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Leica Q3 vs Fujifilm GFX 100RF: A Photographer’s Inner Monologue

Chris Gampat
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Last updated on 08/21/2025
10/06/2025
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For the past few months, I’ve been truly contemplating what the camera that I will buy is going to be. And I don’t mean like a camera that’s partially meant for work: I instead am talking about a camera that I want to bring me joy and that I will truly want to bring around everywhere. Originally, I thought it was the Leica M11D. But Global Warming has had its way with many cameras and lenses; and I can’t be out and about when suddenly a rainstorm decides to hit when I wasn’t given previous warning. And so that leaves me with two other rangefinder style cameras: the Leica Q3 and the Fujifilm GFX 100RF. I know their cons as I’ve reviewed both. And so I am solely only looking at and thinking about the green flags.

The Leica Q3

A camera rests on an open book with a quote about photography on a wooden table.
Leica Q3

So here are all the green flags that will make me want to buy the Leica Q3:

  • High megapixel count at 60MP in a full-frame sensor
  • Autofocus and great manual focus
  • IP durability weather sealing
  • Interchangeable batteries with my current Leica SL2s
  • Scene modes
  • Small
  • Tilting screen
  • Internal memory and an SD card slot
  • Leica looks
  • Leaf shutter for flashes if I ever want to shoot something fancy and different
  • It’s small and portable in a way that I’d always want to bring it with me
  • Fast aperture lens means I don’t need to crank the ISOs up all the way

The Fujifilm GFX 100RF

A black camera with a teal strap sits on top of a brown and black bag in warm sunlight.
The Fujifilm GFX 100RF

Here’s what I adore about the Fujifilm GFX 100RF

  • High megapixel count of 100MP in a medium format sensor
  • Capable of doing autofocus even if its not so great
  • Zone focusing abilities
  • Weather sealing
  • Fairly small
  • Various crop modes
  • Leaf shutter
  • Multiple exposure
  • Dual card slots
  • Film simulations
  • More affordable than the Leica

Herein lies my problems: they’re both very good and have very desirable traits. I adore the IP durabiltiy of the Leica, but I also really love how the Fuji can give me more creativity with multiple exposure mode. They both feel great in my hand, and they both have high megapixel counts. I can make great photos with each for sure.

But which one should I get? I’m still confused quite a bit.

Notice how I’m not even talking about image quality and autofocus? They’re both good on image quality, and the autofocus on both is useable enough. I accept that I’ll probably need to zone focus for most of the usage of these.

A part of me wants to go with the more affordable price, but the other part of me wants the durability and the faster aperture lens.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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