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I'm really not trying to be negative but it was very poorly written and more of a love letter than anything else. "...the most hyped and anticipated camera I’v

I'm really not trying to be negative but it was very poorly written and more of a love letter than anything else. "...the most hyped and anticipated camera I’ve ever seen" "...Leica partnered with Audi Design and the result is inarguably stunning." "...typical Leica. Simple and elegant." Simply put Leica digital cameras are not representative of value and are luxury goods, if that is what your after well you found your camera. Otherwise there is a whole world of choices that offer better quality, function and price.

caycep 12y ago
If they dumped money into paying Audi for the design rather than improving the function of the camera, guess what you, the consumer, are paying for in its purchase price....
SonicSoul 12y ago
good point, it did get preachy in the end. by nicely written i meant more about the way thesis was layed out, and images supporting each point + blog design.
cge 12y ago
Meanwhile, the important elements in the review, like image quality and results, tended to be along the lines of well, the RX1 is better, but... this is Leica!. The T may be painting with a smaller canvas than my previous camera, the Sony RX1, but it’s still managing to paint beautiful ones. Yes, the Sony RX1 does a superior job at capturing detail, but the Leica seems to have pretty good noise performance and renders images with wonderfully calm color. it does seem to suffer from inaccurate auto focus in poor light. I haven’t been too bothered as I’m coming from the Sony RX1 and the Fuji X100 before that; both known to lack in this department. So why not, then, get the RX1 instead? Sure, it takes better photos, but it's not Leica, and so it "lacks soul". And taking some of the pieces of the review together makes it seem even more ridiculously hagiographic: The T refuses to battle in the megapixel wars or *include gimmicky features.* Everything about the T is about removing the extraneous and getting the best performance out of the materials at hand. The T even has built-in Wi-Fi and can connect with an iOS device using the Leica T app. [really!?] Turning the power switch beyond the on position will eject the *built-in flash.* [a small, P&S popup flash...] The strap connects to the camera using a *proprietary locking pin* that simply clicks into the camera. As you may know, the Leica T is *hand polished for 45 minutes* before the final finishing stages. No, no gimmicky features at all...
- bane 12y ago
  Right, it's like instead of a camera I could actually use and has things I need, like a viewfinder, all that was traded for a useless camera strap pin and an app that doesn't even work on the platform of smartphone I'm using.

caycep 12y ago

If they dumped money into paying Audi for the design rather than improving the function of the camera, guess what you, the consumer, are paying for in its purchase price....

SonicSoul 12y ago

good point, it did get preachy in the end. by nicely written i meant more about the way thesis was layed out, and images supporting each point + blog design.

cge 12y ago

Meanwhile, the important elements in the review, like image quality and results, tended to be along the lines of well, the RX1 is better, but... this is Leica!. The T may be painting with a smaller canvas than my previous camera, the Sony RX1, but it’s still managing to paint beautiful ones. Yes, the Sony RX1 does a superior job at capturing detail, but the Leica seems to have pretty good noise performance and renders images with wonderfully calm color. it does seem to suffer from inaccurate auto focus in poor light. I haven’t been too bothered as I’m coming from the Sony RX1 and the Fuji X100 before that; both known to lack in this department. So why not, then, get the RX1 instead? Sure, it takes better photos, but it's not Leica, and so it "lacks soul". And taking some of the pieces of the review together makes it seem even more ridiculously hagiographic: The T refuses to battle in the megapixel wars or *include gimmicky features.* Everything about the T is about removing the extraneous and getting the best performance out of the materials at hand. The T even has built-in Wi-Fi and can connect with an iOS device using the Leica T app. [really!?] Turning the power switch beyond the on position will eject the *built-in flash.* [a small, P&S popup flash...] The strap connects to the camera using a *proprietary locking pin* that simply clicks into the camera. As you may know, the Leica T is *hand polished for 45 minutes* before the final finishing stages. No, no gimmicky features at all...

bane 12y ago
Right, it's like instead of a camera I could actually use and has things I need, like a viewfinder, all that was traded for a useless camera strap pin and an app that doesn't even work on the platform of smartphone I'm using.