Switching to the Leica Q3 with Kai W

[@GHPod]

If you could chose for free but couldn't sell it... would you take a Leica Q3 or Fuji X100V?

[@xbudixdharmax]

Definitely Q3 😂😅

[@walkingmanvideo9455]

Q3

[@MuhammadKharismawan]

Sony RX1Rii

[@vampolascott36]

I'd buy an a7rV.

[@johnc_]

@@MuhammadKharismawan Sony RX1R iii

[@tonyadamis4171]

Kai is the best. He doesn't slobber all over every piece of equipment like too many YT reviewers. And always fun to watch.

[@GHPod]

Absolutely agree. Love his style and consistency

[@richardlucascronley5128]

Kai was the main one defending the q3, the other guys were the ones slamming it

[@richardlucascronley5128]

I do like Kai though, his videos are honest and enjoyable

[@evertigo]

The worst reviewer I’ve ever seen. 🤦‍♂️

[@luissalazar2021]

Kai is the best of the best, he is a genius on communicating. Never get tired of him, thanks for sharing bro

[@dvdaltizer]

I want a Kai W version of the Leica Q

[@ConnorMcCaskill2]

Agreed 👏

[@Ramdas_Devadiga]

I hope Kai reaches 1 million Subs. Been following him since DPReview days. I still have his Leica review from those days imprinted in my memories - that one video made me fall in love with Leica.

[@mr.infinity8409]

Kai in London: "We don't have nightstands here" American dude: "Where do you keep your gun?

[@GHPod]

😂

[@Gael_AG]

36:10 totally agree the most important as a technical point of view is a good audio recording first . The photography can be terrible as long as the audio is good you are fine .

[@maximusaugustus6823]

I have a full set of Sony A7 IV with all the top lenses, but I couldn't say no to the Leica Q3, so I got that too. Now done for life. Ouch tho..

[@jeitoots]

The Q2M is just the best ever!

[@gewglesux]

I'm staying with mine... less confusion with Pano and i hate the flippy tilty screen thing

[@jeitoots]

@@gewglesux Actually I'm not adverse to the flippy screen as long as it's durable. 100% Leica do make the best stripped back UI going.

[@gewglesux]

@@jeitoots I'm not keen on it.... I'll stay with my Q2/M

[@Democratiser]

Leaving tasks to the last minute so the adrenaline kicks in is a classic ADHD characteristic. Creativity is too! It is a fascinating journey learning about how one’s mind works.

[@jkpinpdx]

0:27 Maaaaannn…. I almost clicked off… thinking I must’ve clicked on an old-ass video! 😆 Love my Q3! 👍🏽

[@allancobb]

"Where do you keep your gun?" F'ing classic and great question.

[@raymondlowe4758]

I've just subscribed your channel because of Kai. Your interview was very good too. Thanks.

[@koobs4549]

“This was the coolest Q to come out” bro had no idea what was just around the corner 😂

[@RJW998]

Hello, Samsung Galaxy android phone, ten or so years ago?

[@discotechwreck]

I’ve had an X100V for two years now but I’m seriously considering selling up for the Q3 (especially with the overinflated second hand prices of the Fujifilm)

[@Classical416]

Problem is you still have to pay a lot of cash to get the Q3.

[@discotechwreck]

@@Classical416 True. The Q3 is a very compelling upgrade though

[@guidetheride2103]

That’s the beauty of L2, like it or loath it, it’s a great partnership, in my humble opinion, for anyone in this eco system. Add the L Mount Alliance, not Sigma in the Q range but with all of the L mount changeable lens lineups, happy days. This Q3 actually seems a good investment. I’d still need to sell or trade in some gear to be able to afford a Q3.

[@dccoletrain]

Great to hear from Kai. As a Fuji guy I hope he gets a X-S20 to play with. The original ZV-1 has built in ND it’s just not very effective.

[@Gael_AG]

39:30 well, just release a memory card with nano SIM card or e-sim chip to provide the service to any camera

[@carlosgastelum8251]

My issue with the thumb grip is that you can’t use a flash at the same time

[@ThePoisonDrummer]

I feel like I was just able to do KZbin therapy virtually!

[@GHPod]

Lol good!!

[@collodionpositive554]

I had a X100V then upgraded to an M-P then added a M11. Honestly before the Fuji I would have never considered a Leica. Think Kai has something with his theory

[@IsaacNYC212]

Basically Leica is the Apple of the camera world.

[@GHPod]

100%

[@walkingmanvideo9455]

No its the Bentley of the car world. Apple is still affordable.

[@tor2919]

Not really. Apple computers are similar in price to PCs with matching build. An iPhone doesn’t cost much more than a top Samsung model. Leica is in another price bracket entirely from other brands

[@kiwipics]

​@@tor2919 .... Tesla ??

