Leica Q3 review: the quintessential Leica

Leica’s Q series is the company’s best-selling digital camera to date and it’s not all that difficult to see why. Kevin Carter looks at the latest iteration, the Leica Q3 Small, light and unobtrusive the Leica Q embodies all that’s attractive of the Leica M with added the benefit of a Kabe-designed Leica autofocus 28mm F1.7 lens. This is the closest we have to an autofocus M series camera, and unless you’re adept at using one of those you’ll be more successful shooting at the initial aperture or close to it and far more discrete using a Leica Q. What's more, the latest iteration the Leica Q3 is the fastest and easiest to use yet. To the casual observer, the Leica Q3 looks like a mild makeover of the Q2. Pick it up and take a few pictures and, except for the flip-out screen, it doesn’t seem much different. But nothing could be further from the truth. Nearly everything in the Q3 has been either tweaked or reworked. Admittedly, the lens hasn't changed it's the sa