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Leica made a second Q3 camera with a new lens and even higher price

Compared to the original Q3, it’s $40 more per millimeter.

The Q3 43 has mostly the same specs since it’s basically a Q3 camera with a new aspherical APO-Summicron 43mm f/2 lens permanently attached and a gray leatherette (I imagine so deep-pocketed users who inevitably buy both can tell them apart in a bag). It uses the same backside-illuminated sensor with an ISO range of 50 to 100,000, hybrid autofocus system, leaf shutter design, and 8K video at up to 30fps — though more expansive frame rates and chroma subsampling are available at 4K. I didn’t find the Q3 super compelling in comparison to my personal Q2, as I felt the handling of the camera made too many sacrifices for that janky-looking LCD and the autofocus wasn’t a big enough jump forward to be worth an upgrade (though, over a year later, it’s still hard to buy one, so I may be in the minority).

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