The Leica Q, unlike the X series models, is entirely assembled at the Wetzlar factory by German workers. It is thus a first for Leica in the compact market. Confirmation came in an interview with designer Vincent Laine and Peter Kruschewski, head of the Compact Cameras division, in an article published in DigitalVersus on July 18.

MacFilos has been neglected over the past week because I have been running up and down the Swiss Alps, Leica Q in hand, enjoying the superb alpine food and sampling some of the highest railway lines in the world.

This is possibly the quickest review I have ever written, but I wanted to get the word out about the Fujinon 90mm f/2 R LM WR (the Fuji XF 90 to its friends). This is the lens that I have been waiting for. Save your pennies. Break the piggybank. Max that card. Pawn your granny. Get one. Now.