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I’d liken the Leica Q2 to modern whiskey in that there is no good middle ground these days: one can either get very complicated or really simple. Something that the Leica Q2 emphasizes is simplicity and it mostly delivers that. We’re honestly not sure how it got there. This lead me to believe that it was in the viewfinder. When I switched the camera from EVF Extended to LCD, I didn’t see the spec. I thought it was in the lens, but when I didn’t see it in my images, I knew otherwise. The only problem that we encountered with the Leica Q2 is that somehow or another, a spec got into the EVF. Throughout all of our tests in the rain here in NYC, the Leica Q2 performed very admirably–arguably in a way that I’d say that all cameras should at a minimum these days. Photographers who take it to shoot in the rain shouldn’t fear at all as you’ll be able to combine the lens’s great quality with the camera’s overall durability. This isn’t as robust as the Olympus OMD EM1X but it is still very durable. The Leica Q2 is rated to IP52 when it comes to weather sealing. It’s a pretty standard thing for Leica to do this. The back of the Leica Q2 has the viewfinder, the touchscreen, a directional pad, three buttons on the left, and another button near the top for functional control. This way, you’ll negate all those issues with not being able to focus closer than around three feet as most Leica M cameras have with their lenses. There is also a fully working aperture ring and another ring to set it to macro focusing mode. All you need to do is turn the lens and unlock it using a little button on the focusing tab.

The Leica Q2, like its predecessor, can be used in autofocus or manual. In case you’re wondering, that dial on the back is programmable using the button in the middle. That means that the on/off switch, the shutter dial, and the dial near that are all weather sealed. We were told by the product manager that every potentially moving part has rubber seals under them. The hot shoe is weather sealed as are all of the dials. Turn to the top of the Leica Q2 and what you’ll find here are a number of the controls. When you hold it though, it feels every bit like any Leica lens you’ve ever held. The lens on the Leica Q2 is a 28mm f1.8 Aspherical. You’ll find the lens, the logo, and that’s really it. The front of the camera is pretty minimal. In fact, this is probably the only full frame, weather sealed, point and shoot on the market right now. What better backup camera than one with a fixed lens and with all the weather sealing this has.

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The Leica Q2 is a camera designed to be tough and also very much designed with a working professional in mind who may not need interchangeable lenses or who wants a nice backup camera.

10fps mechanical shutter and 20fps with electronic.

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Base ISO of 50 all the way up to 50,000.

28mm f1.7 fixed lens with variable frame line options for 35mm, 50mm, and 75mm.

Could have used a few more function buttons.

Autofocus in very low light isn’t great.

The LCD screen is pretty low resolution.

Not everyone wants to manually focus the lens instead.

This is questionable, but the Leica Q2 could have really used a joystick.

Good image quality, though arguably better offerings from competitors.

And while the Leica Q2 delivers beautiful images, I’m still not sure that I can give it a full stamp of approval. The camera can also shoot at 10fps to help you capture the decisive moment. The focal length is still a 28mm f1.7 lens but this time it is not only weather sealed but offers optical image stabilization. In addition to the tank-like exterior, it boasts a 47.3MP full frame sensor in addition to a high resolution EVF. Targeted as a backup camera for professional photographers and as a camera for photographers who want to travel a lot, the Leica Q2 offers a lot. And in some ways, I think that they did but in other ways I believe that it wasn’t thought out fully despite the big deal of it being given some of the best weather sealing on the market. When I first got the Leica Q2 in my hands, I really wondered if Leica had created a perfect full frame point and shoot. The Leica Q2 on paper showed a whole lot of promise but in real life practice it didn’t surprise as much as its predecessor.

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