Leica Q: A compact camera that takes great pictures in all light conditions

Photos can be cropped in 35mm or 50mm format, which doesn't take away much from the shots

Taking baby steps in photography as a nine-year-old, I believed a Leica camera to be the Holy Grail. As I went from a National 35 Sprinty BC, a vintage Zeiss Ikon, innumerable point-and-shoots and finally to my current Nikon DSLR, the Leica proved elusive. Finally, I got my hands on one to review, albeit a fixed-lens one.

The Leica Q (Rs 2,72,000) is a compact beauty with a 28mm f1.7 full-frame lens. Its magnesium and aluminium body feels premium, though is a bit slippery to hold for long periods. But what I was most interested in were the manual controls and