Using and setting up the Leica D-Lux 7. Sample images and menu descriptions. 

It's great to see an informative video where the presenter isn't yelling, mansplaining, or desperately trying to sell something. Clear and concise. Cheers.

Quite simply the best camera walk-through I have seen. Thank you.

The entire video, I was thinking that I got a dud D-Lux 7 because my menu was very different from the one shown. I couldn't set my aperture, shutter speed, or anything. It's as if those controls were only there for aesthetic purposes. Finally, at the end, you mentioned the A button. After I pressed that button, I had a whole new camera! All of my dials now work and my menu reflects yours from the video! Now it's time to have some fun. Thank you!

This is quite possibly the best instruction video I have ever seen on RU-vid. Concise explanations. I'm hoping there's an instruction video on how to shoot video on this camera somewhere! And also on how to use Colour Checker would be great! Thank you Nick Rains. I can honestly say when it Rains, it Shines!

Congratulations Nick - a great video - I’ve just bought a DLux 7 and your video has been so helpful and all the better for not be yelled at !

Commenting from NYC here. Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to make this video. You're a wonderful teacher who explains things very clearly. This video has been invaluable at filling in the information gaps left by the owner's manual. Saving it permanently in a playlist as a reference source!

These pictures from D-Lux 7 are simply mind-blowing!!

I love this camera! Thanks for the video. By the way, regarding the A button, there is a setting in the menu (called A Button Switch on page 3/7 under operation) that allows you to set it to “press and hold” which makes it much harder to accidentally enable Auto mode.

A detailed explanation from a photographer's perspective. Leica camera systems have been legendary in their quality of photos especially the famous M system. Thanks again for the instructions of the Leica D-Lux 7!

Excellent intro the I referred to after a year of owning the camera. Thanks!

Nick, just want to congratulate you on this excellent video. Clear, professional and objective. Well done, makes me feel confident in using this exceptional camera now.

Thank you Nick! Very informative video -- I'm sure I will watch it again several times!

I cannot appreciate this “set up” video enough. Thank you so much for taking the time in guiding us through - taking full advantage of this amazing camera. Purchased the d-lux today and I cannot wait to start capturing photos. Excited to be apart of the Leica community!

Thank you so very much for explaining the camera in an extremely simple yet informative way. I was a bit intimidated-not anymore!

Many thanks. I just ordered this camera, so I will return to your very helpful video when I'm ready to set it up.

This video was great -- the book was overwhelming and the video help make it easy to be friends with the camera

Just got my first D-Lux 7 for my bike rides - wouldn’t want to crash with my M11. You have described the functions of the camera excellently and looking forward to my first shoot after seeing your recommendations.

This was really helpful thanks. I was looking for a compact travel camera where I could either 'point and shoot' or let my creative juices flow. I ended up deciding the Lumix LX100 II was the camera for me, however there are none to be found, anywhere. The D-Lux 7 looked almost exactly the same but one awful lot more expensive, the only real difference I could see is that 'Leica' logo on the front, and I imagined myself discreetly doing street photography (with hopefully nobody noticing) though at the same time ensuring that everybody sees that I have an expensive camera! In the end, I think that I'll get the D-Lux 7, nothing else does it for me. Even the black version, everybody seems to have is out of stock, though I come to like silver version after seeing your video. Many thanks for an informative and useful video.

Very clear! Thank you for this video!

Thank you Nick, a simple but extremely useful review of the camera menu for an amateur like me. I hope you make another video where you go more in depth with tips, to take good pictures. Thanks it was a pleasure to watch.

This is a great little camera! I have 7 cameras of various types and brands. I found this one especially good as the lens opens to a nice wide 1.7 mm!! That’s extraordinary! My Sony A7iii can’t go that wide as I need to pay a great deal money for a wide lens. I can get great blurry backgrounds with the DLux7! I don’t have time to tweak pictures so I am using JPEG at the moment. I will explore RAW very soon. I took 2000 or more pictures during my around the world trip with a Sony RX100 mark 6 so I have no time to tweak them. Some maybe... However, this like camera is a GEM!!! I am really impressed! I take photos of my pet birds so I need a fast shutter speed, and I use shutter priority often. The birds decide to move as soon as I press the shutter!!

I especially love the landscapes. Thanks for this!

Brilliant!! Thank you!! Your video saved me a lot of time and frustration trying to figure out how to get the most out of my new camera.

