Digital Camera Review have done an in-depth analysis of Leica C-LUX 1 and they like the digicam for its image quality, its user-friendly controls, its overall built quality, its versatility, its fast performance and its battery life. What they didn’t like was the digicam’s high price tag, its tendency to produce noise and the lack of manual controls.

The Leica C-Lux 1 is a 6 mega pixel, 28-102mm zoom digital camera whose focal length would be equivalent to a 28-102 mm in the 35 mm format. It features a High resolution 2.5-inch display and can record movie clips at either 30 fps or 10 fps in 16:9 format with 848 x 480, 4:3 format with 640 x 480 or in 4:3 format with 320 x 240 pixels. Memory can be extended via a SD card and Scene Modes include portrait, soft skin, landscape, sport, night portrait, night landscape, self-portrait, food, party, candlelight, fireworks, starry sky, snowed and Flash Modes include either automatic flash on with or without pre-flash (to combat red-eye), manual flash on (fill-in flash) with or without pre-flash, SLOW for slower shutter speeds (with pre-flash), flash off.

The review concludes "Overall this is an excellent camera for anyone looking for a high end point and shoot to carry along day to day. Perhaps as a compliment to your M series Leica? It performs well, looks good and is easy to use. Its made well and has excellent battery life. It's an overall excellent camera."