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June 2015
(89%)
74 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(96%)
105 Reviews
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The editors liked
Exceptional optical quality and sharpness throughout aperture range
Superb image quality even into high ISO settings
Classic Leica build quality is robust yet luxury
Manual controls
The Leica Q produces great photos and videos
Sports a stellar lens and a delivers surprisingly good performance
Top class lens and sensor
A joy to use
Rugged construction
Elegant minimalist design
Quality build
Picture quality at all apertures up to 6400 ISO
Handling and screen/button interfaces well thought out
28mm f/1.7 lens with image stabilisation
Diaphragm and focus rings
3.6Mdot EVF
Superfast AF
Multitouch monitor
WiFi & NFC
Wall ad
Full
Frame sensor
Fantastic images quality
Traditional exposure controls
Wide aperture lens
Premium build and construction
Superb electronic viewfinder
Fast AF especially with touchscreen
Excellent black and white mode
Fantastic handling and control
Excellent image quality
High-quality lens
The editors didn't like
JPEG standard contrast setting to excess
No tilt-angle screen
Viewfinder eye-sensor a bit slow
Continuous shooting on on/off switch
Fiddly macro/manual focus release
No front grip
There's a lot of moire to clean up in the photos and a real grip would be nice for the money
Abstract: The Leica Q is a hugely impressive camera that combines state-of-the-art technology with traditional design. The 28mm wide-angle lens is incredibly sharp and the fast electronic shutter, means you can shoot wide open at f/1.7 even in bright sunlight. The...
Abstract: Today even the smallest German-made Leicas (leaving aside the Panasonic-built mass sub-£1,000 models) are on the hefty side by current compact-camera standards. Yet while its digital offerings (it still makes film models) have a lot of sophisticated contr...
Fantastic handling and control, Excellent image quality, High-quality lens
Price pushes it into a niche, Video capabilities could be better
Leica Q (Typ 116) – Lens Is the Leica Q (Typ 116) features a fixed, prime 28mm lens, so considering whether this focal length will fit your style is important. Since the camera has a full-frame sensor, there's no length-changing crop factor either. For la...
Published: 2015-08-07, Author: Mike , review by: pocket-lint.com
Exceptional optical quality and sharpness throughout aperture range, superb image quality even into high ISO settings, classic Leica build quality is robust yet luxury, manual controls
JPEG standard contrast setting to excess, no tilt-angle screen, viewfinder eye-sensor a bit slow, continuous shooting on on/off switch, fiddly macro/manual focus release, no front grip
Leica cameras are known for being out of this world. Not just for their no-nonsense build and super-sharp picture quality, but astronomical pricing too. The Leica Q encompasses all of those things and yet despite its near-£3k price tag it's still an...
It isn't for everyone, but the Q is the Leica we've been waiting for. When I first picked up the Leica Q, pretty much the first words out of my mouth made me look like an idiot. I asked aloud, to a conference room full of several Leica people, how the...
Top class lens and sensor, A joy to use, Rugged construction, Elegant minimalist design
It's really expensive
The Q is a fantastic camera. It offers pretty much everything you could expect from a high-end point-and-shoot on both the imaging quality and features fronts, it's built to last and it's a pleasure to use. It is almost £3,000, however. Unless you're dre...
Premium build and construction, Superb electronic viewfinder, Fast AF especially with touchscreen, Excellent black and white mode
High price, No external microphone socket for video
Apart from the Leica M rangefinders, most of Leicas other digital cameras havent quite hit the mark. However, the Leica Q is different. It feels complete, as if Leica has listened to the feedback from photographers and thought about how it could make a...
Quality build, Picture quality at all apertures up to 6400 ISO, Handling and screen/button interfaces well thought out, 28mm f/1.7 lens with image stabilisation, Diaphragm and focus rings, 3.6Mdot EVF, Superfast AF, Multitouch monitor, WiFi & NFC, Wall ad
No internal memory, No focus peaking intensity settings, No headphone or mic jack, Screen doesn't tilt/swivel, AF in video mode, 20minute videos only, Could have done more with the multitouch screen, Rainbow effect in viewfinder
Leica took its time, but Leica delivered. The Q (Typ 116) hits hard, hits accurate and hits fast, all with elegant bravado. It excels at all things (except video) and will be an excellent sidekick to any street photographer or photojournalist looking for...
High price, No grip on the front, Large for a compact camera
A superb full-frame compact camera for those who like traditional controls and modern features like an electronic viewfinder. The Q is capable of producing beautiful quality images...
Abstract: The Leica Q shares lots of its key build characteristics with the Leica M At a glance 24.2-million-pixel, full-frame CMOS sensor 3in, 1.04-million-dot TFT LCD Leica Summilux-M 28mm f/1.7 Asph lens ISO 100-50,000 Price £2,900 The Q (Typ 116) is the first i...