This is undoubtedly the best video I have seen about the camera, it is an excellent video for those of us who have started using it. I appreciate your time and your invaluable explanation, it has been extremely helpful. I would appreciate it if you could expand this video to learn more about this wonder. They have a new subscriber from Argentina

Thanks I really needed it, despite the subtitles, because not so English, I really useful it. I've always dreamed of a Leica, it's finally here !!! I was using a Fuji-x-t1 in manual and therefore I needed to better understand some fast functions. a thousand thanks

Great video. I bought one of these two years ago to have something that has a nice look and feel which is also much more compact than my full frame DSLR. I wound up using the camera almost exclusively as I find the images on average better than those coming from my full frame camera. Also... I love the little external flash that comes with the camera as it conveniently uses power from the battery and comes in handy when just a little bit of extra light on the subject in day shots is helpful. I wish Leica would make the same exact camera but with a full frame sensor which is to say a fixed lens with the same zoom.

Without this I would have been lost... thank you sir! Now I at least have a starting point 👌📷

Hi from Mexico! We post videos about real life here! Thanks for that great portrayal of the D-lux 7! A friend of mine in Asia bought one, it takes awesome pictures! It's all in that Leica lens!!

so helpful for people like me who got my first Leica

I just got my D-Lux 7. This was extremely helpful.

The camera is amazing, I also shoot full frame digital and 35mm and medium format film photography. With the cost of 35mm color film going through the roof, I have been using the camera to do a lot of color street photography. This camera gives me great 8x10 prints. The Leica lens is superb, the colors are more real looking. While the Fuji X100 is a great camera, I sold it since I’m just not into then very vivid Fuji colors.

Just picked mine up this year as it was a special edition colorway. Now to watch your video and learn a bit more before using it!

That is an amazing little camera! Thanks for sharing!

Love the quality ❤️ love leica📸

That was a wonderful video presentation. Thank you so much ☺️

Superb video. I am sold on this model.

Thank you for the education on this, as it is different that most cameras. I appreciate your explanation and reasoning behind your choices on setting up the camera. Myself, I prefer manual mode in most cases like you said, take control of your photography. 👍

Excellent video! So thorough and informative!

Thank you! I am trying to get back into photography and I recently bought this camera. I love it and your video has helped a bunch!

Yes I did..clear, direct and professional. Thank you!

SO incredibly helpful. Thank you!!

Thank you for a very clear video

Very helpful video, thank you very much. I will use the important part of this video on the settings of my new Leica V Lux V. I also learned a lot from your Leica Q2 menu settings video.Your videos are great and helping me a lot. Thank you and stay well.

Masterfully done video!

Thinking buying this camera. Your very professional video has brought mr very close to a decision.

Thanks Nick - nice introduction.

Just bought mine in Berlin. Great tutorial, thank you!!

Thanks for the excellent video! very clear and exhaustive! Just got a D Lux 7 before a trip and already loving it after a couple of days shooting. Perfect camera for size, weight, all important functions at your fingertips. And my first Leica after dreaming of owning one for years :) The only thing I struggled with a bit is the touchscreen: even when using the viewfinder with the screen off, accidentally touching the screen with my nose activates the touchscreen, moving the AF point.. I ended up having to switch off the touchscreen option. Would be nice to have the option to automatically switch off touchscreen when only using the viewfinder!

Excellent video. Thank you.

Finally! Been waiting for this tutorial, i bought mine in QVB,Sydney. Thank you so much!

Thank you! Much appreciated!

Thanks nick great video .I’ll be buying the d lux 7 many thanks

Thanks for this video! It was very useful

Thanks for video. You can alter the A button to press and hold this way it won’t get switched on accidentally . Love my Leica d-lux

This was very handy! I just got my hands on a BAPE x Stash version

Great tutorial! Thank you.

Very good and clear instructional video, thank you Nick. One small disappointment: so much of the menu was dismissed as 'irrelevant to shooting in RAW' - but lots of folks shoot JPEG rather than RAW and an explanation of all the menu options could be really helpful.

Great stuff, my girlfriend is really thinking about getting this camera!

jus ordered mine. waiting waiting now

Great instruction. Thanks!

Thank god i finally found a how to operate video😭

I wish there is a tutorial on how night shots are taken.

Thanks Nick. I just got one - my 1st Leica. it looks and feels good and I registered all your tips. Its going to be a great companion. Thanks for the vid. Could you do a vid on video recording with this little beauty?

Thank you for the instructions. I had some trouble with setting up the camera, but now , after your film it is much simplier. This is my first Leica and I hope it will be useful for many years. Could you add some instruction about pairing the camera with a smartphone and make collections to be sent somewhere?

Very helpful.

Very helpful

Very helpful, thanks

Thankyou for insight

Thank you Nick

thank you for a good tutorial.

Great video, thank you much. I reset mine to factory to follow your lead. Your tools setting had a wifi option. Mine doesn’t. I just bought this and am learning. Amy more help is appreciated.

