One thing I think Leica got just right with the Q3-45 camera was their use of the 43mm focal length. I use a similar focal length on my full frame cameras for the same reason; it's a well balanced chameleon of a focal length. I have a 45mm Sigma lens that substitutes for 50mm lenses when I want something small, light and capable. It has an f-stop of 2.8 but that doesn't seem like much of an impediment for most shooting. You have to stop it down one or, at the most, two stops when you shoot close; like I did here. It also has the super power of making big, full sized cameras seem smaller and lighter.
I photographed these boots at Freebird's on S. Congress. I asked permission from the shop manager before I started blazing away. She just wanted to have some reassurance that I wasn't scouting product for a competitor. I won her over with the sincerity of my Birkenstock sandals. And my honest face...
She gave me the run of the store...
I'll forgive you a pun now and then.
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