Had it been announced by any other camera company in June of 2015, the Leica Q ($4,250) would have been a flagship camera: a compact body, full-frame sensor, optically stabilized and autofocusing 28mm f/1.7 lens, a huge electronic viewfinder and enough processing power to run an Apollo mission. Leica isn’t like any other camera company though. Over their 102-year history of making cameras, they’ve developed something of a mythological status. Elliott Erwitt, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans and countless other legends of the art shot with Leica cameras (though they probably would’ve taken great photos regardless); seeing one on the street is like seeing a Ferrari, for camera geeks, and their image quality has always been some of the best in the world, even after they switched to digital cameras. Fanboys and admirers alike will even frequently refer to some intangible, viscerally pleasing “Leica-effect” produced by the German company’s rangefinder lenses. But for all the legendary success of their top-tier rangefinder cameras (the M series), Leica tends to have a surprisingly iffy hit rate once they try and deviate from their century-old formula……

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Leica Q

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Henry Phillips Leica Q reviews