The market for professional quality M-styled cameras has been saturated with many products trying to emulate the vintage style and feel of the Leica M. Ironically, many photographers, especially those who favour the streets have been lusting after a camera from Leica that offers what competitors have been trying to extract from the basic M design. As great and successful as they were, the Leica X-series and the most recent D-Lux have come close, but have fallen short of achieving the ‘M-feel’. There has also been a call for a cheaper M-camera but the M has always been the flagship for Leica, and they learnt from the Leica CL back in the day so I doubt we will see a budget M any time soon. So it’s June 10 and you may have just seen the announcement of the new Leica Q – Typ 116. The specs suggest it’s going to be a pretty nice. Before we go further, I previously made a list of specs that street shooters have been wanting from Leica. So lets see how they match up……..

Source: kristiandowling.com
 

Leica Q

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Kristian Dowling Leica Q