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June 2015
(89%)
74 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(96%)
105 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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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
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Published: 2015-07-27, Author: Jon , review by: shutterbug.com
The Leica Q is everything we expect a Leica to be. It's amazingly well made; the build-quality and physical appearance are remarkable. It also produces images of exceptionally high quality. It has its peculiarities, for sure, like the bewilderingly poor l...
Expensive. No built-in flash. Touch screen focus could be better implemented. Lacks 24fps video option
The Leica Q (Typ 116) is a niche camera, with a full-frame image sensor and a dedicated 28mm lens. It's not for every photographer, but it's fantastic at what it does...
The Leica Q (Typ 116) is the best serious compact camera that Leica have ever released, offering fantastic image quality, great handling and build-quality, and a number of surprisingly innovative features which include very fast auto-focusing, although i...
Abstract: In addition to a 3-inch 1.04M-dot touchscreen rear LCD, which supports touch focus, the Leica Q (Typ 116) offers an electronic viewfinder for composing shots. The Q's viewfinder is a very high-resolution unit, based around a 1,280 x 960 pixel field-sequen...
Abstract: Three Days in NYC with the New Leica Q Leica Q First Impressions and Review June 10, 2015In mid-May, 2015 I had an opportunity to meet with Leica executives for a preview glimpse of the Leica Q, which was to be subsequently announced on June 10. This meet...
Street shooters, photojournalists, event photographers and world travelers who appreciate a well-built camera with good external controls and like the 28mm focal length
Compact, solid, well-built body, 24MP CMOS sensor with excellent detail and ISO performance, Fast, razor-sharp, stabilized 28mm lens, Well thought-out controls, Speedy 10 fps burst mode, Fast, accurate autofocus system in Single AF, Excellent feedback fro
The Leica Q is the most affordable full-frame Leica camera to date. Its 24MP sensor is good though not class-leading, and the fixed 28mm F1.7 Summilux lens is superb. The camera is built beautifully and responds rapidly. With the exception of a few softwa...
