Should You Buy a Leica Digital Camera?

Leica is one of the most popular digital camera brands as well as being well known for its .

We've collated all the key information on Leica digital cameras in this handy guide. We've analysed over 130,000 user and expert reviews and over 4,300 awards from hundreds of different review sites on over 1,900 digital cameras to impartially compare each digital camera brand.

Leica are recognised for their good selection of premium and award winning digital cameras. Their digital cameras start at $95 for the D-Lux 3 which has a weight of 185g, an optical zoom of 4x and is a compact digital camera and go up to $11,999 for the M9-P which has a weight of 600g, an optical zoom of 3x and is a mirrorless digital camera. The average price of a new Leica digital camera is $2,559.

Is Leica the Best Digital Camera Brand?

So are Leica digital cameras any good? We give every digital camera a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all digital cameras we are able to impartially rank all the digital camera brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Leica is the 9th best digital camera brand out there.

Let's look at how Leica digital cameras compare to the other digital camera brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

At an average purchase price of $2,559, Leica digital cameras tend to be more expensive than most other digital camera brands however they are still a popular choice with consumers. Leica also have better reviews than the typical digital camera brand, with the average rating of a Leica digital camera being 68%.

There's a smaller selection of Leica digital cameras available compared to other digital camera brands, with only 25 Leica digital cameras currently on the market in the US.

What Do the Leica Digital Camera Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Leica digital camera to work out the average distribution of reviews for Leica and then compared this to the other digital camera brands.

Expert Reviews

5 stars		68
4 stars		102
3 stars		26
2 stars		1
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		284
4 stars		49
3 stars		13
2 stars		7
1 star		13

Over 86% of expert reviews and 91% of user reviews for Leica digital cameras are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 89% and 88% respectively across all Digital Camera brands.

Looking at just the expert reviews, in the table below we compare the average review score given to Leica digital cameras by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other digital camera brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.

Average Review Score	Canon	Nikon	Sony	Samsung	Panasonic	Leica
	75% 417 reviews	73% 336 reviews	75% 211 reviews	74% 125 reviews	80% 83 reviews	79% 5 reviews
	79% 124 reviews	83% 134 reviews	81% 96 reviews	77% 41 reviews	84% 91 reviews	82% 20 reviews
	82% 125 reviews	81% 136 reviews	87% 58 reviews	82% 49 reviews	87% 43 reviews	83% 12 reviews
	79% 126 reviews	74% 136 reviews	80% 60 reviews	70% 42 reviews	82% 44 reviews	89% 7 reviews
	79% 108 reviews	77% 134 reviews	85% 51 reviews	79% 44 reviews	88% 43 reviews	81% 9 reviews
	75% 113 reviews	75% 92 reviews	83% 68 reviews	71% 42 reviews	84% 32 reviews	72% 5 reviews
	75% 105 reviews	70% 79 reviews	77% 54 reviews	67% 30 reviews	87% 39 reviews	75% 4 reviews
	77% 78 reviews	74% 74 reviews	75% 40 reviews	72% 30 reviews	84% 33 reviews
	72% 90 reviews	74% 64 reviews	78% 47 reviews	69% 23 reviews	75% 19 reviews	74% 9 reviews
	77% 74 reviews	70% 65 reviews	81% 43 reviews	70% 31 reviews	87% 29 reviews	80% 5 reviews
	81% 73 reviews	81% 71 reviews	81% 35 reviews	77% 29 reviews	86% 34 reviews	85% 2 reviews
	80% 73 reviews	81% 62 reviews	82% 40 reviews	79% 31 reviews	83% 26 reviews	83% 4 reviews
	84% 81 reviews	87% 68 reviews	88% 40 reviews	85% 19 reviews	90% 22 reviews	85% 2 reviews
	88% 64 reviews	88% 51 reviews	88% 40 reviews	85% 32 reviews	88% 26 reviews	86% 5 reviews
	80% 59 reviews	76% 42 reviews	74% 30 reviews	73% 23 reviews	79% 18 reviews	80% 1 review
	87% 57 reviews	87% 34 reviews	87% 35 reviews	86% 8 reviews	88% 29 reviews	87% 4 reviews
	83% 82 reviews	84% 36 reviews	85% 27 reviews	83% 2 reviews	86% 16 reviews
	73% 61 reviews	74% 50 reviews	77% 24 reviews	76% 22 reviews	78% 5 reviews	80% 1 review
	76% 37 reviews	80% 35 reviews	87% 32 reviews	70% 26 reviews	91% 27 reviews	75% 5 reviews
	88% 46 reviews	92% 37 reviews	93% 32 reviews	76% 9 reviews	91% 22 reviews	76% 5 reviews
Other Expert Sites	75% 2,446 reviews	75% 1,986 reviews	74% 1,421 reviews	70% 907 reviews	76% 752 reviews	70% 70 reviews
Average	79% 4,439 reviews	79% 3,722 reviews	82% 2,484 reviews	76% 1,565 reviews	85% 1,433 reviews	80% 175 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Leica Digital Cameras Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 45 industry awards for Leica digital cameras. The table below compares the number of awards given to Leica to other popular digital camera brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning digital cameras