[@60beats44]

What I would like to see in blogging cameras is an audio correction function, automatically deleting all 'like', 'sort of' & 'kind of' references.

[@Democratiser]

Dave - You would love the TED presentation by Tim Urban ‘Inside the mind of a master procrastinator’. He doesn’t mention ADHD but all the hallmarks are there. Also, search for a photo Einstein’s desk at the time of his death! It might look familiar?

[@umaraslam7731]

Man with the q3 being released, I wish sony would have made a successor the rx1r ii.

[@ChrisLRobinson]

Cool talk. Rather than the k3 mono Pentax should have re-dropped the GR1 film body, 2023 edition. I own a q2 monochrom iso 6,400 to 50,000 it's unmatched for a AF point and shoot. If you don't shoot concerts, after 7pm street, or in an urban environment - even more so if you dont have many street lights, you may not see the benefits the tool provides. q3 mono is going to be crazy once the waitlists drops, 100%. And facts, I went GFX 50R to Leica and should have invested the money toward the Leica in the first place.

[@GHPod]

Love this comment. Great value here. So funny you agree with Kai on Fuji vs Leica. I’m torn on whether to get an M or the Q3 personally. (David)

[@johnc_]

RX1R iii now please

[@DA-lp4rh]

Kai looks like a break dancer from the 80's. I like his track jacket better than the Q3 - the jacket is cheaper and will remain relevant longer than the Q3.

[@johnc_]

Zeiss ZX1 was an attempt to put Android in a camera, it even had lightroom built in, it was super mega expensive. Would really love to buy something like an RX1R iii or FujiFilm X-E4 or other small camera with Android built in and it just backs up to Google Photos or whatever automagically when it connects to wifi and super easy to upload to Instagram etc

[@andrewstorm8240]

London - great lighting

[@JenHamon]

They opened pandora's box with these video features. I'd be fine if they just deleted everything video in Q4.

[@E6MND]

39:00 the product already exists: Xperia Pro-I

[@tonyaxelsson4625]

"Where do you keep your gun?" 😂

[@GHPod]

Spoken like a true American ;)

[@victorcarmelo8606]

Would have liked a Visoflex instead of the flip LCD, they shot the aesthetics with this LCD not as lovely as the Q2. The USBc and other connectors could have been housed in the attached hand grip. Video is of no interest to me, I just use stills, everything else is great especially no constrains on low light. SO keeping my Q2.

[@alifnor]

What if Panasonic released a similar camera at a lower price 🤔. One could only dream.

[@GHPod]

Would be so cool!

[@stevehageman6785]

"A little compact camera" - OK, it is 'little' compared to a Canon 1DS. ;-)

[@GHPod]

Haha! I know right? Haha

[@joules531]

Kai is great, but people shouldn't be puzzled about the deficiencies of the new ZV1 - ii. Sony could make a perfect small camera, but that would hit sales of cameras further up the range. Better to buy sell a camera that has mass appeal initially, but whose deficiencies will become apparent after a few months of use, prompting the sale of yet another camera.

[@petercofrancesco9812]

You know the camera industry too well. Once you accept the camera you need and resign yourself that they will never build the camera you want you'll be ok. There's an artificial feature/price tree to insure every camera has a niche and won't compete against other models. The goal isn't to sell you one perfect camera but make you buy as many different models and sell to as many different people at as many price points possible using the same tech.

[@Ranger7Studios]

Occasionally having interns has help me a lot in the KZbin process. Also if you guys ever need some help, you know where to find me. ;)

[@TheMarkFromDenmark]

instead of a usb dongle way not support BT Microphone

[@GHPod]

Im all about Bluetooth headphone support but for the mic it may create some problems with delay and interference

[@abderra18]

who would use 8K. I doubt many computers have the processing power to edit them, maybe except top of the range macs.

[@123johnthebaptist]

You can’t just look at the stats on paper. Thats like looking at the 0-60 times on cars. It matters, but it’s not what makes it great. hold and use a Leica and you will see why they are so great.

[@niclightfoot4329]

I love Kai, one of the most knowledgeable and amusing reviewers I have come across. I love his YT videos. But, I can't see how he can say buy the Q3 in preference to the X100V. If I had unlimited budget, yes, I would go for the Q3. But the Q3 is five times the price of the X100V and offers little that is better for me. I'd prefer to have a Q3, I think it's a beautiful camera, and I love its simplicity. Whenever I hold my X100V I always wonder "why did they put command dials on it - a complication too far, I'd prefer simplicity". But, I've disabled the command dials and have a camera that is basically shutter speed and aperture control with great autofocus. I'd love a Q3, but financial logic dictates that I'm going to stick with the X100V. By-the-way, Fujifilm service is also stunning, I don't know about Leica, but Fujifilm repaired my X100V in a way that I cannot more highly compliment - I had my camera back in 10 days.

