Pocket-Lint: The Leica X2 is a bit like the Ferrari of the camera world. It looks gorgeous, has some enviable features, but it’s also extortionately expensive. And it’s that last point that will price it out of most people's reach.
How expensive? Try £1575 for the standard kit, and that’s without the viewfinder, case, optional grip or other accessories. Pricey is more than a fair comment.
Pocket-Lint: The Leica X2 supplants 2009's X1 as the German company's premium APS-C compact camera. It offers a fixed 24mm (36mm in 35mm terms) Leica Elmarit f/2.8 lens.
The body, which is pretty large at 124 x 69 x 51.5mm, reflects classic Leica design lines, and offers a metal construction finished with leather trim. We're keen on the chunky top plate dials and pleased the round pop-up flash found on the X1 has been retained.
