Still takes decent images.

Crappy build quality and body design.

This was my first digital camera. I bought it because of the Leica lens and I was not disappointed -- the lens takes sharp and contrasty pictures, just the way I like it. The body shape, though, is not so great.

The only regret I have now is not buying the LC5 instead, which is the equivalent of the Digilux 1 -- I did ask, but the camera shop said there was no difference between the quality of the two cameras.

I still have this camera, in fact, but it's not working so good anymore. I took it out and about a few weeks ago just to see what I think of it 4 years later. The images compare very well to the ones I get from my Leica Digilux 2 (they both use Vario-Summicron lenses, which are f2, and if these cameras are any indication, this lens category does have a distinctive character compared to the f2.8 Vario-Elmarits fitted to other compacts that came after the LC40).

Similar Products Used:

Leica D-Lux 3, Ricoh GR-Digital