[@petercofrancesco9812]

Kai can afford it and people who do a lot of tech reviews actually get tech fatigue and want something like the Leica. People don't earn money or use Leicas for professional work, its a bit like a Rolex. Even though it tells time that's not the reason you get one. Same for Leica its status and nostalgia wrapped up in one. Don't get me wrong their well made cameras but at the end of the an overprice luxury item. People make the mistake of looking to KZbinrs to inform their buying decisions but they get gear free, or use it for content.

[@SourPlanet]

Q2 is getting very cheap very fast. Probably going to sell my Sony A7c and a few lenses and switch to the Q2 for my everyday carry kit. Downgrade in features for upgrade in SEZZINESS.

[@RamonLinares]

Just one correction, the ZV-1 has the internal nd filter. Interesting talk anyway. Kai is more classic than Leica 😜

[@GHPod]

Correct!

[@gewglesux]

Staying with the Q2...

[@gewglesux]

Although i like the idea of the threaded shutter release so i can use a manual release.

[@ThePoisonDrummer]

Sony vs Leica = Toyota vs Porsche

[@GHPod]

100%!

[@ytj22]

So you're saying Sony is better than Leica?

[@karljacobson8521]

No, Sony vs Leica = Toyota vs Bentley

[@seansaca]

Ricoh GR III/IV monochrome, I’d be all over that

[@dannygnaniah7552]

The Connor chap looks humourles, why?

[@smooth111012]

We call night stands, bedside cabinets here

[@drs-Rigo-Reus]

This is a paid tv broadcast? Jeeeezus.

[@domTT]

Leica Q3 can only be a dream camera for me, Sony on the other hand, is very uninspiring, putting in and taking out features, coming out with a pancake fixed lens then this wider lens. Totally money grabbing, lazy tactics disappointed.

[@pixelmixture3067]

the Q3 lacks a panoramic mode ... it could be the perfect xpan digital replacement ... please leica add pano crop

[@TheSpade357]

“Looks sexy on your neck”. Lol, Leica is probably saying “pay Panasonic to design our camera and slap our logo on it”, “these clowns won’t know it as long as it look sexy on their neck…hehe”. As long as there are clowns in this planet, companies will make billions. 😝

[@drs-Rigo-Reus]

Leica has the tech, but brings out subspec cameras just to see what they can get away with. Emperors clothes…..

[@richardlucascronley5128]

Ryeco Gr3.. are these guys even photographers?? Lol

[@Old-School-Liberal]

$6K is not that much anymore Nikon Z9 $5500 and others are reaching that price now.

[@GHPod]

Yes exactly. Now with the advancements here, if you are happy with a 28mm lens... this camera is actually well priced for what it is. Nothing else exists on the market like it.

[@mozzman]

Flagships have always been that expensive. The average user isn't buying flagship cameras, you're in an echo chamber if you think that.

[@franky3fingers337]

“Where do you keep your gun” spoken like someone that has a mortgages worth of camera gear in the closet.

[@luissalazar2021]

Kai, is being doing camera reviews for a long time since film time. I wonder if he could have only one camera with the Hasselblad and Leica, geese i remember on films time no body was complaining about Image stability

[@philipsutton8921]

Most guys finally grow up around 20 years old. They stop their flatulence jokes, avoid artificial fart noises under their armpits and have finally stopped giving each other 'wedgies'. Unfortunately for Kai, it has taken him 20 years longer to grow up. Now that he is forty years old, I can finally watch him and not think that I'm listening to my 13 year old nephew!

[@gbwalther3198]

Hey, Kai, I finally did come up with a good reason to promote the Leica Q3. One can make better coins on affiliate sales than if one goes for a vintage Brownie on E-Bay! Right? As for me and my house. There is NO WAY that I would get a Lecia Q3 with my hard earned money. If u want to shoot a Leica, get a real Leica. A Real Leica shoots film, 35 mm film! Period. When I was at CalArts in the seventies,, I was able to check out Leica cameras/with lenses for class projects. Now that's real photography. Why Leica ever caved into this digital game beats me. As far as I'm concerned, these are plastic-metal toys & Leica makes a TON of money off them while laughing all the way to the Deutschesbundes Bankolla! If u want to shoot Leica, get a 35mm Leica camera that shoots real film. Then you'll know what photography is really about. 😎😎

[@nicedward7544]

I like when you crap on Sony but drool over leica. They used Sony sensors up until the last couple of cameras lol. They are rebadged Panasonic. I can't wait to spend that much money on a mediocre camera with a red badge. I'd rather have a s1r over any leica. Only thing leica has is glass in my book.

[@manilamartin1001]

Makes me laugh when Kai tries to justify the price of the Leica.

[@Richie_Glasgow]

Q3 is gagging for a joystick