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In the field with the Leica Q3 by David Butow from The Real Frame (Instagram):

My first immersive experience with the Q3 was using it to cover the scenes in downtown Miami on June 13 when former president Donald Trump appeared in federal court for his arraignment on federal charges for mishandling classified documents. Although this was the first time in U.S. history something like this had happened, the general scenes were not unfamiliar to me. In 2017, I moved to Washington, D.C. to cover the chaos around his presidency which culminated in the attempted insurrection on January 6, 2021. My pictures from Capitol Hill, the White House and various scenes out in America during those years were published in my book Brink.

After a hiatus from this subject since those years, I looked forward to getting back in the middle of it and was eager to try out the Q3, particularly how its high speed synch capabilities would work in the bright Miami sun. Only high speed synch will allow you to see the effects of the flash beyond a few feet in front of you in that kind of light.

Miami was hot and muggy that Tuesday and in addition to a couple bottles of water, I carried my M11 with a 50mm and an SL2-S with a 100-400mm. For most of the day, I used mainly the Q3 with the SF-60 flash off-camera with the CF-1 remote. Digital sensors have such great dynamic range these days, you don’t really need fill flash for much these days, but it does give you a different look, and one that I wanted to try.

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