Leica Reviews

In short, this is NOT your family's vacation camera. If you want something to throw around, and possibly lose, i'd suggest another camera. This is a seirous camera. With a MINOXAR lens, you can take sharp pictures that can easily be blown up to 11x14 wihtout a lot of grain. If you have money to spend, and you want a camera that will give you excellent prints, I'd recommend this one. It's also very lighta and compact, with a very fast lens.

The lens and the resulting image quality is really, really good. The camera is easy to use. And the flash system is really good too. However, this flash is separate from the camera body and it's almost as big as the camera itself. It's difficult to carry both the camera and the flash in your pocket.

Well, I was lucky enough to buy the last Minox GT-E in stock in Amazon about a month ago. It was a set with the flash and very, very good price.

Before Minox, I mainly used Lomo as my camera. I don't know much about camera as Lomo is a very simple and easy-to-shoot camera. I am still learning photography with Minox but I am sure I made an excellent choice.

If you are looking for a nice P&S camera that has everlasting value, Minox GT-E is it!

I've used variations of this camera for 20 years. If you are willing to make a few simple manual settings you will be rewarded with truly sensational photos. The 2.8 lens is far superior (and faster) than any of the pocket all-auto zoom cameras. Once or twice when my Nikon failed, I finished a professional shoot with the Minox. Nobody could tell the difference in the final prints.

If you really want to travel light, skip the flash and learn to use the backlight compensation. This will work for many underlit situations but not at night.