Leica Minilux Zoom Review

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Leica Minilux Zoom
3.8 stars
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Jan Onshuus's Review of Leica Minilux Zoom 35mm Compact Camera

14th Sep 2007

Overall Rating

2.5 stars
  • Value for money
    1.5 stars
  • Photograph Quality
    3 stars
  • Ease of Use
    2 stars
  • Time Camera Owned
    Over 1 Year
  • Features
    1 stars
Good Points

The lens is superb. Build quality of exterior excellent, interior not worthy of the Leica name. The photos are generally good when used in situations the camera/film can handle.


Bad Points

The shutter is unsatisfactory, minimum shutter speed is 250/sec. This means that I can not use the high speed films needed for interior settings when moving to sunny daylight exposures because the automatic shutter and aperture settings cannot handle the extra light, Result: overexposed photos. So I have to use two cameras, one with fast film + one with 100ASA. My camera seems to have a software problem with the connection from the shutter to the film transport. Too often, I have to reset the camera a couple of times until it will function. Leica quality? Too many pictures are lost. I bought this camera because my ContaxT stopped working after many years of faithful service. This Leica is definitely not reliable. It seems to be a camera produced to sell with the Leica name but without the quality build and production control of the M-series.


General Comments

I hoped this would function as an easy to carry-around replacement for my other Leicas and Canon SLR. I also made a gross mistake by overlooking the totally unsatisfactory 250/s shutter speed before buying. This is a Leica that I cannot recommend because it lacks the essential functions and is too unreliable. The old Minox GT is far more trustworthy. Maybe it's time for a digital?

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