Very nice review

Thank you really helpful

Thanks!

VERY GOOD😊

Very good video… I have one on order. I wished you would have discussed the HDR functions. I missed that set up in the menu.

iA+ is very good when lending the camera to someone else to take you or your group’s photo for you. It is basically ‘idiot-proof’.

As the sensor is 4;3 ratio, wouldn't that Aspect Ratio give the maximum pixels (vs 3:2)? I'd think 3:2 would be cropped from the 4:3 native-?

I was getting really excited by this camera, and then I realised its the Panasonic LX 100 ii made in China, I am genuinely interested to know what sets them apart?

Hi, thank you for this great video. I am almost sold to the D-Lux 7, but one thing is keeping me from buying it right away, it’s that many people say they easily get lots of dust on the inside lens which affects shots quality. What do you think of it?

Excellent your video. Could you tell me if the Leica D-Lux 7 supports the connection of an intervalometer? Thank you so much.

Great explanation of the D-lux 7 just had mine delivered and found the menu a minefield, one question tho ! How does the focus area work once to the eye, each time I try to move its position with my thumb the menu displays or if I turn touch screen of the focus point doesn’t move at all when using the direction pad ? I’m sure there’s a simple answer! I’m doing something wrong ! Thanks again

Excellent calm video , could you prepare a similar video based on using the camera not on RAW as that is beyond my expertise at present

When I go into quick menu go to Quality pic. All I can select is standard or mono nothing else. Please help Thanks Bob Singleton

Have you tried using the Leica remote app to do a long exposure? My experience is that the three key features you’d want to manually control like ISO, F and Shutter Speed have been disabled from the app. Also, there is no remote release button compatible with this camera. These were quite disappointing to discover.

Thank you for your videos. Having problems downloading pics. I must have the settings wrong. I am using the PHOTOS and Light Room on my cell. Did some B/W pics not downloading to software on cell. Could you tell me what I am doing wrong.

What's the best easy way to take a clear, nonblurry picture on the previous model of this camera? My pictures so often come out blurry!

Hello, one problem I have with the DLux-7 is that I can't make the bluetooth connection work! I've installed Leica Fotos in my mobile phone, the camera is paired, and.... that's it! I can't download any photos. Coud it be that I'm shooting in Raw? I don't know but it's terribly frustrating and I've written to Leica in London - if I can sort this in a few days I'll return the camera - which is a shame because everything else is brilliant. No reply so far.... Perhaps you could suggest a troubleshooting video for problems with Leica Fotos? Thanks!

Amazing camera. I’m eyeballing it so I don’t have to lug around my other camera. Small enough to have in your bag. Question, since you have a touch screen on the back, I assume you can move the focus point with your finger? I can do it with my Canon M6 Mk2. Thanks a lot for the tutorial.

Please could you tell him I restore to factor settings

Bit of a fine Brit accent coming through. I’m getting Nottingham?

You should do a jpeg photo demo, and demo the filters, would make smothered good video of this camera 📸.

Thank you for the helpful video! Could you explain how to adjust the 60 / 30 second timed shutter “T” selection? When I put the shutter speed in “T” for shooting lowlight I am struggling to figure out how to adjust from 60”. Thanks.

Could you do one for Dlux 4 pls? 🥴

Hi Nick Thank you for an informative and detailed video on the Leica D Lux 7 delivered at exactly the right pace for the viewer/listener to digest(I often wonder if American reviewers are in a race to finish) I am hoping to buy the D Lux 7 for my birthday next month but being of Yorkshire heritage I am reluctant to pay the extra, over the Panasonic LX 100 Mk II, when in performance they seem identical. However, I have noticed that the D Lux 7 is slightly larger and heavier and two professional reviewers thought the colour results were slightly better which they attributed to the sensor. Is there any basis or facts for this - or is it wishful thinking?

This video has been such a great help. Apologies if this has already been asked but the display shows photos so much brighter/vivid than they really are. I think I’ve snapped the perfect picture and when I download it I have to mess with exposure and vibrancy etc every time. I want to edit the least amount possible. Is there a way to make the display show the true photo when you look through the gallery?

Great Video！Could you please tell me whether dlux7 supports SanDisk 512GB SD card?

Hello there! I have a little doubt or question in regard to the Leica D Lux 7 - Would you be so kind to help me out?

Hi how about fireworks shots with this camera?!?

Hi Nick, thank you for the tutorial! Question about chromatic aberration: I saw your picture of the cathedral, even though the edges have high contrast, it’s beautiful and without any fringing; I took a similar picture of trees with bright cloudy background, but it had lots of purple fringing, what tricks did you use to avoid it? Or did you fix it later in Lightroom? Thank you!