 6 month wait.

If MPB wasn't price gouging this at $7k for a used one, I'd pick it up. Great camera, and review though.

Looks amazing. But I will stick with my Sony a74.

If they ever release a reporter edition of the Q3 they can have my money...

I Finally got mine after 4 months of waitintg.....and it arrived with a defective Sd card slot🙄🙄.....So I had to send it to leica for fixing (130 bucks with insurance extra out of my pocket🥵).....So im still waiting to use it

What happened to a brass body construction? For $6k, they go magnesium? C’mon Leica..

These cameras are a huge game changer and they will help you become a better photographer. I have just received my Q3 and have owned a Q2 monochrom for some years now. These cameras are without a doubt my all-time favorites, an absolute joy to use, with image quality that blows you away, and a superb build quality that no other brand offers. My Canon R5 and it's pro range lenses, Fuji Xpro 3 and it's pro lenses or the pro-Nikons I have owned in the past do not remotely compare to the joy of the user experience of these cameras or the image quality they produce. If you write these cameras off because you think they are just 'rich kids toys', or are 'unnecessary'....you're doing yourself no favors and are missing out on something truly amazing.

Mpb you might want to review the video I posted about you stealing from me

if you dont own Q yet, 28mm is your main play ground and if you can afford this pricy camera i think answer could be 'yes'. but if you have any of Q (Q, Q2, Q-P) already my asnwer will be 'no'!!! And besides these days you can get the used Q around 2000USD only and if it have a faulty EVF so need to be replaced it could be even more cheaper like 1500USD (every Q have faulty EVF and its like walking timebomb but its just a EVF issue not will damage your output so if you dont mind about EVF its farily good deal :)). Q have 24MP but its good enough for photography and because its 'lower' MP you could get more stable images and less noise on your output.

Why not just get Sony A7RV + 24mm F1.4 GM ?

Why are no other manufacturers making this camera for half the price?

It should have been a 35mm Lens ! I wish for a Leica "Q"-style Camera with an excellent EVF and Leica M-mount plus cheaper Leica M Lenses, like fx Hasselblad P Lenses which performs just as good as the more expensive Lenses !

The lost hotshoe-cap will cost her 40 euro’s

Thanks But no, the camera is not worth the money. There is a Sony A7cR and it destroys the Leica with the amount of optics that can be put on it.

"Quite high price tag." Totally overpriced...

Answer to the KZfaq question …. NO! All a hype, and creating a market for desirability and wearing the camera round the neck like a Gold Medallion! All very sad!

i was wondering what happened to that girl

LOL! Nope not worth the price tag for a digital camera. Maybe if it were a Leica film camera, those are mechanical works of art.

I,m 69 years old. Been a photographer, since 1968. You younger people worry too much about PRICE of a camera, and stylish looks. You’re NOT a photographer to be seen, you’re suppose to blend -in. It’s just a damn TOOL,to get the job done. Sorry Leica. Most ALL, top of the line cameras are over 6K. Get use to it. And just so you know. I use a M10M, because of size, and portability. NOT looks. Just my 2cents. Sorry everyone, but as a real photographer since 1968, i,m literally sick of all the camera talk. We never bought a camera for the Brand, what it could do for us was the reason. Thanks. Heck in the old days, we use to hide our camera in a book,or newspaper,so it wasn’t seen, to get THAT shot.

designer Sony.