The New Q!!
It’s no exaggeration, when Leica introduced the first Q back in 2015, it changed the photographic landscape. Its compact size, built-in 28mm Summilux fixed lens mated to a full-frame sensor designed and built to complement each other, raised our level of joy in the photographic process.
From early days, there was a rumbling that Leica would grow this success by offering the same camera with a lens providing a similar perspective to the human eye. These rumours and requests percolated for nearly a decade. Friends familiar with what I pack in my camera bag know that a 50mm lens always comes first, so I could not be more pleased to announce the new, Leica Q3 43 with its superb, APO-Summicron 43mm/f2 ASPH. (For those of us who have been around for a while, this camera will take us back to the days of the Leica CL and its formidable 40mm Summicron.)
Rest assured, the Q3 43 does not replace the current Q3 with the 28mm Summilux, it only completes the small lineup. While the Q3 and Q3 43 are trickling in slowly, we are happy to take your order, with the promise to work hard and do our very best to deliver your Q3 43 camera in the shortest period of time. (It gives me no pleasure in saying that the original Q3 is still scarce and the waiting period can be as long as six weeks.)
M11-D: When Less is More
Into today’s marketplace of ultra-advanced cameras that draw our attention to the LCD screen on the back, Leica reintroduces simplicity and a throwback to the halcyon days of film photography, when pictures were taken without instant feedback. If you’re like me and yearn for a time when photography involved focus, f/stop, shutter speed and complete attention on your subject, the M11-D might be the ticket.
But the M11-D is much more than a one-trick pony. Most functions and ease of settings of the M11 are also accessible to the M11-D through the latest Leica Fotos app that makes connecting, setting up and interacting with the camera seamless and efficient. One could say that you can have the best of both simpler times and the latest in technology.
The newly introduced camera will be available in limited quantities. We've secured orders for a few and will be happy to get one to you, also in the shortest possible delay.
A Capital Retrospective
Among the elite of respectful and meaningful street photographers, for over 35 years Éric Côté has documented the daily life in our provincial capital, witnessing its transformation from a quaint, small city into a multi-cultural, small metropolis.
Until October 20, a retrospective of Éric’s work is on full display at Espace Quatre Cents, 100 Quai Saint-André. If you’re heading down the Saint Lawrence to take in the fall colours, this will make for a worthwhile stop.
