Cyclamen the kitchen window

[Digital Finger]

If I remember what Grant said correctly it flash synch up to or at 2000th of a second

According to the Leica Monochrome Q2 instructions it has an electronic flash sync of 1/500th of a second, it is the actual flash duration that is being referred to as up to 1/2000th sec - variable flash duration is the way modern units control the flash output. Sadly this function was not available on my 1960's flash. I would imaging that anyone who has a camera with a leaf shutter that syncs up to 1/500th and a modern flash should be able to get in on the act and produce some great images.

thanks for the clarification

 

[ian_s]

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Big changes. I sent all my photography equipment in two boxes to Ffordes near Inverness (best dealers in 2nd-hand and new gear, in my experience), for commission sales and part-exchange on the new Leica Q2 Monochrom, which took the above. Why?

Well, I'm not a gear person, despite searching for years for "the right camera and lens" for me. I was getting frustrated at not quite being totally happy with any of the gear I had. Two cameras came close: the original Fuji X100 and the first iteration of the Leica Monochrom. The Fuji taught me to love a fixed-lens camera. The concept might seem bonkers to some, but there is something "just right" about having one pair of eyes...and one pair of legs. I never enjoyed carrying and using different focal lengths. The Monochrom because I liked the idea of no colour in the editing suite, which for me is Lightroom 6. I would leave the house "seeing" only black and white. I am not really interested in colour photography, find it unsatisfactory.

I sold the X100 many years ago, thinking I needed more...The Monochrom had slight problems with the sensor, and I found the rangefinder focus was good until my eyes started failing. As an aside, my right eye now has a lens by Zeiss...which is not as good as my natural left eye.

Then the Q2 Monochrom appeared just before Christmas. A fixed-lens auto-focus (or manual) Monochrom camera - my dream! And it turns out to be just that, a dream to hold and use, and the results can be magnificent, to my tastes at least. Despite having just one 28mm lens, with just a deft twist it becomes macro, or close-up, certainly close enough for my purposes - as in the present image. The lens has a new perfectly-matched sensor.

As for my old equipment, I did hold onto the Konica Hexar AF - another fixed-lens camera, film this time - and made £600 profit to spend on a few front-of-lens colour filters, which are said to work really well with the camera, and some printing.

I do feel I now have the right camera with lens for me. It's expensive, but I tell myself that it didn't cost me a penny...a kind of truth.

Big shout out for Ffordes, who gave and continue to give good, solid advice.

You are a 'bad' person posting such images ! The temperature of the money in my pocket is increasing fast ;-)

 

[Tommy]

Nice image, Rob, and enjoy your new Q2.

 

[RobMac]

Cheers, Ian and Tommy.

 

[Janners]

The image is beautiful, which then led me to the camera. Having just watched a few videos on it I can see the attraction, what a fantastic piece of engineering, not diluted by pandering to a mass market.

 

[RobMac]

Thanks, Janners. I'm loving the camera more and more as I gain control of its idiosyncrasies. It really is a superb piece of engineering and concept. Expensive, yes, and I had to sell almost all my equipment to pay for it, but not for one moment have I regretted doing so.