The Leica Q is the company’s most significant introduction since the M240. The galleries, which are new, can be expanded in the usual way). (Note: Apologies that many of the images in this article are not clickable to view in the Lightbox. Or, perhaps, you are in the market for this camera as a used buy. Since then, the readership of Macfilos has grown and you might have missed this. So what did I think of the Leica Q after the first few weeks? Here is my review of the camera which was published originally in June 2015. It is one of those cameras that will become a classic. But the original Q remains a stonking buy on the used market. The Q has now been replaced in my camera bag by the even more competent Q2 with its 47MP sensor, revised rear controls and greater cropping abilities. After nine months I chronicled my adventures with the camera. Nothing much not to like there, and the customers flocked in.ĭuring 2015 and into 2016, the original Leica Q became my favourite digital camera of all time.
Initially, the Leica Q was barely more expensive than the Sony and it had a built-in viewfinder. Perhaps price had something to do with it. Its only competitor has been the Sony RX1, a camera that never really set sail for reasons that I have never been sure about. The odd thing is that such a successful design has remained unchallenged. Although I am not privy to the figures, I would be extremely surprised if the Q has not been Leica’s most successful digital camera of all time. The Leica Q was a success from the off and within days it was on serious backorder, a situation that didn’t improve until well into the second half of 2016. About the only thing they could complain about was the price. Even confirmed Leicaphobes offered grudging praise. The Leica Q with its full-frame sensor, f/1.7 Summilux lens and traditional physical controls, set the photographic world alight.
After half a decade of producing a rather haphazard array of APS-C fixed-lens cameras – from the X1 to the X – they finally got it right. Almost five years ago, Leica did something unusual.
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