#LEICA Q MANUAL#
(Think of these impressions as more of a "test drive" than a full review.) Shooting with the Q is a fun experience - it's fast and responsive, and the manual controls plus viewfinder make it much closer to working with an M than the T or Leica's other lower-end cameras. I wasn't able to use a Leica Q for a long enough time for a proper review, but Leica did loan one to me for a few days. From a technology perspective, there isn't much that the Q doesn't have, which is refreshing to see from a company as conservative as Leica. The Q also includes Wi-Fi for remote shooting from a smartphone or transfer of images from a mobile device.
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#LEICA Q 1080P#
ISO ranges from 100 to 50,000, and the camera can shoot 1080p video at up to 60 frames per second. The Q can also do burst images of 10 frames per second in either JPEG or DNG RAW. Leica says it's using a modified version of its Maestro II processor from its high-end S line in the Q, and that gives the Q the fastest autofocus of any compact full-frame camera. As far as electronic viewfinders go, it's one of the best you can get and it's sharper and better than the external attachment viewfinder for the RX1 or the Leica T. It's not quite the same as looking through the M's rangefinder tunnel, but it's bright and sharp and has a fast refresh rate. The Q has a built-in electronic viewfinder with 3.68 million dots, making it the highest-resolution viewfinder available. That's a significant difference from the T, which relied almost entirely on the touchscreen and didn't provide a great shooting experience as a result. The Q's rear LCD is also a touch panel, so it's possible to control the camera that way, but the physical buttons and dials on the body itself mean you don't have to use the touchscreen if you don't want to. In addition to the controls on the lens, it has a shutter speed dial, control dial, four-way controller, ISO button, and two customizable function buttons, making it much easier to handle in manual modes than the T. Unlike the M series, the Leica Q has full autofocus and autoexposure, though it's also capable of being manually controlled if you prefer. That should mean sharper images, less aberration, and better quality out of focus areas (aka bokeh) than competing cameras. Leica says that it designed the lens specifically for this camera and it has the exceptional optical quality associated with Leica lenses. All of the Leica Q's lens controls are on the lens itself, much like the M series, making it easy to adjust aperture, focus, or focusing modes on the fly. It's a 28mm, f/1.7 aperture Summilux with optical image stabilization. The lens on the Leica Q is a photographer's dream. It was designed in-house, unlike the T that was designed by Audi. Instead of being machined from a single piece of aluminum, like the T, the Q is made up of different pieces of magnesium and aluminum. It's pretty much what a person would draw if you asked them to sketch a camera, and it's right in line with the retro aesthetic of Leica's M line. The Q's design is much more classic than the futuristic, ultra-modern look of the Leica T.