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Curiously enough, I've found the 28mm focal length excellent. I have the X-U as well (which I still use for underwater shooting), but decided to get the Q when I realized that I loved the Leica style of shooting but wanted a faster camera. The Q has turned out to be ideal for this purpose. If...

Well ... I love shooting Leica style so much with my X-U that I just feel I have to get the Q. I tried it in the Leica Store Miami. It's fantastic. I love how much better the focus magnification and peaking work compared to the X-U. However, my brain wonders about a practical matter. I know...

Shouldn't the T deserve its own space? They are pretty different cameras ...

I'm curious ... I think a lot of you here are Q owners. Everyone seems to love the Q. You've probably read some portion of DPReview's review, which says that strange control analomies damage usability. I was particularly surprised by the shutter speed dial not moving in thirds, as it does on...

Has anyone tried the Toshiba FlashAir memory card with any Leica for which it's compatible? What I'm learning is that a lot of the time I want to have my X-U underwater, but don't want to join it there. For example, if I'm on my kayak in a lake, I want to hold the camera underwater. If I join...

I think Dale has somewhat different ideas about the English language than we do. At first I thought it was really strange for him to talk about the cameras he obviously loves (for, why else spend so much money on them?) as primitive, but then I realized that what he really means is what we say...

Understandable, since people tend to use wide angle lenses with Leicas, and IS isn't all that useful for wide angle.

Is it just me, or is it hard to use the focus magnification in the X-U because the magnified portion of the image is simply blown up from the viewfinder, and therefore highly pixelated and without much detail? I think I've been missing focus targets because of this. And I'm curious, for those...

Using my X-U, turning the focus dial to the Infinity setting definitely shows distant subjects more in focus than slightly before infinity. I happened to be shooting a sunset yesterday, which made me curious about that question, so I tested it out. This is different from many cameras with zoom...

Interestingly enough, the Leica S and SL both have a really cool software scale on the top LCD. It reads out the focus distance and the front and rear in-focus measures based on depth of field. Perhaps they can add something like this to the X-series in a firmware upgrade.

I believe I did but am not 100% certain. You should be aware that conditions on my lake are very different from ocean conditions. The lake water is very dirty (i.e. filled with dirt particles – it's not unclean or insanitary but it definitely lacks clarity). I tried the ocean today and the...

Well, I have my X-U, and I really love it so far! As you may know from my earlier posts, I vowed to be one of the first people not connected with Leica to shoot underwater with the X-U, so I come to redeem my promise :). I'm not going to say this is a pretty image, but to my eye it shows an...

I have to admit, I find it very curious that nobody except that nice girl from Leica Store Miami seems to have taken it underwater. I've seen a few X-U shots on Flickr, but few of them seem to do anything underwater in anything deeper than a puddle. By the way, I visited Leica Store Miami...

I'm intrigued by the X-U, which is the X but with a ruggedized body for underwater and tough condition photography. Might that be a good fit for your upcoming trip, especially considering your name? :)

Mijo, thanks for such a detailed response. I daresay an insurance policy for my equipment is in my future. Do you have a recommendation for a company that specializes in high-end gear? If you don't mind my asking, I am new to Leica and don't know the acronyms - what's a MM, MP, SEM? Are...

I suspect this is simply about different kinds of shooters. I do things differently than what you're used to. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that, it just seems odd for you to firmly deny that photographers like me, who handhold D4/5 class cameras, exist. I do not doubt your...

Yes, it is. This should not be too surprising to you, since Nikon has sold thousands of D3/D3S/D4/D4S/D5s for the purpose of high-speed shooting in tough conditions. I would say very few D5 cameras are used with a tripod. If people had difficulty shooting handheld with it, it would have been...

I'm interested in undertaking a trip to the Philippines or Africa in the next year or so. I have a Nikon D5 and am considering the purchase of a Leica X-U. I'm curious to know how much of a risk there is of theft of very expensive cameras if you take them on trips to lower income countries...

Interesting camera. I liked the EVF but it and its lenses have such a toylike feel I dismissed it. It only cost me $399 for the camera and the wide and telephoto zooms. I still have it floating around somewhere.

Absolutely. I'm not thrilled with losing f/2.8, but I do like the additional focal length range to 90mm. It's an interesting tradeoff. I think the comparison from the top actually understates the difference. If my memory serves from seeing the SL a week or so ago at the Leica Store, it is...

I thought you guys might enjoy a totally different viewpoint, from someone who will definitely consider a SL or its successor next time I buy this class of camera. From the viewpoint of a Nikon D4/5 user, the Leica SL is a small and light camera, with small and light lenses. And yet it has...

I wasn't really interested in Leica until I checked out the SL and X-U. The SL seems to give Nikon's D5 a good run for its money, with a smaller and lighter camera which is attractive to me. I wound up buying the D5 because it would have been staggeringly expensive to buy the SL with its 24-70...

So how did the meeting go?

I find it an absolute joy to shoot and am attached to it in a way that the Buddha would have advised against. Just wanted to tell you this made me smile. Really nice photos, too :).