Number of Awards	Canon	Nikon	Sony	Samsung	Panasonic	Leica
	105	108	51	40	38	11
	70	76	40	25	40	7
	92	43	31		26
	31	56	32	13	56	4
	29	27	20	13	16	1
	31	34	17	9	11
	29	28	21	5	13	1
	27	18	23	4	23	1
	22	22	15	7	23	1
	15	20	21	8	20	2
	27	17	17	9	15
	24	19	22	7	5
	19	19	8	5	16
	15	14	17	5	9
	21	9	13	8	3
	14	16	16	2	2	2
	12	16	7	6	6
	8	9	11	3	12	1
	19	14	6	3	2
	23	10	5		5	1
Other Expert Sites	340	284	232	117	162	13
Total	973	859	625	289	503	45

How Reliable Are Leica Digital Cameras?

We checked over 130,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Leica digital cameras. 100+ of these reviews that mention reliability of which 84% were positive. Therefore the vast majority of Leica digital camera owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Leica digital cameras are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Leica digital cameras that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

controls drip with precision engineering

worried about damaging an expensive camera

built in Wi-Fi

well made

a dependable built-in flash

Which naturally means that the camera is well-built

extremely well built

It has an impressively well-built body that is designed for a very small niche of shooters who want a camera that does one thing extremely well at the expense of nearly ever

The camera is built beautifully

Long associated with well built

While it's true that the rugged / tough market could do with an injection of much needed quality

you can appreciate how well it's put together

only if you think the premium engineering is worth the price

NOT RELIABLE

it's not as robust as its price tag implies

they are not reliable

plasticky finish that feels

What is the Best Mid-Range Leica Digital Camera?

Leica V-Lux

20.1MP

5472 X 3648 PIXELS IMAGE RESOLUTION

16x OPTICAL ZOOM

4K VIDEO RESOLUTION

25,000 MAXIMUM ISO SPEED

1s CAMERA

520g

4x DIGITAL ZOOM

3" SCREEN

A great mid range choice, priced at $729 is the Leica V-Lux, which has a Kagoo Score of 80.

Features We Love:

High megapixels (20.1MP)

Big optical zoom (16x)

3840 x 2160 (4K) pixels video resolution (3840x2160 pixels)

High maximum ISO sensitivity (25,000)

Image stabiliser

A fully featured and award winning 16x optical zoom camera. It has an image stabiliser, a built-in flash and an HDMI and supports Wi-Fi. Multiple reviews mentioned that it has an excellent zoom, it's really able to produce good images but expensive.

96 Reviews	11 Reviews + 1 Award
83 Features	Fully-Featured
74 Popularity	Quite Popular
69 Value for Money	Good
80 Kagoo Score	Excellent

Our review analysis indicates that Leica V-Lux has great expert reviews and terrific user reviews with an average overall rating of 90%, based on 11 reviews.

