Leica X Vario for Street Photography

Is the Leica X Vario good for Street Photography?

Leica X Vario Street Photography Score

GOOD

Leica X Vario has a score of 62 for Street Photography which makes it a GOOD candidate for this type of photography. Leica X Vario will satisfy most of your needs, but if you are looking for a camera that is even better suited to Street Photography, we recommend you to check the Alternative cameras at the bottom of this page.
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Leica X Vario Street Photography Detailed Analysis

Manual Focus Mode

You can use the manual focus mode of your camera to Zone Focus which is a popular technique used in street photography.

Live-view

Live view lets you take photos without using the viewfinder which makes you less obstrusive and this works very well during street photography where you don't want to get people's attention.

Face-Detection Focusing

Face detection focusing mode is very helpful in the street scenes where you focus on a face, since you can concentrate on framing and other adjustments while the camera handles the focus for you.

28 mm - Good Wide Angle Coverage

Having a good wide angle coverage becomes very important in street photography.

RAW shooting capability

RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.

Small Body

Small body of Leica X Vario will get less attention from the people in streets and give you an amateur look, which is indeed an advantage for street photography.

Large APS-C (23.6 x 15.8 mm) sensor

Large sensor in Leica X Vario ensures a good low light image quality compared to smaller sensor, and it also provide shallow depth of field and a nice blurry background when needed.

No Image Stabilization

An articulated screen gives you the flexibility to shoot in non traditional positions such as waist level, which helps you to be more creative and unobtrusive in the streets.

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Leica X Vario Alternatives in Large sensor compact cameras for Street Photography

Leica Q2 Compare X Vario vs Q2	47 MP \| Full frame CMOS Sensor 28 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #19 Rank in Compact Cameras: #1
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street 93 Sports Daily Landscape

Leica Q Compare X Vario vs Q Typ 116	24 MP \| Full frame CMOS Sensor 28 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #45 Rank in Compact Cameras: #3
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street 93 Sports Daily Landscape

Canon G5 X Compare X Vario vs G5 X	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-100 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #132 Rank in Compact Cameras: #9
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 90 Overall Score	Portrait Street 92 Sports Daily Landscape

Canon G1 X III Compare X Vario vs G1 X III	24 MP \| APS-C CMOS Sensor 24-72 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #105 Rank in Compact Cameras: #6
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street 91 Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic LX10 Compare X Vario vs LX10	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-72 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #241 Rank in Compact Cameras: #32
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 93 Overall Score	Portrait Street 90 Sports Daily Landscape

Leica Q2

Leica Q

Canon G5 X

Canon G1 X III

Panasonic LX10