Leica SL3 - the Q3 KILLER!!!! 

I have always had a problem with the 35mm focal length. I usually go out with a 28 and a 50. The 35 for myself has either been not wide enough or too wide. I have a 35mm and I try to use it. I Will use my M lenses on the SL3 if I want to lighten up the kit. I have my Q2 but will keep it. I take it out when I am just traveling and wants something light. The SL3 with the 28SL APO is heavier than the Q2/Q3 The Q series is still the best selling camera in total numbers.

Hey Marc had you lost weight? In relation to the video… they are two different animals for different purposes… so in my opinion they are NOT comparable.

YES! Making the Q3 a system camera would make sense to me. It’s weird calling it compact when the fixed lens isn’t really that compact. Hopefully the rumored D-Lux 8 is real, and would have meaningful upgrades-like graduating to a pure Leica (no parts designed/made by Panasonic) and etc.

I've got both. I love the Q3 and I will keep it as a second body. It costs about the same as the 28 mm APO SL and rather than fiddling around and changing lenses on the SL, I can quickly grab the Q3 from my bag and get my 28 mm shots.

Not that I disagree with anything you said, however... I don't think Leica is going to be in any hurry to change the format or the features of this camera until when and if the sales numbers go down. The Q3 is multi-month backordered.

The Q3 is much smaller and lighter….

I couldn't agree more. I haven't touched my Q3 since the SL3 arrived. I'm kind of thinking...dare I say it...I might sell the Q3. An interchangeable Q that takes M and/or SL lenses? I'll take it!!

SL3 and lens is +/-10K, in that case I would rather have an a7RV and GM lens

I see cameras like the Q3 (and Zf) is for the touch screen generation and manufacturers have to innovate to pull these buyers in. Those of us who started with film had issues with digital when it came out, then mirrorless after we got used to DSLRs, an all screen rear on cameras seem to be the next thing coming. We may not like it but we can get used to it but, the younger generation will be served for some years before we die out and newer tech comes available that will annoy them as they age.

A Q and SL are definitely not close in size and weight.

Sorry but the FORM FACTOR of the Q3 is much smaller given that it doesn’t have a grip. I’m not saying that the Q3 is a better camera because of that. I’d still pick the SL3 over the Q3 any day of the week, but the Q3 IS a much more portable camera. A 35mm lens is not necessarily ‘better’, it’s a choice of lens that YOU like better and KNOW how to use better than a 28mm lens. Others would beg to differ. To me the Q3 is something you just grab and go with, leave the house with. To me the SL3 is something you plan a photo shoot with and spend time selecting the right lenses for BEFORE leaving the house. Just saying……. not criticizing you. I hope someone pays you what you paid for the Q3, but you should keep it. It’s a cute little camera that is a conversation piece……AND it shoots great photos….. oh but I just remembered that you don’t like 28mm……. how spoiled we are these days given the plethora of choices we have in the current market

Muahahahahahahahahaha! Too rich for my blood. I can’t afford Leicas. I’m out!