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Leica X1: Neglected for five years but now resurrected, and it’s as good as ever

The Leica X1 was John's passion. It became his favourite lightweight carry around camera. Then it languished unloved for five years. It's now been resurrected and it's as good as ever...

Leica X1 bites the dust after 13 glorious years

One of the world's most enthusiastic fans of the 2009 Leica X1 has finally admitted defeat. A long-running and very annoying defect has rendered his trusty old X1 useless. RIP Leica X1...

Leica X1 and X2: That pesky Battery Clip

If you own a Leica X1 or X2 you have been very lucky if the plastic battery retaining clip hasn’t sheared off before now. Maybe it’s worth ordering a spare in case Leica run out of them...

Remarkable survival of the Leica X1 and X2

Wayne's suggests the popular old granddads, the Leica X1 and X2 could be used exclusively for monochrome. Let's take a look...

Leica X1 and X2: A monochrome duo

Leica's little X1 and X2 are on their way to becoming digital classics. How do they perform as Monochrom substitutes? I decided to find out.

Ricoh GR meets the Leica X1/2: Which is the best travel camera?

The Leica X1/X2 are now popular "vintage" Leica digitals. But they have a lot in common with the Ricoh GR, the smallest APS-C shooter on the market.

Vive la Difference: Leica X1 and X2 compacts compared

The Leica X1 an X2 35mm-focal-length compacts have become something of a digital classic. Wayne has been out with both cameras for a back-to-back comparison and discovered some interesting differences in output

More from the Leica X1: Ikigai and the lure of Blueys Beach

Ikigai is a Japanese word which means the reason for being, the purpose of life. It’s the thing which gets you out of bed in the morning. John checks out his ikigai on the coast of New South Wales….

Stormy Weather: A resurrected Leica X1 goes on a bush walk

There is an oft-recited Australian poem by Dorothea Mackeller the second verse of which is:-I love a...

Liwa Dunes with the Leica X1 and X-Vario

Dunes, dunes and more dunes. But look closely and see the character.....

Leica X1: Reprieve from death row

Like a bouncing ball, the little X1 — Leica's simplest fixed-lens digital camera — is back home, rescued from the sale room.

Leica X1/X2: Peter Pan approach to choosing a camera.

Wayne asks why we need so many pixels. Fewer but larger pixels can beat more but smaller pixels in some circumstances, he believes.