I'm a professional image maker - photo and video. I currently own over $100k of camera equipment - so I'm not a hobbyist. I bought the camera because the Canon 5dsr is just too big. Sure it takes fantastic images but I wanted something that was a bit easier to use.

I love my new little Leica. Beautiful styling with nod to 35mm styling and functions. Great light camera for family and parties. Lightweight, comfortable and takes really great photos.

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  Size, weight, styling, wifi, great for shooting in dim light without flash.

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  Menus are not intuitive for me.

Great camera. Tons of features. Quick zoom. It is Leica!Camera comes with small flash. It would be great to have some strap attachment for this piece. You do not want to carry it in your pocket! Fortunately camera makes great pictures in low light. So you do not need flash too often.Good twist case.

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  Easy to Use, Fast Shutter Speed, Good Battery Life, Good in Low Light, Great Resolution, Large Clear LCD, Small / Compact

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  Not comfortable grip

First off, I was in the market for a smaller compact camera as I am getting lazy, tired or not always trying to go out for a shoot with my monstrosity of the 5D with 70-200mm lens..... So I decided to take a gander at point and shoots.

For this review, i'll follow with the DPR "Detailed Scoring" method as noted as part of their template. Also, I started this review in the Leica forum and the system automatically moved it here with a message it would do so as soon as I started typing.

I'm a canon guy. I've been shooting on big DSLRs since 2010 (60D, 7D, MKII, 6D, MKIII, C100, C300). I bought this camera bc I wanted something small to travel with. Something I can toss into a backpack or the glove box of my Jeep Wrangler. The size is perfect.

Best features and worth the money

I've had this camera for a month and am happy with the image quality and features. It is very lightweight and good-looking. However, it needs to be re-adjusted every time you pick it up, as everything can move so easily (aperture ring, exposure compensation, etc.

I bought the Leica D-LUX 109 because I needed a light-weight camera for travel and serendipitous (street) shooting, and it seemed to have the best lens at a reasonable price-point. (I also owned a IIIf that I bought in a pawnshop, back in the day, so in a way I return to my roots.

Great camera! Love it!