The Leica V-Lux is 137mm wide, 98.5mm tall, 130.7mm deep and weighs 520g.

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What is the Best High End Leica Digital Camera?

Leica Q (Typ 116)

24.2MP

6000 X 4000 PIXELS IMAGE RESOLUTION

1x OPTICAL ZOOM

FULL HD VIDEO RESOLUTION

1.7 MINIMUM

51,200 MAXIMUM ISO SPEED

1s CAMERA

590g

1.8x DIGITAL ZOOM

3" SCREEN

If you're looking for a high end Leica digital camera then the Leica Q (Typ 116) takes some beating. It has a Kagoo Score of 76, but is a bit more expensive at $2,849.

Features We Love:

High megapixels (24.2MP)

Smaller than average optical zoom (1x)

1920 x 1080 (Full HD) pixels video resolution (1920x1080 pixels)

ok minimum aperture number (1.7)

High maximum ISO sensitivity (51,200)

A fully featured and multi award winning 590g camera. It has an image stabiliser and a maximum ISO sensitivity of 51,200 and supports Wi-Fi and Full HD video. Multiple reviews mentioned that it has an excellent autofocus and lens, and it produces very good images.

96 Reviews	147 Reviews + 13 Awards
80 Features	Fully-Featured
64 Value for Money	Good
76 Kagoo Score	Very Good

Multiple reviews mentioned that Leica Q (Typ 116) has very good expert reviews and excellent user reviews with an average overall rating of 95%, based on 147 reviews.

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The Leica Q (Typ 116) is 130mm wide, 93mm tall, 80mm deep and weighs 590g.

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What is the Ultimate Leica Digital Camera?

Leica M10

24MP

5976 X 3992 PIXELS IMAGE RESOLUTION

51,200 MAXIMUM ISO SPEED

1s CAMERA

660g

3" SCREEN

For those with an unlimited budget then the Leica M10 is the best Leica digital camera out there. At $5,499.96 it's not cheap, but is excellent quality and as such we gave it Kagoo Score of 79.

Features We Love:

High megapixels (24MP)

Very short camera shutter speed (1/4000s)

High maximum ISO sensitivity (51,200)

5976 x 3992 pixels image resolution

Supports Wi-Fi

A megapixels and multi award winning 660g camera, with a very good spec. It has a maximum ISO sensitivity of 51,200 and a camera shutter speed of 1/4000s and supports Wi-Fi. Our review analysis indicates that it produces very good images and good-looking, and quiet.

93 Reviews	96 Reviews + 4 Awards
82 Features	Fully-Featured
82 Popularity	Widely Available
66 Value for Money	Good
79 Kagoo Score	Very Good

Owners report that Leica M10 has good expert reviews and marvellous user reviews with an average overall rating of 85%, based on 96 reviews.

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The Leica M10 is 139mm wide, 80mm tall, 38.5mm deep and weighs 660g.

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What is the Best Budget Choice Leica Digital Camera?

Leica C-Lux

20.1MP

15x OPTICAL ZOOM

4K VIDEO RESOLUTION

1s CAMERA

340g

4x DIGITAL ZOOM

3" SCREEN

At only $823.16 and with a Kagoo Score of 75 the Leica C-Lux makes a great budget choice.

Features We Love:

High megapixels (20.1MP)

Big optical zoom (15x)

3840 x 2160 (4K) pixels video resolution (3840x2160 pixels)

Shorter than average camera shutter speed (1/16000s)

Image stabiliser

A fully featured but only ok value for money 15x optical zoom digital camera. It has an image stabiliser and a touchscreen, supports Wi-Fi and features bluetooth.

81 Features	Fully-Featured
77 Popularity	Widely Available
65 Value for Money	Good
75 Kagoo Score	Very Good

The Leica C-Lux is 113mm wide, 67mm tall, 46mm deep and weighs 340g.

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