Leica Q3 Initial Review: The BEST Street Photography Camera EVER?

The Leica Q and Q2 were among Chris and Jordan's favorite cameras ever. Now the Q3 has arrived, with a 60MP sensor, phase detect autofocus, and much-improved displays. Everything looks great on paper, but how does it handle in the real world? Come with us on a stroll through downtown Calgary to find out.

Rental equipment provided by The Camera Store

0:00 - Intro
1:17 - Montage!
1:50 - Sensor
2:30 - Lens
3:38 - Displays
4:49 - Autofocus
5:37 - Burst shooting
6:41 - Body
7:51 - Video performance
8:39 - The wrap

[LoightaFluwid]

Man Chris and Jordan are on fire releasing videos after joining Petapixel. Us Petapeeps could not have wished for more.

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Great to have you guys here! Excellent videos, thank you!

[ericaceous]

Keep em coming Chris & Jordan - will never have the money for a Leica, but more than happy to watch you guys discuss one.

[ScaleDreamsStudio]

You two guys are the only one I'll watch about this and any other camera. And Chris's Fishing channel. Wonderful Job!

[peternavanac]

Awesome, as usual. Shows like this are what makes YouTube worth watching.

[ieesqyl]

That's awesome. Great to se you guys back in action right away!

[JJ-fromDK]

I am so glad you guys are still around <3

[mangeshdhore]

First the camera store, then the dp review and now the peta pixel. Man this guy takes us to places 😊

[kjchkem]

Having taken early retirement, I got back into photography one year ago (after a long, long...long break). Chris's review of the Lumix FZ2500 was one of the first, and best, things I watched. Chris and Jordan as a pair are even better! Keep up the great work. 👍👍👍

[ZainDoMore]

Getting mine this Saturday. Extremely excited!

[richarddenise]

Thanks germs. Appreciate the first actual look, even if pre-production!!!

[aviatorman]

Love the 28 mm focal length and with the 60 MP it just got better for more flexibility cropping in.

[MrTmiket]

Thanks for sharing another wonderful video like always, keep up with the awesome content

[AdelmoSilvaPhoto]

Great video as always. Keep up the good work.

[spektrograf]

SO glad you guys are still cranking on PetaPixel! I'd like to know about how effective the IBIS is with the 60MP sensor. Also, is there any benefit with the lower resolution settings because I understand it still uses the entire sensor. Does the camera pixel bin to have any improvement in dynamic range or noise in that case (if it does)?

(edit: it seems Leica might have confirmed a while back that on the M11 there's no benefit to dynamic range or noise when selecting a lower resolution…wonder if that's still the case with the Q3?)
(edit 2: Kai W reports that medium and small file sizes gets a 1 stop increase in dynamic range over large)

[seamuskay]

The burst information is fantastic, thank you.

[MikeyTachuk]

cranking out the content boys! nice first look 👍

[OpenDGuitar]

Always love your perspective! I’m only 1yr into the Q2…so I have to be responsible and wait on a Q3, as delicious as it sounds.

[MatteaMazzella]

oh here you guys are! glad you're still around 😊 phew!

[creature]

I might buy one of these so I look forward to seeing a more in-depth review. Thanks guys.