Leica Q

All For One.

Made in Germany, technically supported by Panasonic.

Leica, in the era of digital photography, kinda knows how to balance profit and product quality. Different works for a camera were separated and distributed to different expertise in different companies, in order to depressurize domestic cost of development.

A brilliant move, because one company can’t be good at everything, not even Leica.

Piece of Art.

Leica cameras are usually at the peak of general aesthetics. Mostly because 90% of the latest camera designs are mediocre.

When I was holding Leica Q, I felt like holding a dense brick of highly engineered device made by aliens. Every line was so perfectly designed and assembled. Pieces of materials were joining together as if they were born that way. Leica Q was so Bauhaus and Germans surely knew what they were doing.

Extraordinary Ordinaries.

Q’s equipped with a 28mm F1.7 lens, which is traditionally perfect for documenting and street photography.

This lens provides unexpected sharpness at the center of the image but doesn’t get too sharp as if it’s jumping out. Simulating views from human eyes.

“Stereo” would be an appropriate illustration of Leica Q’s imaging. It forms an environment so unique that is both stylized and uncommonly authentic. Meanwhile, contrast and colors are well proclaimed without compromise.

Overall

I mean, Leica Q is definitely not a good camera to me, mostly because of its fixed lens. I felt so psychologically limited even though that 28mm lens is sufficient sometimes. I felt like Leica Q became the master of me, instead of me mastering it.

But it’s a Leica after all. If I’m having problems with it, it would be my problems, not Leica’s (not always). In fact, I sometimes miss those limitations from Leica Q. The fun of self-challenging only exist when you’re restrained by something, isn’t it?