Leica Q (Typ 116)

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...

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...

LikeAmazing images.Solid, stylish build quality.The most modern Leica yet.Don't LikeIt's so expensive.No higher ISO options.Quite heavy.It's hard to recommend a camera that costs $6000, as the Leica Q does. There are cameras that are half as expensive...

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...

Leica's Q is a particularly interesting camera, and one that really grabs your attention, with so much going for it. It has the look of something old, and yet it is much much better than just another camera meant to capture the retro design of the...

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...

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...

The Leica Q is a delightful camera to use – particularly for street and reportage photography, where its fast autofocusing and instant responsiveness and near silent operation place it in a class of its own. We shot 430 DNG+JPEG frames during the media...

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...

Even wide open, the resolving power of the lens is enough to induce aliasing with the AA-less 24MP sensor. Corners, however, are notably less sharp wide open compared to the sharpest they get - at f/5.6. What's particularly interesting is that corners never quite sharpen to the tack sharp levels of sharpness achieved by more centrally-located objects. We have a feeling part of this is due to the mandatory distortion corrections applied to the Raw file by ACR.

The Leica Q is an incredibly versatile camera and I am sure it will gain a cult following similar to the X100 and RX1. I just hope Leica continues to support it as time goes on through aggressive firmware updates and accessories that expand its usefulness.

A terrific, if expensive, full-frame compact, the Leica Q is worth every penny for landscape and street...